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Jornada Killed, iPaq To Live On

Posted by Hemos on from the smart-move-of-the-two dept.

MartinG writes "According to the news at handhelds.org "HP/Compaq merger completed. HP Jornada will be discontinued in favor of HP iPAQ. HP Labs will continue to support Linux on the iPAQ. In particular, we plan to complete the Linux port to the Jornada 56x." I couldn't see any further details, but interesting news nonetheless."

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  1. uh oh by nomadic · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Jornada killed, IPAQ to live on"? That sounds mighty suspicious to me...

    Alright, I think the Jornada did it, in the conservatory, with a compact flash memory card.

  2. awesome by tps12 · · Score: 4, Interesting
    This is great. I'm pumped to eventually upgrade to a Linux PDA, once the networking issues are ironed out. The Compaq/Linux partnership has been impressive.

    Personally, I have found HP products (especially laptops and PDAs) to use an inferior, almost navy blue, plastic that feels brittle and rough. Compaq has a tendency to use silver "accents" that I find a little gaudy. Maybe with Palm's recent troubles, HP/Compaq (anyone know if they will be called HPaq?) can hire away one of the original designers (just not the guy who did the m505 or whatever...yuck!).

    I think companies tend to underestimate the importance of quality materials. Yes, what's inside counts, but the heft of a thing, the sturdiness, these are the aspects that appeal to our most primitive sense of utility and function. Never disregard the subconscious effects of the tactile world around us.

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  3. FWIW, you can get the LINUX Distro for IPAQ.... by 8127972 · · Score: 5, Informative

    At Ipaq LINUX, the familiar project, or at Intimate Handhelds.

    (Just in case somebody isn't aware of this)

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