W. Chris Shank on Thu, 28 Feb 2002 16:50:15 +0100


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Re: [PLUG] Zaurus Update


I really haven't looked into it since I use a linux desktop. Checkout 
www.zuaruszone.com, they might mention something there.

On Thursday 28 February 2002 09:12 am, you wrote:
> That sounds great, Chris. Thanks for the update!! I
> know I touched on this in the meeting in
> Cons(hoho)cken but I was wondering if anyone knew
> anyway to make the Zaurus or Qtopia desktop sync with
> outlook? Does anyone know of any projects that are
> working on this? In my estimation that kind of
> functionality would be huge for companies looking for
> an alternative to pocketpc devices. Just curious.
> Cheers, everyone :-)
>
> - JP
>
> --- "W. Chris Shank" <shankwc999@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > For those of you at last meeting in Conshehocken,
> > you remember that I brought
> > my Zaurus, but hadn't had the chance to do much with
> > it. Well, with Paul's
> > guidance and some spare time, I've finally been able
> > to make some progress
> > with it.
> >
> > I was able to patch, configure and successfully
> > install 2.4.17 kernel, which
> > now allows me to access the Zaurus via USB as an
> > Ethernet device. This is
> > good and cool. From the Zuarus, I was able to browse
> > the web quite easily -
> > although the pages were difficult to read - since it
> > required a lot of
> > horizontal scrolling - and get email.
> >
> > I also was able to install the Qtopia Desktop, which
> > is the PalmCenter
> > equivalent for the Qtopia environment. This works
> > well so far. I can sync the
> > Qtopia address book easily.  Bad news is that it
> > doesn't import addresses
> > from my KAddress book.
> >
> > I'll let you know if I make any more significantly
> > cool advancements.
> >
> >
> > -Chris
>
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