*Real* Python on a PDA

[D-Man]

On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 10:44:35PM +0000, David LeBlanc wrote:
| In article <3dy9rp2ij6.fsf at mems-exchange.org>, akuchlin at mems-exchange.org 
| says...
| > "Jeff Kunce" <kuncej at mail.conservation.state.mo.us> writes:

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| http://www.handhelds.org for info on linux, python and bsd on handhelds.

This site was pretty good.  I especially liked the "How to install
Debian/ARM" and "How to install Python with pygtk and libglade"
sections.


Has anyone tried a Psion?  (www.psion.com)  A friend of mine has one
and it looks really useful.  He has an older Series 5 with an 18MHz
ARM processor.  Some of the features include :
    640x240 LCD touch screen
    complete keyboard
    IrDA port
    PCMCIA slot

It comes with some proprietary OS with Word and Excel look-alikes and
several other apps.  The PCMCIA slot can take the memory from his
Kodak digital camera and browse the images (he could only look at the
vfat filesystem because he didn't have any imaging software loaded on
it).  The newer ones have color, a bigger screen, and other features.

The Psion looks really useful, but I would prefer to see one with
linux and python on it :-).

Does anyone know of a comparision chart for different PDAs that take
the user's perspective into account?  (ie not a comparision written up
by the marketing department of one of the manufacturers)

-D