$300 Linux PDA from Royal to feature Qtopia

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday September 16, 2003 @06:22AM from the and-it-fits-in-the-palm-of-your-hand dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to a Linux Devices news item, Royal is preparing to release a Linux PDA before the end of this year with a price point of under $300. The device will use Trolltech's Qtopia, so it will share a common operating environment and application platform with the Sharp Zaurus Linux PDAs. Royal announced a Linux PDA in January 2002, but apparently discontinued that project and embarked on a new design. The Linux Devices story includes a photo of the earlier version."

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Re:Time to Market by Jason1729 · 2003-09-16 06:46 · Score: 1, Troll

Also, am I the only one who's getting the impression that Linux-based PDA's fall behind the curve in terms of time to market and features?

Nope, you're not. PalmOS offers a clean elegant interface for a PDA; it works very well. There's also thousands of apps available. What is the advantage of buying a Linux-based PDA except that this is slashdot, where everything has to be linux and open source, no matter how impractical.

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