Subj : Re: Linux PDA reccomendations, Yopy, Zaurus or other
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Sybren Stuvel
Date : Fri Jul 02 2004 01:28 am

Mr Galorin enlightened us with:
> I'm looking to replace my Palm IIIx with a newer PDA that would run
> me less than £300 On the list so far is the Sharp Zaurus 5500 (the
> 5600 is a bit over-budget)And the Yopy 3700.

I have the Zaurus 5500, and it's really a wonderful machine.

> I don't want to have to flash a ROM

Why not? If you spend so much money on a device, you should run the
best OS for it.

> If flashing another PDA has major benefits over a stock Zaurus or
> Yopy [...] 

But why do you think you shouldn't flash your Zaurus? The default OS
is nice for general PDA activities, but I like OpenZaurus better.
Flashing the Z is pretty easy and free of risk, so that shouldn't pose
any problems. Since it's flashing mechanism is built into the
hardware, you can re-flash it, even when it's ROM has been messed up.

Sybren
-- 
The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a
capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the
safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?

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