Re: [Sheflug] Re: PDA

[David Holden <dh [at] xxxxxxxx>]

On Monday 02 Jan 2006 11:57, Richard Ibbotson wrote:
> David
>
> >Can anyone here recommend a PDA I'm thinking of getting one,
> > preferably one that can connect to the web.
>
> Strangely enough I was having a trawl through Ebay when your mail
> arrived.
>
> Last Friday a friend from Bolton came over to see me and we spent the
> afternoon looking at his Sharp Zaurus which is Linux based.
> Available from the same German company that he got his from but on
> Ebay at about £260 to £300. These are incredibly good.  Can do
> anything with them.  They even have Hancom office and other text
> processing software.
>
> Then there's the Compaq iPAQ from Ebay for about £160.  You can put
> Familiar 0.83 into those and Opie 1.2 and the end result is nearly as
> good as the Zaurus.  Mine still works after three years of recharging
> and heavy use with Familiar 0.69 (I think) and Opie 0.98.  Also, I
> just came to the conclusion that the Palm Zire 31 is an excellent
> device which you can get from an online retailer for about £80 or
> about £50 from Ebay.
>
> You didn't say what you preferred so I've no idea what you want :)

Hi Richard thanks for the info very useful. Not sure yet what I want like I 
said I want to be able to access the web do basic organizer stuff etc.

I look into you suggestions.

 Cheers,

         Dave.


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