When you compare Zaurus to a Palm, consider how long the charge lasts: you'd normally recharge a Palm once a week r less, what about Zaurus?.....
Olaf At 13.58 03/09/2002, you wrote: >Lots of good stuff. Just what I expected from this list. >The Zaurus seems to have my attention, if for no other reason than "it runs >on Linux", and it's not a Compaq product (long story, but I'm not a Compaq >fan). > >Right now, I really just need a portable address book. BUT, I also know >myself well enough to know that once I have the extras, I'll start using >them. ;) So why limit myself by buying less than what I'll need tomorrow? > >I did some digging about the Zaurus, and it looks pretty complete. The >salesman at Office Depot isn't impressed, and almost refused to show it to >me. When I asked about it (they have them on display), he just laughed and >said: "oh that. It runs on Linux. It's not catching on though because >there's no software... Here, let me show you the new XYZ Whizbang...". >After looking around, I translated the "There's no software" to mean "We >can't sell you the software, so we don't care about the PDA". There's plenty >of software out there, and it's free! (so much for Mr. Salesman). > >Does anyone know if it will plug into one of those PDA keyboards? >I know it has one built in, but it would not be practical for any real >typing. > >Thanks for all the comments so far! The input from folks that have these >things really helps. <olaf@ kjws.com> for every kind of mail, except spam! :-)
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