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New Linux-based PDA due September

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the and-it-fits-in-the-palm-of-your-hand dept.

Bill Kendrick writes "LinuxDevices.com has a preview of a new Linux-based PDA due out next month. Some of you might recognize the form-factor; it's from Softfield, the folks who ended up with the rights to the first commercial Linux-based PDA, the black-and-white, MIPs-based Agenda VR3. Softfield's new model, the MX-7, sports a 200MHz CPU, full-color 240x320 display, 32MB Flash and 64MB RAM, an SD card slot, and Trolltech's Qtopia environment. All for $299 USD."

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  1. The agenda was nice but the Zaurus is useful by SWroclawski · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I had an Agenda and I have a Zarus.

    The key to the Zaurus are the two expansion slots, the keyboard, and the fact it runs OpenZaurus.

    It looks like the new Softfield PDA will have the SD slot (less useful than CompactFlash) and MAY in time be able to run OpenZaurs.

    If it does, it will be a useful device, but you can already pick up a Sharp Zaurus 5500 for less than $300 (I paid about $280 for mine)

    - Serge Wroclawski

  2. As a recent pocket pc purchaser..... by clifgriffin · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This thing would never have caught my eye when I was searching for a PDA.

    It looks atrocious (at this point) and doesn't have near the specs dell offers for the same price.

    The fact that it's "linux based" doesn't send me into "I want one!" orgasms.

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