Re: Support for palm devices in KDE SC 4.4 and beyond?
"Donald F. Robertson" <[email protected]>
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> I don't know if they still make them and > sell them elsewhere. They do not, unfortunately, since the Zaurus was a fantastic machine. They are developing an Ubuntu device with similar physical characteristics. A good source for news is here, http://www.linuxfordevices.com/ I've heard it may be possible to get the old Platform Independent KDE to run on Ubuntu, but non-trivial; I haven't tried it yet. I've had success copying the flat files from the Zaurus / Qt contact DB to a modern KDE installation, but less so with calendar files. Also, some of the old Psion engineers (in my opinion, one of the two best palmtops ever designed -- the other being the HP-200LX) have developed an Ubuntu device with a similar footprint, http://psixpda.com/content/psixpda-pocket-computer the Psion-5MX actually had a keyboard you could touch type on in a device slightly larger than an American check book -- it would fit into a breast pocket -- and outstanding software that later evolved into the Symbian OS. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion_5mx -- Donald Art Alexion wrote: > On Friday 08 January 2010 06:17:35 Anne Wilson wrote: >> If/when you need to switch, you could be right in choosing Nokia. They >> are committed to working with KDE in a number of areas. >> > > Sharp used to make a Zaurus that actually ran Pocket Qt, almost KDE. They > stopped selling them in the US, and I don't know if they still make them and > sell them elsewhere. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > KDE PIM users mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kdepim-users -- Donald F. Robertson San Francisco [email protected] www.DonaldFRobertson.com The known is finite, the unknown is infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability. Our business in every generation is to reclaim a little more land. -- Thomas Huxley.