RE: [expert] OT: PDA Question

2002-09-03 Thread James Sparenberg
Olaf, You're right about that point also the biggest factor in my mind isn't which one is best. It's which one is best for me? I agree all the features in the Zauras are cool But... for most of them I would really rather have a laptop. In fact I've got a pseudo laptop/PIM called a Sharp

RE: [expert] OT: PDA Question

2002-09-03 Thread Olaf Marzocchi
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 othe

RE: [expert] OT: PDA Question

2002-09-03 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
the second mouse gets the cheese. > -Original Message- > From: Ric Tibbetts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 11:13 AM > To: Mandrake Expert List > Subject: [expert] OT: PDA Question > > > All; > Ok, this is WAAAY off topic,

Re: [expert] OT: PDA Question

2002-09-02 Thread Andrew George
bascule > i have a friend who uses a zaurus and a linux desktop, not sure of the > nature of the connection between the two usb/whatever but i know he > connects the two, i believe that the zaurus can become part of his > local network and he can simply ssh into whatever box and 'sync' that >

RE: [expert] OT: PDA Question

2002-09-02 Thread Angus Beath
ny tips? Angus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of bascule Sent: Tuesday, 3 September 2002 12:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] OT: PDA Question i have a friend who uses a zaurus and a linux desktop, not sure of the nature of the connect

Re: [expert] OT: PDA Question

2002-09-02 Thread bascule
i have a friend who uses a zaurus and a linux desktop, not sure of the nature of the connection between the two usb/whatever but i know he connects the two, i believe that the zaurus can become part of his local network and he can simply ssh into whatever box and 'sync' that way bascule On Tu

Re: [expert] OT: PDA Question

2002-09-02 Thread James Sparenberg
Ric, I jumped on the bandwagon early so I've got a Palm but as far as the Zaurus is concerned. I played with them at Linux-World and yes they are fast and very full featured. Question is ... What features do you need? Most PDA's other than the Palm only sync with windows. (Not sure on the Za

Re: [expert] OT: PDA Question

2002-09-02 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 21:15 +0100, Daryl Johnson wrote: > On Monday 02 September 2002 4:13 pm, you wrote: > > This all depends - on you. There are two kinds of pda users, there's the > people who want an address book/diary type of thing - which the Palm is a > WONDERFUL example of (guess wha

Re: [expert] OT: PDA Question

2002-09-02 Thread Daryl Johnson
On Monday 02 September 2002 4:13 pm, you wrote: This all depends - on you. There are two kinds of pda users, there's the people who want an address book/diary type of thing - which the Palm is a WONDERFUL example of (guess what I use?) or the people who want to do all singing dancing stuff -

[expert] OT: PDA Question

2002-09-02 Thread Ric Tibbetts
All; Ok, this is WAAAY off topic, but I figured that if anyone in the world would have an opinion on this, it would you you. ;) I've finally hit the point that I can't remember "everything". I need a portable way to carry information around with me. In short, I need a PDA (gasp.. sob... I nev