... Nothing greater than 1 GB will work. Don't worry about high-speed products because they won't really be any faster on the Zaurus.
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Thats good Information to know about SD Card Size. My Palm T5 is the only device I own I *think* (have not tried my self) that will recognise a SD card over 1 GB.
I am thinking I want to use the Crow/Cacko Rom on my 5500 because of the 64MB / 0 memory it frees and I like the idea of having the Home directory on SD for easy unison backup. Tell Me if I am thinking wrong! Or if you have much better, experienced opinion.
Also... Thanks for the good tips, cant wait till my 5500 gets here, have set up and Maintained many linux servers and worked with linux at home for the past two years, but i consider my self a newbie because there is soooo much to learn, I hope to learn more with the 5500. If I really like the 5500, I will probably sell my T5 and get a Clamshell Zaurus. I will post to the forum on what I do to the 5500, I guess the first thing I will learn to do is backup the device. Oh and I love Unison, I use it to backup the Palm T5, and the servers at work. Thanks. Later!
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Another benefit to using the 64/0 Crow/Cacko ROM is that if you don't recharge your SL-5500 and the battery loses it's complete charge the only setting you will have to fix will be the time/date. Everything else is stored on the sdcard and therefore dry battery invulnerable.
....something I wish I knew when I was a SL-5500 user....
There's REALLY good retail software out there, much of which will run on just about any Zaurus platform. The emphasis is almost always on "free" software around here because we're a bunch of Linux/OpenSource bugs but you shouldn't blind yourself to the retail apps available. They can REALLY help you get started and get your feet wet without the fear of drowning in the attempt. thekompany.com has a great line of fairly inexpensive apps, but most importantly they have SUPER replacements for the lousy PIM apps that come on the SL-5500. IMPORTANT!!--->Something you need to know ahead of time about those PIM replacements is that if you use any ROM based on the Sharp 3.1 "upgrade" thekompany.com's PIM apps will NOT be syncable with your desktop any longer!
.....something else I wish I knew....
That more is often less, especially with the older Zaurii such as the 5500. Rather than going with the newest ROM distributions such as the 'newer' Cacko/Crow ROM, you should consider going with the Original Crow ROM. You won't have the sync probs listed above and just about EVERY program written for the SL-5500 will work with it cleanly and without much frustration or worry. The only thing that the newer ROM's will truly enable are things that you can easily do without while your new- such as Prettier Menus fonts and backgrounds, a super detailed battery meter, and the such. For a new user using this older ROM to begin with will allow you to go bonzai crazy finding out what goes where and what apps are actually beneficial or worthless etc. without the constant worry of compatibility or breaking everything in sight because you just installed something evil. (BTW I think the original Crow ROM is in the download section at zaurususergroup.org but if not and anyone needs it just email me and I'll email it to you or post it temporarily so you can download it.)
...and what I'd tell myself when I was just starting....
Don't sweat over trying to decide when to dive into your first major reflash, or whether you should try your first recompile etc! You'll know you're ready when you pick up your Z one day and say....I'm bored. THEN... you're ready- go jump in.
One final thing I must echo from others that stands out above all else:
*cover your ears please*
DO NOT BUY ANY HARWARE THAT IS RELATED TO YOUR ZAURUS EVER....NOT EVER....UNTIL YOU SEARCH THESE FORUMS AND THE RELATED ZAURUS SITES TO SEE IF IT IS COMPATIBLE AND WHAT ROMS/SOFTWARE IT'S COMPATIBLE WITH!!!!!
It just can't be stressed enough. I've spent so much on accessories over the years that never got used I could start a museum with them and call it "NeuroShock's Hall of Shame." And without fail each and every device was already known to work/not work.
The only other thing I can think of is to have sent an email to myself on the day that Sharp released the first press release on the SL-5500 and told myself to pre-order one immediately.
Cheers!,
NeuroShock
