IBM Hopes More Handhelds Will Be Based on Linux

[Ed Hardy]

Big Blue has created a reference design that companies can purchase and use to create handhelds based on Linux. These would run IBM software on a PowerPC chip.

Read more at http://www.brighthand.com/article/IB...nux_Ref_Design

[cecina]

Some interesting Linux based PDAs....

Motorola/Metrowerks unveils Linux-based PDA reference design
Jan. 22, 2003

Motorola's Metrowerks software tools subsidiary demonstrated a pre-release version of its Linux-based OpenPDA mobile device software platform at LinuxWorld in New York today. The software was shown running on AMD's Alchemy Au1100 system-on-chip based Mobile Client Reference Design Kit (RDK).


http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4817176792.html

IBM/Consumer Direct Link, Inc. Paron MPC Handheld PC combines the functions of a PDA, Bluetooth wireless access, cellular telephone, and biometric fingerprint recognition, along with a security-oriented hardware/software architecture. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...15/bs_nf/20470 http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT7145548309.html

Mitac CAT Bluetooth PDA http://www.mitac.com/micweb/products/ia/pda/main.htm

Group Sense PDA Ltd. (GSPDA) introduced a Linux-based V-2002 PDA with built-in Bluetooth http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9092572389.html

PDA3800BT and GSL Linux are Bluetooth enabled PDA?s in two different Operating Systems Platform. PDA3800BT and GSL Linux have full Bluetooth Protocol Stack with GAP, SDP and DUN profiles operated in GSL OS and Linux respectively. With the Bluetooth link to mobile phone, PDA3800BT and GSL Linux can edit, send and receive SMS messages and Email wirelessly anywhere and anytime. http://qualweb.opengroup.org/Templat...&ProductID=890

Other Linux-based PDAs
http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT8728350077.html

[Ed Hardy]

Please, do not post the entire contents of copyrighted articles.

[cecina]

Originally posted by Ed
Please, do not post the entire contents of copyrighted articles.

"entire"? You mean small parts i guess Ed. I thought i was adding some informative info as well!? Doesn't seem that way.

[Ed Hardy]

You posted the entire article from Linux Devices. What is here now is what is left after I deleted about 10 paragraphs.

[cecina]

Oh did i? My fault....sorry that i did Ed.

I'll try to add more links then text next time.