Re: Zaurus discontinued in US -- best PDAs for Linux desktops are PalmOS IMHO

[Casey Boone <caseyboone@gmail.com>]

but i dont like palmos

i loved the fact the zaurus ran linux

oh well


On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 01:12:00 -0400, Bryan J. Smith <b.j.smith@ieee.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-10-19 at 23:43, Casey Boone wrote:
> > this truely saddens me
> > the only brand of pda i was interested in buying, pretty much gone as
> > an option by the time i get done with school and can afford to
> > actually buy one :(
> 
> The best and most Linux desktop compatible PDAs are actually
> PalmOS-based IMHO.
> 
> I started with the Kyocera 6135 (still working) almost 4 years ago.
> I upgraded to the Kyocera 7135 (broke recently**) about 18 months ago.
> I'm now running with a Treo 600 and don't think I'll go back to Kyocera.
> 
> The Kyoceras "SmartPhones" were nice when Handspring-Palm didn't have
> full phone functionality.  What impressed me was that they were a phone
> first, then a Palm PDA second (and fully compatible).  But now that the
> Treo 600 is here, with full mic, speakerphone, camera (std. res),
> etc..., I don't think I'll go back.
> 
> PalmOS means it's Pilot-ready, and works perfectly with any GNOME, KDE,
> Java or other Pilot-based system.  I've been syncing them all with
> Evolution (GPilot), for a total of almost 4 years now.
> 
> -- Bryan
> 
> **NOTE:  I finally jumped away from Verizon and to AT&T/Cingular,
> including going GSM which ended up being a _lot_ cheaper than CDMA with
> Verizon (at least with the number of minutes I needed).  Verizon's
> stores have also _lied_ everytime I signed up for a new plan (and I
> often called to confirm and they wouldn't budge on honoring the
> "franchise's, not their, promise").  Another major reason being AT&T
> activated me in no time in the middle of an airport, and I still got the
> rebate on the Treo (even though I didn't buy it from them).  Lastly, I
> still haven't gotten Verizon to honor their insurance on my phone weeks
> later (their insurer is _impossible_ to get ahold of -- web, phone,
> etc..).
> 
> --
> Bryan J. Smith                                  b.j.smith@ieee.org
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> 
>

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