[BUGA] Mobile phone/PDA recommendations?

[Greg 'groggy' Lehey]

On Friday,  9 December 2005 at 17:17:24 +1030, Daniel O'Connor wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Dec 2005 16:57, David Newall wrote:
>
> Now I use Quikwriting which is quite a clever idea. It is harder to
> learn, but has a much lower error rate.

And a lower data rate?

>> I think your list is quite good, but I'd add that you need to place
>> a high-emphasis on both screen and battery.  For example a
>> Linux-based unit with perfect speech recognition would be of
>> unacceptable utility if it only had a 320x240 8-bit-colour screen,
>> or if it only worked for an hour on a charge.
>
> I suspect the technology won't be up to what he wants.  Then again I
> think using a Unixy system with a PDA interface would be a big pile
> of suck. A stylus is not a good interface for text entry.

UNIX doesn't mean text.  In my book, it means the most appropriate
tool for the job.

> Be aware that if you have a PocketPC based device it will be
> difficult/impossible to sync with FreeBSD or Linux. You can usually
> get them to back themselves up to a flash card, but this is in some
> binary blob that is difficult to examine.

Yes, this was one of my concerns.  In the case of the iPAQ, it also
means that I'd have to juggle SD cards.

Greg
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