On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 11:34:02AM +0100, Richard Lewis wrote:
On Wed, 25 May 2005 11:05:22 +0100 (BST), Ted.Harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk said:
- "Mini-laptop"
The Sharp Zaurus SL-C3000 is quite desirable in this area. It has there own Linux brand on it with Qtopia as well as being the first PDA with an internal hard rive! It has a whopping 4GB. Its small and clamshell-like (reverseable as well) with a keyboard suitable for thumb typing (and maybe normal as well, I've never tried).
Ted, I think you were at one of the meetings where I brought my Zaurus along? I think it's probably too small for prolonged data entry, though it's very nice as a small laptop (especially now OpenZaurus is running on it).
The only snag is they're only available in Japan. Several companies will important and translate one for you for around £500-£600. See http://www.shirtpocket.co.uk
I nearly bought from Shirt Pocket, but am glad I didn't as I've heard some horror stories about them since; I got a Japanese importer to send me my Z, which worked out cheaper but meant I had to do the English conversion myself and sort out my own PSU.
J.