PDA #9
posted by CodeGirl
PDA #1) Palm Pilot (the original — with only 1MB ram)
2) Agenda VR3 (Linux! but way before its time)
3) VTech Helio (never even used it once)
4) Casio EM500
5) Casio E125
6) Casio E200 (dropped $600 on this!)
7) Zaurus SL5500 (Linux! but still not much of any support for synching on Linux)
8) Visor Deluxe (see my previous entry)
9) Palm m500
Within 48 hours, I had realized the Visor had a lot of limitations:
1) OS v3.1 — most programs require a minimum version of OS v3.5. Because of the older OS, I had to use older apps. Older apps do not have VFS support, thereby making the Compact Flash adapter useless (Ex: Adobe Acrobat reader)
2) almost no peripherals available such as modems or wireless cards….just a handful of Springboard modules that are selling for $$$$ because they are hard to find
I went with the m500 because it was
+ very small and light
+ OS v4.0
+ SD / MMC port….the market is finally producing some decent SDIO-based accessories, the lack of which is why I dumped the Casio EM500 which had only an MMC slot [I already have a 128MB SD card that I bought for my Zaurus]
+ Li-Ion battery which I can recharge via USB w/o needing an AC adapter around
I’ve already “restored” everything I had installed on my Visor…and bought a USB charge/sync cable as well as 2 portable keyboards. Yes, my ADD is that bad that I bought 2 keyboards in the space of 10 minutes, completely forgetting that I had bought one when i bought the second one.
So my Visor Deluxe, with lots of accessories, will be up on eBay within a few days.
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