[ale] PDA prefs

James P. Kinney III jkinney at localnetsolutions.com
Sun Jan 23 20:38:45 EST 2005


On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 19:45 -0500, Dow Hurst wrote:
> James,
> What OS have you been running on the Zaurus? 

Latest opie on a 5500 w/a 512 MB SD card.

The latest opie is an improvement over the first OpenZaurus release. I
still have numerous things that hang if I go a bit too fast, it seems.

>  And, which hardware model 
> do you have?  Thanks,
> Dow
> 
> 
> James P. Kinney III wrote:
> 
> >I would _LOVE_ to get a treo 650. But Nextel is still braindamaged and
> >the merger with Sprint is not final until Q4 '05.
> >
> >I like my Zaurus but have found it to be more of a toy than a tool.
> >
> >So I'm in the market for a new PDA.
> >
> >Require:
> >
> >Sync to a linux box (I use mostly Evolution but am moving towards
> >Thunderbird. Calendaring is a big must for me or else I'm lost).
> >
> >decent battery life. I can charge every day but it must last longer than
> >a long work day.
> >
> >Wants:
> >
> >WiFi would be nice built in or with an add on card.
> >
> >So what are other Alers using?
> >  
> >
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