On Monday 14 April 2003 21:16, BenE wrote:
Has anyone had any experience of them? I assume being linux based there would be no problems connecting my desktop to it. I've now realised that's prolly quite a big assumption, hmm?
I've had mine for sometime now. I paid top dollar when they first became available (but I did get a free CF card, and mobile power kit thingy) It might be worth trying the Sharp website as I think they have a deal on on at the moment. There are new models that should be over here soon (hence the discounts) one that is functionally the same but with a faster chip and one that is a very different beast altogether.
All in all it is a cracking little widget, as a basic PDA I'd be forced to say that it is not as good as a decent Palm, but as a Linux machine in your pocket it is fantastic.
I did try OpenZaurus a while ago, it was very pretty but there were some (at the time) functional blips that stopped me from keeping with it. Maybe it's time I looked again.
Linux desktop sync with older kernels is not for the faint hearted, but it does work with a little patience and once connected via the USB cradle the Z simply appears as another machine on your network (the same is true for the Windows connection)
If you are going to stick with the Sharp rom and you are planning on connecting it to a network with untrusted users then one thing you must do it upgrade to a later ROM image (really easy to do) There is a nasty security flaw with the original ROM version.
Oh and install Interstellar Flames to impress your inquiring friends (the 3D graphics are out of this world on a PDA)
Wayne