Apparently I hear the SL-5600 has these problems fixed - the battery life is better and the unit doesn't lag as much. Those problems remind me of the Palm LifeDrive.

I thought Palm had been screwing up since the Tungsten T days - great idea to put faster chips in, but not so great idea to keep everything 68k and just emulate most of the apps. Then make it very hard to have native ARM apps, so most developers don't bother. Then use the full 320x320 of the screen very poorly - it tends to show the same amount of data that 160x160 showed a while ago.

But where the hell do I get a 5600...

It seems the only decent Linux PDA.

The Zaurii do remind me a bit of the Newtons though... although for some reason, Newtons actually seem easier to get...

I imagine that the Linux PDA market will grow though, now that Palm just made their most stupid mistake ever. Maybe we'll see something from Apple, that would be REALLY cool.

Now where do I get a 5600? There seem to be very few around.