[TriLUG] "Palm" devices

paul peeler paul at enetx.net
Tue May 11 10:17:56 EDT 2004


Mind sharing the type/model keyboard you are using with your zaurus?

Paul



On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 07:54, Michael Thompson wrote:
> My Zaurus does both, and the keyboard hides away nicely behind the
> button panel when not in use.  The thumb board is much nicer than
> handwriting recognition when doing things at the command prompt, like
> running "vi" or ssh-ing into the office to restart apache on your
> squirrelmail server....  :)  I purchased an external ir keyboard for the
> Z as well, it helps a lot when I want to use it as Linux workstation
> instead of a pda...
> 
> $.02
> 
> --mike
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2004-05-10 at 21:46, Christopher L Merrill wrote:
> > I've been using a Grafitti-based (Palm) device for at least 5 years,
> > probably more like 7.  IMO, keyboards are cumbersome and a waste of
> > precious real-estate on small form-factor devices.  But I also think
> > it's a very personal choice.  You've gotta try both and see what you
> > like.
> > 
> > Brian McCullough wrote:
> > > At last month's meeting, Lisa, Chris and I had a short conversation
> > > regarding the different merits of "grafitti" and "thumb boards."
> > 
> > 
> > 
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