PDA for Linux admin

[James Knott]

teddy mills wrote:
> I would like a PDA that has
>
> Basic phone services
> IMAP/Email
> SSH terminal client with functional keyboard
> Basic web browser
>
>
> Internet/Email/Web/Remote/SSH is far more important to me than any 
> Phone service.
>
> If I have to compromise on the PDA,
> I think a netbook+WIMAX card would be best.
>
> Using a Kindle3/web browser/ShellinaBox may work,
> but keyboard would be difficult to use and I would have to find a 
> wireless hotspot all the time. 

An Android phone running v.2.2 or later should do what you want.  With 
2.2, you get WiFi & USB tethering, which will allow you to connect other 
devices to the internet via 3G.  I have a Google Nexus One, which works 
well.

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