Another Linux PDA to Challenge the Nokia 770 92
vhogemann writes "It seems that the number of Linux PDA devices just keeps growing, the German based phone maker Road just announced an Qtopia based Linux Cellphone/PDA. The original article gives more details: 'Opening the clamshell device reveals a QWERTY keyboard and a 640 x 240 display — closed, the unit presents a 102 x 65 monochrome phone screen. The HandyPC contains the usual array of PIM and messaging apps, along with a viewer to read Microsoft Office files. It will ship with PC synchronisation tools, media player software and a web browser. It can even be used as a voice recorder.'" Rather than Nokia's 770, to me Road's phone more closely resembles Nokia's 9XXX series.
Great! (Score:5, Informative)
With the current growth and popularity of Linux on the handheld, the OS is rapidly approaching ubiquity. This trend will accelerate with the much awaited release of the Linux version of Palm OS [theregister.co.uk].
Good as a phone, too. (Score:2, Informative)
Re:What the hell? (Score:4, Informative)
The German version of QWERTY. [wikipedia.org]
QWERTZ IS NOT A TYPO (Score:3, Informative)
Re:What the hell? (Score:4, Informative)
Love the form-factor (Score:4, Informative)
P.S. Of course, it's also the form-factor that Val Kilmer used in The Saint.
ROAD has been vaporware for more than 18 months (Score:2, Informative)
Check out the way back machine for february 2005 [archive.org] vs today's page [road-gmbh.de]
You'll notice subtle changes, but for something that was announced at least 18 months ago and that still doesn't exist, my patience has eroded somewhat.
The Nokia Communicators are Psions (Score:3, Informative)
I have a Nokia 9210 and yup, it's an updated Series 5 with colour screen, email, web etc etc etc. ok so it's a brick, but it's a brick that's served me well for years, a brick which will bring my life crashing to a halt when it breaks down. My next phone will be either a Nokia 9500 or a Nokia 9300 as replacement, slightly less brick like but still the Psion tech built in and a fabulous PDA OS and UI.