Frank McPherson: Handheld NewsHandheld computing news and commentary by Frank McPherson(Untitled)- April 22, 2002 Here are instructions for adding the Zaurus Zone package feed to the addremove programs of the Zaurus SL-5500.http://radio.weblogs.com/0100593/categories/handheldNews/2002/04/22.html#a266 (Untitled)- April 15, 2002 The TkcPlayer for the Zaurus plays MP3 and Ogg Vorbis files.http://radio.weblogs.com/0100593/categories/handheldNews/2002/04/15.html#a260 (Untitled)- April 13, 2002 Now that we are well on our way to being able to do offline blogging from Pocket PCs, (way to go Bryce!) my next wish is an offline RSS news aggregator for Pocket PCs. One of the features of Radio Userland is that it downloads RSS newsfeeds to my PC, and provides me a way to browse them in what is called the News Aggregator. What I would like to be able to do is synchronize those feeds down to my Pocket PC, so that I could read through them at my leisure. Without doing a lot of snooping around,.http://radio.weblogs.com/0100593/categories/handheldNews/2002/04/12.html#a248 (Untitled)- April 4, 2002 Bryce links to Walter Mossberg's negative review of the Sharp SL-5500. Bryce is correct in his assessment of Mossberg in being Palm-centric in his reviews. Walter has a dim view towards all PDAs not running Palm OS. After using the SL-5500 for little bit, I tend to agree that this is not a prime time device. Every comment and review that I have read about SL-5500 says the same thing. However, the buzz around this handheld is not so much how it is now, but what it could be. In my opinion this is.http://radio.weblogs.com/0100593/categories/handheldNews/2002/04/04.html#a231 (Untitled)- April 4, 2002 This article suggests that the Sharp SL-5500 has root access exposed when connected to the network.http://radio.weblogs.com/0100593/categories/handheldNews/2002/04/04.html#a230 (Untitled)- April 4, 2002 ZDnet on the Sharp SL-5500. Reports that Sharp will be launching a CDPD service at $29 per month and $99 for the modem. A CDPD offerring at this stage when there are faster services is curious. It is interesting to note that while the SL-5500 uses the supposedly cheaper Linux operating system, the device does not cost significantly less at $500.http://radio.weblogs.com/0100593/categories/handheldNews/2002/04/04.html#a226 (Untitled)- April 4, 2002 I have the Sharp SL-5500 synchronizing with my notebook computer and Outlook 2002 and everything is working as it should. A "custom" version of Puma Technology's Intellisync is included with the SL-5500 for synchronization with Outlook or Palm Desktop. If I didn't want to sync with either of these programs I could sync with the Qtopia desktop program that is also included. The other good news is that it appears the SL-5500 can co-exist with my Pocket PCs. I've been able to switch between the...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100593/categories/handheldNews/2002/04/03.html#a222 (Untitled)- April 3, 2002 There is a new toy in the house: the Sharp Zaurus SL-5500. This latest PDA incarnation from Sharp has PDA hardware specs (206 Mhz Strong Arm processor, 64 MB of RAM, CompactFlash and Secure Digital Slots) but runs Linux. It has been home for a couple of hours and is currently charging. The initial impressions from the little I have played with it: The UI appears to have been really designed for the thumb keyboard. Even though it does have a soft input panel that supports handwriting...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100593/categories/handheldNews/2002/04/03.html#a221 |