[GRLUG] Android PDA

[mailtonick]

I use a Nokia n800, it runs a Linux based tablet OS. It has
productivity apps, many Foss. Plus it has Skype, fm radio, bluetooth,
games, webcam, 32gb expansion. I mainly use it for browsing and
international calls, and games while travelling.

I'm happy with it. You could find a decent one on ebay for USD 75-100

Nick

On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 11:31 PM, Kyle <dontwantspam1 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> On 5/3/2010 11:13 PM, Matthew Seeley wrote:
>> > From experience as well (although I don't mess with the API's much,
>> mine are mostly silly little projects) :
>>
>> One of the coolest things I've seen is how they've made the
>> development super easy to get started. You can begin writing your
>> application, without installing anything, without even owning a Palm
>> device, by heading to http://ares.palm.com and develop right in the
>> browser. (It's a good experience, Palm hired the Mozilla Bespin guys
>> to write it). Then, if you install the SDK, you can actually use the
>> Browser IDE to send compiled, installed apps straight to your phone,
>> with one click.
>>
>> (You can, of course, download the full SDK and develop on your local
>> machine too, and do all compile / packaging / distribution locally, if
>> you want.)
>>
>> The UI toolkit has a GUI builder built in too. So really, the only
>> 'hard' parts involved are those API calls, and learning their default
>> apps structure (it's a heavy-handed, and while not required, I think
>> most people use it anyway).
>>
>>
>>
>> -- Matt
>>
>
>
> Well, that's interesting.  I've seen it before, but never tried it, as
> it looked like just an interface builder or rapid prototyping system
> rather than being built for full-blown apps.  May have to take another
> look at it - Thanks!
>
> - Kyle
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