I've had my Zaurus SL-5500 for a couple of months. Mmmm. I haven't yet got any wireless connectivity in it, but it spends all day sitting in its synchronization cradle at work or home anyway. The PIM stuff works fine, though I haven't used a separate PDA before so I can't really compare it. My highlights: - gcc and Perl. You really can write Perl and C on the bus, I happily fart about with bad sound synthesis and the Perl Quiz of the Week on the number 12 regularly. - Ogg Vorbis player - Repton (the BBC Micro classic, brought a lump to my throat when I first played that!) - Powerchord (guitar chord dictionary and tuner with audio) - Mirroring websites and PDF's for reference - 512mb of CompactFlash for £115, and you've still got an SD slot free
Bad things: Though all the Qtopia stuff can rotate, it's bolted on slightly awkwardly rather than an being integral part of most apps. Opera can choke on large PDF's, and the Media Player often seems unhappy about large files too but ogg123 works fine. Hang on for the SL-5600 if you've got the willpower (built in speakers and better battery would be worth having) but £199+vat is really a bargain anyway. Face it, we lust for toys. This is the ultimate in wget'ing, SSH'ing, wireless network-sniffing, cross-compiling, touchscreen fun. Give in to the dark side, let go of the fig-leaves of necessity and usefulness, we have paper for that.
