Re: Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 Support



And by the same train of thought, I am prepared to write more gnome-vfs
methods for MP3 players :)

Cheers


On Wed, 2002-04-24 at 02:05, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> The problem is that the developers have to *have* a Sharp Zaurus before
> they can implement support for it.
> 
> Eventually, when the Sharp Zaurus is commonplace, I'm sure the support
> will be as great as the Palm (because by that point a lot of developers
> will have them and so there will be a drive to support them).
> 
> Until that happens you might as well be speaking to a brick wall :-)
> 
> Maybe you could jumpstart the process by offering to provide the Sharp
> Zaurus's for developers? ;-)
> 
> Jeff
> 
> On Tue, 2002-04-23 at 20:46, Gene Ruebsamen wrote:
> > Alright,
> > 
> > This needs to be addressed.  Sharp has produced and recently released one of
> > best PDA's on the market.  And guess what!? It uses Linux as it's O.S.
> > 
> > While Sharp is willing to produce a wonderful, yet powerful PDA that not
> > only broadens the number of platforms Linux is availiable on, but also
> > provide great documentation for Developers.. I find it a bit odd that both
> > of the Major desktops (GNOME & KDE) fully support the 3Com Palm Pilot, yet
> > have absolutely no support for the Sharp Zaurus SL-5x00 series even though
> > developer units have been availiable for almost 6 months now!
> > 
> > I use Gnome daily as my desktop.  I would love to see Zaurus support and
> > Integration (on the level of what the Palm Pilot has).  I would hope we can
> > capatalize on this great PDA, and show other companies that when they
> > support the Open Source community, great things can happen.  I would hate to
> > see the Zaurus die a slow and painful death due to lack of support.
> > 
> > Lets help the Zaurus out.  Any takers?


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