[Novalug] Zaurus

[Roger W. Broseus]

I looked at them as an alternative to a Palm but they don't seem to be 
sold in the U.S. except for high-end, specialized business/industrial 
applications. For example, shop on Amazon or ebay.

The newer Nokia 770 and newer N800 look interesting. They run Linux 
natively but you have to get after-market apps to do, e.g., calendaring 
/ contacts:
    http://www.nokiausa.com/770
    http://www.nokiausa.com/N800/1,9008,,00.html

/roger

Robert W. Rowe wrote:
> I had to drop out of the Linux scene for a while--my contracts took me
> through the Windows Underverse for a few years there. Now I'm back with
> SuSE 10.2 on my old dual-K7 box and I'm feeling much better, thanks.
>
> Anyway, what's happening in the Linux world with the Zaurus PDA's. There
> was some enthusiasm there for a while, but I haven't seen much about it
> these last few weeks. Has Sharp dropped it entirely? I've seen the
> SL-C3200 for sale at $799 from a company that, quote, "Does and excellent
> job of translating" the device from japanese to English--except for the
> help files.
>
> Eight hundred smackers is a tad much. Has anyone put Linux on a Palm
> Lifedrive? I have one, but the hard disk died and we're now in negotiation
> to get that replaced.