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VR3 Does Not Meet the Agenda [Linux Magazine]

Sep 21, 2001 — by Rick Lehrbaum — from the LinuxDevices Archive — views

Linux Magazine has published an online review of the Agenda VR3 Linux PDA, written by Alan Zeichick. Zeichick looks at the VR3 from a PDA user's perspective, rather from that of a Linux developer. Zeichick writes . . .

“After evaluating the VR3 for a month, I can't help but judge it against my current PDA-of-choice, the Palm IIIx. The VR3 wins hands down on the hardware side . . .”

” . . .The VR3 is a very clever handheld, but as a consumer PDA, it doesn't hold a candle to the much more mature Palm devices. Its appeal would be greatest for Linux hackers who want a pocket-sized Linux device to fool around with or for application developers who want to port standard apps to this platform instead of writing them from scratch for Windows CE or PalmOS.”

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