[geeks] PDA recommendations

[David Cantrell]

On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 07:16:10PM -0400, Keith Campbell wrote:
> A lot of you use various PDA's.
> 
> Which ones make good serial consoles in a pinch?

Not a Palm.  You really need something with a keyboard, so some WinCE
machines, or a Psion.  Don't consider a Nokia 9210, as they have
monstrously buggy firmware.

> Which ones can be secured?  (I think someone here mentioned that the
> Palm can't be.)

It all depends on what you mean by 'secured'.

The built-in 'security' you can apply to individual records in the PIM
apps is useless, but you can get third-party apps which provide reasonable
security for data you store in them (eg GNU Keyring) or which lock the
device pretty effectively.

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