[wellylug] PDA's/Pocket PC's

[Jethro Carr]

mmm... looks good - Great Price!

You might want to buy one quickly - The only wellington stock dse has,
is in vivian st, and featherson st (according to the site)

On Wed, 2004-02-25 at 11:07, Colin & Josephine Lewis wrote:
> hi there Jethro,
> I am looking at upgrading my Palm M100, which I syncs fine with Linux - I am 
> currently using J Pilot under Mdk, but did have it syncing OK with evolution 
> previously.  I was looking at the Palm Tungsten E, but am not considering an 
> Acer PDA from DSE, which runs Palm OS4.1, so would expect it to still sync 
> with Linux OK.  These have 16mb Ram, plus an external media slot, colour 
> screen and double as a MP3 player.  Most importantly they are only $249, 
> which is $200 cheaper than the Tungsten E.  I haven't actually bought one 
> yet, but am likely to within the next week or so.
> 
> Could be worth checking out.
> 
> Colin Lewis
> 
> On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 9:17 pm, Jethro Carr wrote:
> > hi all,
> >
> > I'm thinking about getting a pda/pocket pc. I need it to do these
> >
> > things:
> > > Be compadible with linux - I want to be able to sync with linux, 	and
> >
> > evolution.
> >
> > > Allow linux to be installed on it (maybe later I might want to run
> >
> > 	linux apps on it, like apache...)
> >
> > > DOESN'T have microsoft pocket pc!
> > >
> > > Be able to play mp3's
> > >
> > > Needs cheap media slot.
> > >
> > > Cheap as possible ;)
> > >
> > > Colour Screen
> > >
> > > Decent battery life
> > >
> > > Would like to have wifi, but understand that it might not be
> >
> > 	possible, for now... maybe an expansion card?
> >
> > > Avalible localy (ie: ascent, dse, b&b, etc)
> >
> > Any ones got any ideas/recommendations/comments?
> > I'm currently looking at the palm series, maybe the Tungstang E, as it's
> > more affordable for me. Any comments on this model?
> >
> > thanks,
-- 
-- Jethro

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