Re: Handheld/PDA PIM Recommendations

On Thu, 2007-04-12 at 15:39 +0200, Nils Faerber wrote:
> Peter Bart schrieb:
> > Hello Everyone,
> Hi!
> 
> > 	I own two Nokia 770's who have done their job faithfully until I
> > finally scratched the screen on one almost past usability. I need to
> > replace this device with something similar that of course runs Linux. I
> > am looking for something that will have a PIM with audible alarms on the
> > calendar and of course all the consumer applications we have gotten so
> > used to on the 770. That would be email, games, xjournal, leafpad,
> > sdictionary, desktop weather and search engines, SpotYah, media
> > player(s), Gnumeric, and some sort of sync to Evolution. Would going to
> > the Nokia 800 be a good idea or are there better options out there?
> 
> Depends on when you want it and which state you are looking at ;)
> 
> For me there are currently only too valid alternatives:
> - Nokia Maemo/Hildon devices, either 770 or N800
> - FIC NEO1973 with OpenMoko
> 
> The first is mature and stable.
> The second is rather for the more adventure-loving people ;)
> 
> Apart from those I am not aware of any major alternatives right now. But
> the market is changing rapidly right now. I assume that within the next
> one or max. two years we will see at least five new and open enough
> devices going to market - I have no internal info on this, this is just
> my gutt feeling.