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Thursday, June 16, 2005

Cheap Computer for Composing on the Road

I've always liked this form-factor, and while it's old, slow and non-upgradable, if you want something to type with on the road, you can't go wrong spending around $120 for an HP Jornada 680e.

I personally would love to be able to do some coding on the road without all the hassle of larger computers, and it looks like that might be possible soon using JLime, a Linux for the HP 6XX series.

Right now it looks like kind of a hassle to set up, but with a tiny Linux and some kind of WiFi/CompactFlash storage card, I would really love this thing.

In the meantime, if you do a lot of writing away from your desk, or would like to, the keyboard is a 76% of full-size, pretty amazing and definitely usable.

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» At 12:09 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

It looks like this has a PC card slot (type II).

Will it handle WiFi?

» At 12:15 PM, Blogger Morgan said...

Definitely it will, but be aware the browser is very old and not upgradable. There is some discussion of types that will work here:

http://www.hpcfactor.com/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=602&start=1

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