Just Ordered My New Pda

[washo]

hi all
After 2 years with a dell axim X30 624MHz, I decided to change a little.

I will be soon using a C1000 from sharp
little description: photo here: http://juyle.over-blog.com/album-34151.html
PXA270 @ 416MHz (OC up to 624)
64 RAM
128 ROM
Linux kernel 2.4 (2.6 is available with another ROM)
640*480*16 tft display 3.7"
USB host (with a lot of drivers)
qwerty keyboard

Is there any users here?
Any advice for a noob?

thanks for your time

see you :lol:

 

[CABBAGES]

I have one Not used it much tho but i did play psx4zaurus quite a bit on it but now the sound dosnt come out the speaker But headphones still work . You should try psx4zaraus.

I should really send it back to get it fixed but dont know if its worth it as i would have to send it back to japan

 

[Fishbong]

You rich bastards. I could make good use of it for my studies, but cannot afford it. Hm, maybe if i don´t get a wii...? Forget it. stupid thought.

 

[washo]

rich bastards???
lol
I could only get my after selling parts of my HP calculator collection, my old PDA and other stuffs on the net.
I think you are studying japanese maybe you can get one used. It would be cheaper

Thanks Cabbages, I will try PSX ASAP...
How is SNES?

see you :lol:

 

[CABBAGES]

Ive noit tryed anythin else really on it once the speaker stopped workin i lost interest in it a bit and at that time my v43 came .

 

[Fishbong]

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...=ADME:B:SSE:1
Damn that´s cheap. How can he offer it at such low prices? It seems a bit suspicious.

 

[washo]

no it is the market price...
I ordered mine for the same amount of money
I got it from www.conics.net
work very fast
service seems good too

see you :lol:

 

[Fishbong]

Cool. How high was the shipping?

 

[Shikaku]

I use OpenOffice Math and the classic approach for my financial and upkeeping needs:

I really don't see why people need this kind of stuff at all...

 

[Fishbong]

Because not everyone still goes to school. I´m studying translation, and i hate having to use those enormous hulks of paper, carrying them around, looking things up... When i had my zodiac, i had some excellent dictionaries on it, came in real handy. And then, i don´t like to carry my laptop with me every time i want to write anything besides notes.

 

[washo]

same reason here
studying japanese and dictionary are really big (kanji dict, jap->en, en->jap.... thousands of pages)

Shipping is not that much
I got mine from Japan directly and it was 35€ (around 50$ I think) for EMS shipping (insurance + tracking online) delivery is 2-3 working days

see you :lol:

 

[WarmFluffyUK]

It's got a phone built into the top? That's kewl. My Present PDA is:

I have been thinking of upgrading for a while now, and a built in phone was something I really like about my present PDA.

I will seriously take a look at this unit, thanks for showing it to us

Edit: What OS is it running?

 

[washo]

linux
a special kernel (2.4 or 2.6... depends on the rom you choose)

see you :lol:

 

[WarmFluffyUK]

linux
a special kernel (2.4 or 2.6... depends on the rom you choose)

see you :lol:

Linux, that's excelent, I'm even more interested now, my Present PDA crashes as much as windows 98 does.

I wonder how much they retail for in the UK?

 

[washo]

you can check the auction available on this page, it is rather cheap
or you can get it from www.conics.net geekstuff4u.....a lot of websites offer this but I wasnt able to find less than 257€ on conics, shipping for France from Japan was 40€ and there was a 10€ more because it was a Paypal transaction....If you have 300€ to spend on a new toy, then that should be a good one
If you want I will report my 1st impression when I receive it (should be on monday or tuesday)

see you :lol:

 

[WarmFluffyUK]

If you want I will report my 1st impression when I receive it (should be on monday or tuesday)

Yes I would like that very much, and I look forward to it .

 

[Fishbong]

Please write if there are decent Dictionary readers like TomeRaider or libri.
I´m thinking of selling my PSP and Eye Trek to buy one of those, but it´s gotta be worth it!

 

[washo]

1st impression
OMFG
it is a little bit bigger than standard PDA
the screen is amazing
it is fast (except when booting for the 1st time)
2GB SD card support is OK
I have a lot of software to try now, but I will look for a dict reader

see you :lol:

 

[LordFu]

I'm thinking about getting one of these after the holidays. Are there any good community sites for the Zaurus?

 

[washo]

about community:
I would say YES but as I dont have yet any account there to talk and ask questions I cant be really sure but I think it is YES (I already used forums help to solve some issue with japanese...)

about media content
a video (640*480) CAN NOT be played at 30fps
even with the modified kernel and all patches you can find
I cant OC (even 520 makes my zaurus to crash.....too sad)
320*240 video will play but not really good looking

that is I would say the most bad point I have found so far...

SNES is playable with sound (but need OC to reach fullspeed)
same for PSX and every others emu

keyboard is great
OS is fast (I already changed to cacko 1.23)
USB host has the same limitation as GP2X... 100mA max so that means you will not be able to plug a HDD of a wifi dongle directly

see you :lol: