Inexpensive Handhelds for Linux?

Posted by Cliff on Thursday January 13, 2005 @03:28AM from the a-penguin-in-the-palm-of-your-hand dept.

Dr. Manhattan asks: "My PDA was stolen on a business trip, and I'm looking for a replacement. I've enjoyed Palms for their simplicity and long battery life, but I'm not afraid to program and I'm considering something that can run Linux. However, my budget is rather limited; $150 is all I can spend. Relatively obsolete tech is fine, but I'm looking for: good battery life (my old Palm could run for weeks on a charge; I'm hoping for double-digit hours), dual expansion slots, all of the onboard hardware solidly supported by Linux. Does such a beast exist in my price range?"

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Re:Zaurus SL-5500 by n1ywb · 2005-01-13 04:11 · Score: 3, Interesting

As an SL-5500 owner, I can tell you that the battery life sucks. 3 or 4 hours of use, a couple of days on standby, tops. Less with WiFi. It's too bad because other than that, it's a great device. The newer zaurii are much better in this department but out of your price range. Some of the older iPaq's have pretty good Linux support, I'm not sure about specifics. You're probably going to ahve to do some of your own research on this. Try google.

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