Briefly, how well does the Zaurus compare to current PalmOS- Based handhelds?
Heres the dilemma I currently have; I have had a Palm m105 for over a year and a half, and it has been replaced at least 2 times. It's also on it's way out (ie 'dieing') again, and I'm starting to consider alternatives. I want a relatively desktop-independant system, eg not having to HotSync morning & night every day, and one that is both capable of word processing, at the same time, able to be used as a PIM. Buying a new Palm means I can keep my apps & settings, but is still more of an organiser (fine if that's all you need, though). The Zaurus looks quite nice, although there are a few apparent problems. First, I'm a happy Dvorak'ist. Qwerty thumpad != good. Second, apps. I'd be taking an educated guess in saying there are far more apps with Palm than the Zaurus (not it's own fault, though). My 'bare essentials' would be- Address book, a calendar, a basic database, a birthday tracker of some sort, an encrypted password holder, ToDo, a word processor, and a txt viewer (reading docs on the run).
If none of the above, I could always just buy a notebook and install Emacs & bbdb (although then theres the price, luggability, etc [...]). I'd be interested to see what the opinions are with the Zaurus as a 'small linux laptop'...
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Hello,
Briefly, how well does the Zaurus compare to current PalmOS- Based handhelds?
Heres the dilemma I currently have;
I have had a Palm m105 for over a year and a half, and it has been replaced at least 2 times. It's also on it's way out (ie 'dieing') again, and I'm starting to consider alternatives. I want a relatively desktop-independant system, eg not having to HotSync morning & night every day, and one that is both capable of word processing, at the same time, able to be used as a PIM.
Buying a new Palm means I can keep my apps & settings, but is still more of an organiser (fine if that's all you need, though). The Zaurus looks quite nice, although there are a few apparent problems.
First, I'm a happy Dvorak'ist. Qwerty thumpad != good.
Second, apps. I'd be taking an educated guess in saying there are far more apps with Palm than the Zaurus (not it's own fault, though). My 'bare essentials' would be- Address book, a calendar, a basic database, a birthday tracker of some sort, an encrypted password holder, ToDo, a word processor, and a txt viewer (reading docs on the run).
If none of the above, I could always just buy a notebook and install Emacs & bbdb (although then theres the price, luggability, etc [...]). I'd be interested to see what the opinions are with the Zaurus as a 'small linux laptop'...