Linux with PDAs & Handheld PCs

You want to use Linux or another Unix with your PDA or handheld computer? Here are links to usage and compatibility documentation about Linux with different PDAs. You may find documentation about non-Linux PDAs as well as dedicated Linux PDAs (like the Agenda VR3, the SHARP Zaurus and the Samsung Yopy). Have you written a guide yourself? Then please feel free to submit a new entry. And don't miss the general resource section at the bottom, containing overviews about Linux software for PDAs (including free JAVA applications for mobile phones and PDAs), PDA accessories and more.

· ACER · Aeronix * · Agenda (now Softfield) * · AMD * · American Microsystems Ltd. (AML) · Apple · ASUS · CASIO · COMPAQ · DELL · Empower * · Everex · Fujitsu-Siemens (FSC) · GSPDA *

· Handspring · HP · IBM · Invair * · Irex * · Mitac · M&N * · Olympus *   · NEC · Node * · Nokia * · Palm · Philips · Psion · Royal * · NTT-DoCoMo

· Samsung * · SHARP * · SONY · Siemens · Simputer * · Symbol · Terapin * · Toshiba · Tripod Data Systems (TDS) · UniTech · VTech       · SelfMade Linux PDAs

*) dedicated Linux PDAs

Further reviews on PDA's

• Linux with XScale CPU PDAs
• Linux and Tablet PCs
• BSD with laptop, notebooks, PDAs and mobile phones
• QNX Realtime OS on mobile computers
• MiniX on mobile computers

Equipment/Accessories

• PCMCIA-Cards/CF-Cards
• SmartCards/CF-Cards
• BlueTooth
• IrDA-(InfraRed)-Devices
• Portable Printers and Scanners
• Wireless Connectivity
• Other Equipment - barcode readers, braille terminals, keyboards, ..
• Pocketop Keyboard
• AirCable (BlueTooth Dongle)

Documentations

• Linux Mobile Guide
• Linux InfraRed-HOWTO
• go2z - Change from any PDA to a Linux PDA  
• Lotus Notes and Linux PDAs
• a survey of free eBooks  
• a survey of free music  
• a survey of free PocketMovies  
• general information on Linux and PDAs
• table survey of PDAs and their Linux features (old)
• Software/Hardware Standards for PDAs
• graphical user interfaces - GUIs for Linux PDAs and cell phones
• how to disassemble and repair a PDA or HandHeld PC
• Some Resources on Embedded Linux
• Intel SA1100 CPU
• Personal Information Management Systems - PIMS and UniX

Application Surveys

• Linux Applications for Server Connections to PDAs - Synchronisation, Software Distribution, ..
• JAVA Applications for (Linux) PDAs
• Debian Packages for PDAs
• applications for miscellaneous other PDAs
• Free Software for PocketPC, WindowsCE, Microsoft Mobile PDAs
• MAC OS X and Linux PDAs
• vCard tools
• JTAG tools

Software

• p2z - Palm to Zaurus conversion tool
• strip2zsafe - Strip to ZSafe conversion tool
• trans - Bidirectional Dictionary Lookup Tool

• TuxMobil IPK Package Feed

Related Sites

• handhelds.org - Linux for PDAs and wearables  
• linux-to-go your one stop for embedded computing.
• Achim Schrepfer: Das Web in der Tasche web design for handheld computers (in German).
• Zaurus Software Index - ZSI.
• Open Palm Integrated Environment - OPIE
• OpenZaurus
• Linux Laptop, Notebook, mobile phone and PDA retail shops