takwu - 2005-03-18 7:06 PM
I didn't know there existed something this small before the Libretto that could have a GUI.
As I recall, the first GUI desktop O/S on mobile devices was Geos. It was only found on Japanese designed and made devices from Brother word processor typewriters to Casio & Samsung PDAs.
There are Geos holdouts. One Geos group has a Yahoo group. They manage to alter Geos OS so they may continue to use it on PCs, for Surfing & email. Someone may look into using it on Jornada or MobilePro
I have a GUI device that was the world's smallest PDA. Xircom called it a micro PDA. It has Win CE and a speaker. Mine, the Rex 6000, is the last and the best of the micros. The Rex is a PDA built into a 2MB PCMCIA Card.
The Rex 6000 has the most responsive touch screen I have ever used and my review model came with a hard case and a USB-Serial cable with both cables
($189 retail
). The enthusiast sites are inactive since 2003 so far as I know, but you can still get at he posts and download free software and instructions. The 6000 has a full set of PIM programs, connects to PCs
(fits into PCMCIA slot or you can use the cradle
), has a click screen keyboard. Xircom did sell a small external keyboard for it.
I have eight solitaire games loaded in mine. My wife carries it in her purse for card games, calendar, schedule, clock, to do list.
Some ethusiasts
(2001
) reported connecting the Rex with jornada. I tried it with the 680e and both came on but the Jornada shifted into Pocket Word and automaticall went into a loop, writing line after line of 1s. I plan to try it again after I install SP1.
Edited by bruisedquasar 2005-03-19 9:47 AM