I bought mine last Friday. I've been carrying it and using it everywhere. I think it is great in just about every way. I have not tried to synch to Outlook yet, but I'm a big boy so I'm sure I will work something out. Regardless, it is too late for me to go back now. I already love it too much. I'll be handing my beloved Visor down to my son soon. I'm getting an 802.11b CF card as soon as I can lay my hands on one.
I disagree with the reviewer's complaints. I don't find the Zaurus to be big or heavy. The keyboard is great. I just wish it had a pipe (|) and control key. You can enter the pipe with the stylus. I haven't had a battery life problem yet. There are not a lot of apps yet, but this is Linux. All of my favorite apps will soon be ported by legions of open source programmers. I don't want a WinCE PDA or its apps. I don't like them. Linux has been my primary desktop for years. Also, how can you call $499 expensive in comparison to WinCE PDAs? The Zaurus interface is more intelligent, easier, and better designed than the WinCe interface, which is actually the most awkward and difficult of all PDAs, and WinCE PDAs have attrocious battery life in comparison to my Visor.
Palm OS is the way to go, if you just want calendar and contacts. If you are a power user, Zaurus is the first and only good handheld workstation.
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I bought mine last Friday. I've been carrying it and using it everywhere. I think it is great in just about every way. I have not tried to synch to Outlook yet, but I'm a big boy so I'm sure I will work something out. Regardless, it is too late for me to go back now. I already love it too much. I'll be handing my beloved Visor down to my son soon. I'm getting an 802.11b CF card as soon as I can lay my hands on one.
I disagree with the reviewer's complaints. I don't find the Zaurus to be big or heavy. The keyboard is great. I just wish it had a pipe (|) and control key. You can enter the pipe with the stylus. I haven't had a battery life problem yet. There are not a lot of apps yet, but this is Linux. All of my favorite apps will soon be ported by legions of open source programmers. I don't want a WinCE PDA or its apps. I don't like them. Linux has been my primary desktop for years. Also, how can you call $499 expensive in comparison to WinCE PDAs? The Zaurus interface is more intelligent, easier, and better designed than the WinCe interface, which is actually the most awkward and difficult of all PDAs, and WinCE PDAs have attrocious battery life in comparison to my Visor.
Palm OS is the way to go, if you just want calendar and contacts. If you are a power user, Zaurus is the first and only good handheld workstation.
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