Registered: Jul 2002
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Coming soon to your Handspring ... Penguins?!?

Article on Ziff-Davis talks about possibility of Linux being the next OS of choice for Handspring.

clicky

Personally, I'm not too excited. I've run Linux at home. Work on Unix machines at work. True, they are still better than Windoze at doing real work but on a Handheld?

If Handspring can design a GUI interface for Linux that is as simple and functional as Palm OS I might jump on the bandwagon. If not, I'll be looking at Clies.

Registered: Jun 2002
Location: Hampshire, UK
Posts: 14

Have you seen or heard anything about the Sharp Zaurus PDA? That's running Linux, and it's got some pretty good reviews over here in the UK. Good specification too, and loads of software included as standard. It retails at about �450 here, but bear in mind that we ALWAYS pay way over the odds for equipment on this side of the atlantic - what sells for $500 in the US usually ends up at �500 ($775) over here (ouch).

I can probably find one of the magazine articles if you're interested in seeing what they say about Linux on a handheld.

Jules

Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Plant City, FL
Posts: 385

Re: Coming soon to your Handspring ... Penguins?!?

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Article on Ziff-Davis talks about possibility of Linux being the next OS of choice for Handspring.

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Registered: Sep 2001
Location: Singapore
Posts: 174

Well, I'm just hoping that Palm and Handspring would wake up and start getting back their "lost" market share.

Maybe OS 5 will give Handspring a chance to make another comeback?

Or is Handspring going to stick to their Treo line of devices, which IMHO, are not good enough to compete with SONY's.

WAKE UP HANDSPRING!!!!!

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