From brandon at squareonedesign.com Mon May 21 09:01:31 2001 From: brandon at squareonedesign.com (Brandon Gohsman) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:00:39 2004 Subject: FW: Comparing 3 Linux PDAs Message-ID: Interesting article for those of you who like PDAs. I found it so interesting, in fact, that I bought one. Brandon -----Original Message----- From: Denise Olliffe [mailto:deniseo@oreilly.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 2:40 PM To: brandon@squareonedesign.com Subject: Comparing 3 Linux PDAs "If you didn't know that you can get not one, not two, but three Linux-based PDAs, then this article is for you. In the past, laptops have been the only real option for mobile Linux, but that's changing. A recent article on the O'Reilly Network compares three Linux PDAs: Compaq's iPAQ, Agenda Computing's VR3 and G.Mate's Yopy. Linux on Your PDA by Chris Halsall * 05/11/2001 The first part of a four-part series testing Linux PDAs. http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2001/05/11/linux_pdas_one.html Chris Halsall is a specialist at automated information gathering and presentation systems. He is President of Open Source Solutions Inc. and Vice-President of the Victoria Linux Users Group. Please pass on to your members if you think they'd be interested. --Denise From brandon at squareonedesign.com Mon May 21 09:35:15 2001 From: brandon at squareonedesign.com (Brandon Gohsman) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:00:39 2004 Subject: Comparing 3 Linux PDAs In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Sure, I was using a Handspring Visor Prism. It was pretty and cool but the 160 pixel x 160 pixel screen kind of sucked. I finally decided that I was going to replace it after the 3rd time it crashed during a hot-sync forcing me to reload all of the software and data on it (which took forever). This article came about the same time. Keep in mind that the Handspring Prism runs about $450.00. I bought the Yopy Development Kit (which includes the device) for $590.00. So, what makes it worth the additional cashola? First and foremost, it is running Linux, not the Palm OS or Windows CE. Second, the screen is 320 pixels x 240 pixels. It has the same color depth as both the Handspring Prism and the new Palm m505. It has a microphone and speaker built into it along with audio in and out ports. And it natively plays MP3's. And instead of 8Mb of RAM, it has 16Mb of static and 32Mb of flash RAM. That combined with the compact flash expansion port, which takes not only compact flash media but IBM's new mini drive up to 1Gig makes it a very, very powerful little handheld device. So I sold my Handspring and my MiniDisk player on eBay and bought a Yopy. It is currently enroot from Seoul, Korea. I'll have to let you know how I like it once it actually shows up (I am hoping it is in English). Oh, I also opted for the $70.00 digital camera for it. I am really curious to see what Linux apps I can get away with running on it. Of course, Perl is on my wishlist. So, why didn't I go for one of the other two? Well, I am racist against Compaq (bad past experiences). And the other one just didn't look cool. I know, that's shallow of me, but I am a graphic designer, after all. Form and function and stuff. So that pretty much sums up my weekend. Brandon -----Original Message----- From: Del Nicholls [mailto:dln@gilsongfx.com] Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 10:17 AM To: brandon@squareonedesign.com Subject: RE: Comparing 3 Linux PDAs Brandon, Sounds good. Could you tell us the features that led to your purchase? Thanks, Del Nicholls Gilson Graphics -----Original Message----- From: owner-grand-rapids-pm-announce@pm.org [mailto:owner-grand-rapids-pm-announce@pm.org]On Behalf Of Brandon Gohsman Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 10:02 AM To: Perl Mongers Subject: FW: Comparing 3 Linux PDAs Interesting article for those of you who like PDAs. I found it so interesting, in fact, that I bought one. Brandon -----Original Message----- From: Denise Olliffe [mailto:deniseo@oreilly.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 2:40 PM To: brandon@squareonedesign.com Subject: Comparing 3 Linux PDAs "If you didn't know that you can get not one, not two, but three Linux-based PDAs, then this article is for you. In the past, laptops have been the only real option for mobile Linux, but that's changing. A recent article on the O'Reilly Network compares three Linux PDAs: Compaq's iPAQ, Agenda Computing's VR3 and G.Mate's Yopy. Linux on Your PDA by Chris Halsall * 05/11/2001 The first part of a four-part series testing Linux PDAs. http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2001/05/11/linux_pdas_one.html Chris Halsall is a specialist at automated information gathering and presentation systems. He is President of Open Source Solutions Inc. and Vice-President of the Victoria Linux Users Group. Please pass on to your members if you think they'd be interested. --Denise From joelmeulenberg at yahoo.com Mon May 21 12:21:20 2001 From: joelmeulenberg at yahoo.com (Joel Meulenberg) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:00:39 2004 Subject: GR.pm Poll: Will you be able to make it to the GR.pm Lunch this Friday? Message-ID: <20010521172120.61282.qmail@web13006.mail.yahoo.com> With the holiday weekend, I was wondering how many people will actually be able to make it to the GR.pm lunch this Friday. If few can make it, we'd be inclined to reschedule. So if you *can* make it, please let me know via email. Depending on the response, we may reschedule. Thanks. +Joel __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ From joelmeulenberg at yahoo.com Tue May 22 15:01:59 2001 From: joelmeulenberg at yahoo.com (Joel Meulenberg) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:00:39 2004 Subject: Reminder: GR.pm Lunch Meeting Friday, May 25th @ BD's Mongolian BBQ @ 11:30am Message-ID: <20010522200159.29332.qmail@web13004.mail.yahoo.com> There were many affirmative responses to the poll, so the lunch meeting for this Friday is still on. From the responses, it sounds like there should be at least 10 of us there. In case you hadn't heard already, BD's Mongolian BBQ has been declared the unofficial restaurant of the Grand Rapids Perl Mongers since it shares one of Perl's core principles (its motto actually), namely, TMTOWTDI - There's More Than One Way To Do It! BD's Mongoloid BBQ is on the north side of 28th street a little east of Breton. Brandon G. said he plans to come and he'll be bringing the O'Reilly books he's been accumulating recently. I'm aware of two books. One of them is the Programming Python book (not that there's anything wrong with that ;) ). The other one is "Beyond Contact - A Guide to SETI and Communicating with Alien Civilizations". Brandon, are there any other new books to mention? See you there! +Joel -- Perl Mongers do it more than one way. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/