Maybe I Should Sell My Zaurus

Posted by Trejkaz Mon, 18 Apr 2005 02:52:00 GMT

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my beloved PDA, and whether I really need it.

I mean, the thing has given me a lot of fun. Unlike all other PDAs, Java development on the Zaurus is actually quite nice. The JRE looks native, runs relatively fast, and integrates pretty well (it’s a shame they decided to remove it from the default bundle in the newer versions of the PDA.)

The OS is pretty solid (until you go reflashing it with something more experimental), compatibility with Linux is perfect, and the thing can even be overclocked to a limited degree. :-)

But this fun has a price. I’ve started discovering that every time I get out the PDA, it’s for one of two reasons. Most of the time, I use it to waste time by tinkering with various things

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Zaurus Wikipedia

Posted by Trejkaz Tue, 11 Jan 2005 06:55:00 GMT

It’s like it sounds.

I wanted a copy of [Wikipedia][1] to use on the run, when I had no easy access to a net connection (this is especially the case while I have no Wi-fi adapter and need to make do with Bluetooth, or USB for better bandwidth.)

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Zaurus SD Autostart

Posted by Trejkaz Tue, 11 Jan 2005 06:32:00 GMT

I wanted to set up stuff to run automatically when the SD card is inserted. One of the reasons for this was a Zaurus Wikipedia install, as I wanted it to mount the wikipedia when the card was inserted and unmount it as it was ejected.

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