Handheld PDA units running Linux (or not)

James Knott james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Mon Nov 6 12:00:10 UTC 2006


Simon wrote:
> A list of supported apps is at
> http://maemo.org/maemowiki/ApplicationCatalog2006
> 
> Porting other apps is pretty straightforward, the biggest issues with
> GUI apps are dependencies and compressing the GUI so that it is still
> usable on a small screen.  Gtk apps are particularly easy to port, it
> seems.
> 
> I tried to sell someone at Canada Computer on the idea of selling
> them, but it didn't seem to work, otherwise they'd be stocking them by
> now.  Tigerdirect sells them, but the price ventures beyond
> ridiculous, into the territory of drug induced hallucinations.
> Therefore, I'm not actually sure if they sell it, maybe I'm just out
> of my mind ($483 to be exact, when the thing has an MSRP of 350USD).

At the moment, $350 U.S. is about $400 CDN, so that is a bit high.
Perhaps the price would be lower, if there were other Canadian vendors.
 I wonder where Seneca got hers?
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