Handheld PDA units running Linux (or not)

[Colin McGregor]

--- James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 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?

I gather she got it as a present from her father (who
lives in the U.S.).

Colin McGregor

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