The answer to this one, for me, is that I couldn't give a crap what os my
pda uses (it's a Palm BTW)
The point about my PDA, and I would cry for days if anything happened to it
;o) is that it does three or four essential tasks extremely well. It
maintains my calndar/schedule brilliantly, and does a great job with my
address list. Even more important, for now, is that it interfaces well with
Outlook so I can keep it synchronised with my laptop. Oh and it has a great
game of Hearts on it.
If I wanted to tinker, or do other things then I would use a device more
suited to the purpose, like a laptop or desktop machine. I acknowledge that
those folding keyboards are great for making a pda more useable but frankly
I see the use of a PDA for anything more than basic tasks as akin to using a
hammer to drive a screw, possible but not the best tool for the job.
The only area where I have been tempted by another device is the
Handspring - which uses Palm os. It 'writes' better and more effectively
and it takes useful clip-ons like sat-nav or digital cameras. The
underlying point being that these too are very dedicated apps.
regards
Daryl Johnson
Proplan Associates
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Johnson
> Sent: 07 March 2001 15:04
> To: LinuxNewbie (E-mail)
> Subject: [newbie] Linux PDA: would you use one?
>
>
> Just curious, if it was affordable would y'all go for a linux PDA over a
> palm or ce PDA? I wonder if running linux on PDA would make it a lot more
> customizable and more extensible than the other PDA OSs on the market?
>
> I've been looking for a PDA that was more than just a glorified organizer.
> I don't care about storing 5 years worth of appointments or 100,000 email
> addresses. I want a PDA to be general purpose computing device.
> I want my
> PDA to be a thin client to my linux server so I can turn the
> coffee maker on
> and pull up my MP3 playlist from my couch.
>
> http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-5023907.html
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