Linux Status of PDAs/Handheld PCs (old)

Survey (sorted by manufacturer)

Model	CPU	OS	Linux	Linux/IrDA
3COM
Palm III (former Pilot)	68000	PalmOS	uCLinux Linux applications
Agenda
Agenda VR3		Linux OS!	Linux on the Agenda
Apple
Newton 2100		Newton OS?	Linux apps for the Newton	seems to work
Casio
Cassiopeia E-15G	16MB	WindowsCE 2.11	Linux on the Cassiopeia
Cassiopeia E-105G	VR4121, 131MHz, 32MB	WindowsCE 2.11	Linux on the Cassiopeia
COMPAQ
Aero 1520	NEC RISC 70MHz	WinCE 2.11	CF card slot, status unknown
Aero 2120		WinCE 2.11??
Aero 2130		WinCE 2.11
iPAQ H3600		WinCE	Linux on the iPAQ	see Linux/IrDA mailing list 02/2001
COMPAQ/Digital
Itsy	StrongARM	Linux	yes, not publicly available, iX 7/1999 p.12	unknown
Ericsson
MC12
FrontPath
SonicBlue: ProGear		Linux OS!	Linux on the ProGear
Geofox
				IR chip CL-7110
Handspring
Visor			see Handspring-Visor-HOWTO
HP
200/300/320/360/620 LX			Unix on the HP LX200
Jornada	190-MHz StrongARM SA-1100 iX 7/1999 p. 62
CapShare 910
IBM
WorkPad II				unknown
NEC
MobilePro			LinCE
Palmax
Palmax 1100	Cyrix MediaGX		Linux on the Palmax 1100 by Alan Cox	works, NSC PC97338VJG controller
Philips
Velo 1		WindowsCE	see Psion-HOWTO and Velo 500 by Pavel M.
PSION
3, 3C, 3MX		EPOC (w/o 32)		connection to printer, "communicates neither with a Palm Pilot nor my mobile phone like mine from Motorola.", Linux apps for the PSION
5	ARM 710	EPOC32	Werner Almesberger presented a Linux port at 5th Annual Linux Expo, Raleigh NC , Linux apps for the PSION and the official Linux-7110 website	connection to printer, IR chip CL-7110
7		the Series 7 port
Samsung
YOPY		Linux OS!!	Linux on the YOPY
Seiko Instruments Inc. SII
BrainPad TIPO
Sharp
SL-5000 Zaurus			Linux on the SL-5000
Mobilon 4100/4500
SE-300
Vadem
Clio			PocketLinux (http://www.pocketlinux.com seems no longer available), contributor: Tim Jung <tjung_at_igateway.net>
Vtech
HELIO	75Mhz MIPS	proprietary OS, but Linux OS under development	Linux on the HELIO	no IrDA port

Thanks to

• Kenneth E. Harker's page Linux on Laptops.
• Linux/IrDA project and the members of the Linux/IrDA mailing list.
• Ben Attias <hfspc002_at_csun.edu>.
• Nathan Myers <ncm_at_linuxlaptops.com> from Linux Laptops.
• Andreas Gohr <a.gohr_at_web.de
• Klaus Singvogel <ks_at_caldera.de>.