On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 12:12, Matt Fairtlough wrote: > I'm thinking of buying a handheld and I've been looking for a sensible > option. > > I've looked at Palm and they seem underpowered and overpriced, although > can be synchronized with Evolution (and it seems the only handhelds > which can be sync'd with Evolution 1.0.8 which is my chosen organiser on > the desktop). > > Zaurus looks a much better bet at £199+VAT from digiUK but > a) is it on the flaky side compared e.g. with SuSE7.3 (my current > desktop os)? > b) how long will it be maintained? > c) can it be easily synchronised with the desktop? > (gnome/sawfish/evolution) > d) what about USB issues? > e) any other "gotchas" I've not thought about? > > obviously there are others e.g. based on Windows but I hardly expect > anyone in this community to recommend them. There is a program to sync Evolution on the Zaurus, can't for the life of me remember were - I was considering buying one too, but then thought better of it (finances...) There are people using it with Linux desktops on the RedHat mailing list, and someone else also. Sorry I can't remember web addresses to point you to. Although openzaurus.something springs to mind (an open-source replacements of the O/S). -- Regards, Adam Allen. adam@dynamicinteraction.co.uk pgp http://search.keyserver.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=adam%40dynamicinteraction.co.uk
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