Re: [PLUG] Zaurus SL5000D - Linux PDA

["Arthur S. Alexion" <arthur@alexion.com>]

At 09:28 AM 2/19/2002 -0500, ian reinhart geiser wrote:

> On Tuesday 19 February 2002 09:17 am, Arthur S. Alexion wrote about [PLUG]
> Zaurus SL5000D - Linux PDA:
> > Has anyone had a chance to check out this PDA running embedded linux?  I
> > think it is a Sharp hardware, Trolltech OS thing.
> >
> > Blackberry-like keyboard, little trackball, OK & Cancel buttons.
> >
> > Looks nice on paper.  Has anyone tried it?
> >
> it is okay to use, but is randomly responsive
> basicly think WinCE jordania or Ipaq with a keyboard.

I was wondering -- ergonomically speaking -- whether it had a stylus and 
whether switch in back and forth between having to use the stylus to 
perform "mouse functions" and the keyboard for entering text was a pain in 
your hand (which isn't a desk).


> eats batteries like popcorn, but if you have the cash it is a great toy
> sharp has had a long history of great PDAs that never take off, so maby this
> will be there chance.  i doubt it since Palm is comming out with there new OS
> in the spring that can do all this, plus run your old palm software...

The review I read said that it ran GCC Linux compiled programs (but didn't 
give any examples).  Is this true?  Is it useful?



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