Zaurus feedback

[Dustin Mollo]

On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 02:41:32PM -0800, minnigerode wrote:
> Be sure to get a CF 802.11 card with it.  You can sync it much faster
> than with the USB cradle. Don't get the linksys CF card.  It works just
> fine but blocks the stylus slot.  So you have to remember to get 
> the stylus out before putting in the card.

Just a FYI - Linksys finally fixed this annoying problem.  The card he is
referring to is the WCF11...nice card, but like he said, the antennae
portion is wider than the CF card itself, and it ends up blocking the stylus
slot.  They've released the WCF12 that fixes this problem, but I don't know
anything else about the new card.

On the general Zaurus note, it is a great little device.  Personally, I
don't use it as a PDA and don't ever intend to.  It's way too big for my
needs as a general PDA - I'll keep my Palm Vx for that duty.  I bought the
Zaurus as a handy Linux/network tool and as a play toy.  Granted - a lot of
money for a "toy" but hey - I'm a nerd...gotta buy somethin fun once in a
while, eh?

Putting OZ3 (as Troy mentioned) on the device is one of the best things I've
done with it.  It fixes all the little annoyances that I have with the Sharp
ROM (and the best part - if you don't like it, you can put the Sharp ROM
back on the device!)  Among my biggest peeves with the Sharp are no built-in
console app (ie, you can't pull up a command line on the thing
out-of-the-box, except for going into an entirely non-GUI mode at startup
that's a "secret backdoor") and no built-in SSH.  If you don't care for the
built-in productivity apps, you can purchase some replacements (as well as
some add-ons) over at thekompany.com (http://www.thekompany.com/embedded/). 
I do know they work under the Sharp ROM, but it seems a few of the apps
might have problems working under OZ3 due to some files being in different
locations etc.  The OZ3 folks and thekompany.com are working on this issue,
I hear.

I really should put together some sort of presentation on the device for
NBLUG...hmmm...

-Dustin