Re: OT: Best PDA?
If you are willing to work with a PDA that is still under development
(e.g., you will have to flash new software), consider the Agenda VR3d
(www.agendacomputing.com and dev.agendacomputing.com). I find it
quite usable for note taking if I use the on-screen keyboard instead
of the hand writing recognition, which needs more work.
The nice thing about the Agenda is that it is really a pretty standard
Linux system in a small package. The VR3d has a 66 MHz MIPS
processor, 8 MB of RAM, and 16 MB of flash. When the PDA is in its
cradle (or connected via IRDA when that software is finished), it runs
PPP, so from your Linux PC you can telnet, NFS mount, or synchronize
files. It uses X11 with the Fast Light Tool Kit (www.fltk.org), which
is available for both Linux and Windows. You can run a xterm with ash
or bash. A very nice feature is usage of a journaling file system
with storage in flash memory, so saved files are not vulnerable to
batteries failing. There are GCC-based cross-compilation tools, and
most Linux applications build directly (e.g., run autoconfig) other
than changes needed to use FLTK. The web page
http://www.csee.umbc.edu/~acedil1/agenda/
has a lot of practical detail.
Ed
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