Any Zaurus users here?

[Dave Stubbs]

Ian wrote:

>On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 06:19:31PM -0400, Jason Shein wrote:
>  
>
>>Looking into making the plunge, and puchasing a Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 or
>>SL-5600.  Anyone have any experiences with these? Is the 5600 really
>>worth the extra $$$? 
>>
>>But a linux based pda to replace my ailing palm pilot would be sweet ;)
>>    
>>
>
>I use the 5500.  (I can't say anything about the 5600; I've never seen
>it.)
>
>The built-in PIM (calendar, address, etc.) apps suck.  I've bought the
>replacement apps from TheKompany, which suck less.  (I'm using DateBk4
>for PalmOS, which is what I used to use, as a comparison.  That sucked
>hardly at all.  PalmOS apps in general seem to be much better-written
>from a UI point of view.)
>
>But as a Linux box with 802.11b and a root prompt that I can wear on my
>hip, it's fantastic.  :-)
>  
>
I'd definitely second all that.  The Zaurus as a classic PDA is 
underwhelming at best.  I've found it useful for taking notes at times, 
but mostly as a nice hand-held kismet sniffer :-)

Dave...

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