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General Discussion / State of the Zaurus?

« on: April 14, 2004, 09:11:01 pm »

Kind of an open-ended question. What\'s the state of the Zaurus world right now. I left it about a year ago, sick of the short battery life on my 5500. I moved to a Palm m130 and have been very happy with it. But like any gadget junkie I check in once in a while to see if conditions have improved and if I might want to consider switching again. Can anyone provide me with some insight into the state of the Zaurus currently? Is there a Zaurus on the market with battery life longer than 2 hours (that\'s what I was getting with my 5500, roughly). Is it affordable and available (i.e. doesn\'t cost $800 imported from Japan to the US, where I am)? Lastly, what\'s the state of synchronization these days. Last time I checked Sharp had broken the ROM in so far as it couldn\'t sync with QTopia Desktop any longer. So there was basically no PIM to sync to on Linux.  Has this changed?

Thanks.