RE: [Sheflug] Linux PDA

["David Morris" <nospam1045405695-1154 [at] xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 13:00, David Morris wrote:
> > I was casting my beady eye over a Sharp SL-5500 PDA yesterday in
> > Coles^H^H^H^H^HJohn Lewis in Sheffield. Anyone had any experience
> > of this interesting looking machine? I'm looking for a
> > replacement for my venerable Psion 5 which is getting a bit long
> > in the tooth now. 
> 
> They are indeed very nice machines. I use an iPaq with Linux, which
> is the same software as used on the SL-5500 (AKA Zaurus) and it is
> really very nice. The addition of Hancom office, SD slot, CF slot,
> a keyboard and desktop PIM make it a very attractive machine
> indeed.
> 
> Well recommended.

It seemed to tick all the boxes that the Palm and wince machines left
unticked. OK, no bluetooth (although there is something on
Sourceforge) but you can plug a WiFi card in so that would work at
home :-) The Hancom apps looked really nice. Just browsing the Sharp
web site has also answered a question regarding desktop sync. What I
really wanted to do was be able to write emails whilst out of the
office and get 'em set through Outlook when I docked the PDA which is
something I can't do with the Psion.

Finally, it looks like there's an active developer community...

Pass me my credit card... :-)

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