Subject: Re: Handhelds for Linux devt/experimentation?
From: billy ball (bball@green.home.org)
Date: Tue Dec 12 2000 - 21:03:52 GMT+1
On Tue, 12 Dec 2000 18:50:56 GMT, Simon Brooke <simon@jasmine.org.uk>
wrote:
>Hi
>
>I'm looking for a handheld for experimenting with Linux. Before anyone
>suggests a Libretto, I have a 100CT which runs Debian and goes with me
>whenever I'm carrying a bag, but I'm looking for something even smaller
>and more portable. I'm also intersted in playing with non-keyboard
>input.
>
>Both <URL:http://www.pocketlinux.org/> and
><URL:http://www.handhelds.org/> have a lot of stuff about the Compaq
>iPAQ 3600 series, but these are really hard to get hold of at present,
>and I can't see the point of colour on an ultra-portable. So I was
>thinking about the mono iPAQ 3100 series
><URL:http://www5.compaq.com/products/handhelds/pocketpc/index3100.html>
>which is a lot cheaper and which is -- more importantly -- actually
>available. Has anyone yet got Linux up on one of these? Any comments?
>
>Finally, what about the VTech Helio? It's half the price of even the
>mono iPAQ <URL:http://www.myhelio.com/cgi-bin/vtechhelio.storefront>
>The pictures I've seen, the screen doesn't look very clear, and the
>actual usable area is very small. Is it workable in practice? Is it
>robust enough to be nice to use?
>
>Finally, are there any others which I ought to consider?
>
>Thanks!
>
there are numerous PDAs running Linux.. the VTech Helio is built like
a tank and is very nice... however, consider a unit with a screen res
of at least 240 x 160... the Helio has the advantage of being able to
run three different GUIs - VTOS, linux-vr and PocketLinux...
PocketLinux is especially impressive on color PDAs, like the Compaq...
you may want to consider one of the Casio PDAs...
the Agenda VR3 is a very nice unit, but only shipping in a developer's
version at the moment - but it is nice! and the GUI, (based on
flek and fltk, unlike W on the Helio) is quite GTK++-like ...
expect to see a flurry of Linux PDA units on the scene this year...
the lost soul? the puppy we've all be waiting for? where is the Yopy?
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