Hello everyone, haven't been on the forums for years probably but I still have and use my Windows CE 5.0 PNA somewhat frequently and I'm here to ask for some device recommendations.
Thanks to the whole expensive energy stuff going on I've been thinking about ideas to get devices that would be usable without needing to ever plug them in, to that purpose I came up with two good answers:
- Using solar panels to let the sun produce the electricity.
- Using a dynamo to produce the energy myself.
Now considering I'm an unemployed student I can't exactly afford building some huge solar panel grid that could power an entire house so the best I can do is buy one
(or a few
) of those solar panel chargers for AA/AAA rechargeable batteries or a solar panel powerbank
(but those are way more expensive and hard to find plus I read it can take days to charge one up while it'd only provide enough power for my phone to run like 3 days on a full charge
).
As for the dynamo option I actually have a few ideas for different implementations but no time to play around right now and the power output would be a problem there also.
So my next step was to look for devices actually powered by AA or AAA batteries and must say they're pretty hard to find and pretty expensive. That being said I managed to find a Psion Series 5
(or 5MX, seller wasn't sure
) for relatively cheap
(while also finding a Jornada 720 with missing keys for even cheaper and no idea about the battery state but it seems easier to re-cell than other stuff I did before
) and after looking everywhere on the internet I'm coming here to ask for suggestions of other such devices I may try and find.
Here are a few things I'd want from such a device:
- Battery lasting as long as possible so I don't need to charge often.
- Possibility to write, compile and execute code straight on the device (preferably C being an option).
- Apps for writing text, drawing (and editing) and (if such stuff even exists for any) making and editing music, preferably with the option to save/export in formats supported by modern apps also (nothing fancy, txt works for writing as an example).
- Preferably a decent number of apps available.
- Games and/or emulators for when bored.
- Would be nice if they can run multiple/different OS but not a requirement.
- Being able to relatively easily transfer stuff to a Linux/Windows/Android device.
- I don't think this exists but something with FM radio support (or a plugin for it) would be nice.
I already looked around for enough time to say the dream device would be a Gecko EduBook but those aren't available anywhere and if they were I likely wouldn't afford it so I switched my view to stuff like DOS/Linux/EPOC/Windows CE/PalmOS devices, I'm not fussy about the OS or form factor, it can be laptop, palmtop, etc.
That said I'm first trying to find locally then in EU to avoid horrible shipping taxes which is...hard, barely any HP LX series device available here and too expensive both here and in EU for example.
So yeah, hope y'all can suggest me some devices and thanks in advance.