Speaking of the Zaurus

[Christopher A. Bier]

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Software
http://manybooks.net/help/readers.php

Franklin eBookMan $150

Nokia 770 $270
Nokia 800 $400

OLPC $200
http://www.laptop.org/

Sony eBook reader $350
http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/SY_DisplayProductInformation-Start?ProductSKU=PRS500U2&DCMP=Google_Reader&HQS=ebook_reader

Sony PSP $175

> My Collie Zaurus SL-5500 is starting to flake out.  It died/corrupted
> itself
> a while back.  When I reflashed it with Hentges, its root partition was
> corrupted again before the week was out.
>
> I'm going to try removing its newer OS and reverting to a circa 2004
> openzaurus distribution, since all I really need are madplay, a
> functioning
> terminal, and JustReader.  I really hate the way these new versions of
> OpenZaurus et al have gotten so bloated that they need to bleed off into
> the
> CF/SD cards for basic Qtopia/OPIE system files.
>
> I've seen the PalmOS devices that Tom Bruno and Chris Bier carry around,
> but
> the eBook readers on both seem far less functional than JustReader, and
> the
> situation seemed to be even worse for PocketPC/WinCE owners when I was
> trying to hook my dad up with part of my eBook collection in '04-'05.
> Software issues aside, I've also never seen anything with a screen as
> large
> as a Zaurus, although it's been a while since I was really in the market.
>
> Short of hitting the lottery I'm not going to be able to afford a Zaurus
> SL-6000, and they're discontinued anyway.  What's a poor boy to do when
> all
> he wants is something to play MP3s and read eBooks on?  Is there anything
> on
> the market that'll run Qtopia/OPIE-based Linux distributions well?
>
> Thanks,
> Sean Crago
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