[olug] Does anyone have experience with the zaurus?

[Jay Swackhamer]

Hello,

I have a Zaurus SL-5500 that I've been using for a few months.

I've switched back and forth between the stock sharp supplied rom, and the
the openzaurus roms.

The unit is stable and has the functionality/comparable apps that are
on the MS PDA's. I've also owned a jornada 430se and 565.

The only thing missing from the zaurus is a speaker for audio playback.
besides that, i really have no complaints...........

They can be bought new for $380(NFM) or on ebay now for between $225-275
for the SL-5500 or around $150 for the developer 32MB version. Prices
should drop once the retail stores get the new SL-5600..............


> I was wondeirng if anyone who has used a zaurus could post likes /
> dislikes / opinions on the device.  I would like to support the open
> natrue of Linux and am interested in a PDA.  I saw a dell pocket PC
> running MS OS and thought I really don't want to do that.  I wonder what
> is available for Linux.  Anyway I came across the Zaurus and have seen
> some information showing up in the linux Journal so I was curious if
> anyone has used one.
>
> -Jon Warren
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