PDA for Linux admin

[Christopher Browne]

On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 12:34 PM, teddy mills <teddymills-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> I am not up to date on PDAs.
>
> I would like a PDA that has
>
> Basic phone services
> IMAP/Email
> SSH terminal client with functional keyboard
> Basic web browser

A reasonably recent Android-based phone (e.g. - running version 2.0+)
should in principle offer the things you're asking for.

I've been playing with tablets (see URL below); mine doesn't presently
support Bluetooth keyboards.  On the other hand, my HTC G1 (which is
ancient) running CyanogenMod (based on Android 2.2) supports Bluetooth
nicely.

Your options notably include:
a) Android, as mentioned above, ought to be pretty suitable.
b) iPhone.
   I think there's a terminal client + ssh at the "App Store.
   It appears that Bluetooth keyboards are supported on newer units;
best to check with Apple on that.
   Everything else would be there...
c) N900 / Maemo
   Around $500 these days on CL...  Offers everything you ask for...

It's possible that the latest PalmOS/WebOS would work out; not sure.
I don't think Nokia/Symbian would be quite what you're after, nor
Windows Mobile.
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