Re: [tlug] zaurus: wi-fi and keyboard

["Micheal E Cooper" <mcooper@example.com>]

> 	Just curious about keyboards.  The Zaurus (at least the
> 760 so I assume it applies to the 7xx line and perhaps the newer models)
> USB port or 'excuse' for one as I like to call it is not powered.  On
> top
> of which it seems that the USB port cannot act as a host USB controller
> (trying to remember this off the top of my head, apologies if this is
> inaccurate)  so you can't just plug in any USB keyboard and just
> expect it to work.   I had tried using a female-female adapter with the
> USB dongle on the Zaurus to see if I could use a normal USB keyboard
> but didn't have success with that.  Perhaps there is a way but the
> way I tried wasn't successful.
>
>
> Alain

I am starting to think that the Z was not a wise purchase, but I will not
give up on it yet. I have had a couple of days of using KDE-PIM/Pi on
laptop in office and on Z in the halls, and it really is nice to have
exactly the same app on desktop and in PDA. I have moved my ToDo's and
calendar info into KDE-PIM/Pi, so for the time being, it is my
organizational system. It works really well, but then again, another PDA
might work much better. As always, I reiterate that I am still looking
into other systems, like planner-mode.

It seems that the market for open source/ multi-platform PIM is really
limited. I am told that I should not swim against the tide, that I should
just use a Dell AXIM with WindowsCE or just go Palm.