This is the eighth article in LinuxDevices.com's series on “Exploring Linux PDA Alternatives” by Jerry Epplin that explores the history, status, alternative architectures, and future developments of Linux on PDAs and handheld devices. In this installment, Epplin examines G.Mate's new Yopy Linux PDA, from both a user and developer point of view. Epplin writes . . .

“With the previous launch of the Sharp Zaurus, the large electronics manufacturers have confirmed the appropriateness of Linux as a platform for PDAs. Sharp's choice of Linux signals the market that operating systems from Microsoft and Palm are no longer the only acceptable choices. Previous Linux PDAs had been limited to Compaq's iPAQ, which is shipped with a Microsoft OS and had to be reloaded with Linux; and Agenda Computing's VR3, which seems to have been discontinued.”

“The new G.Mate Yopy continues the trend toward seriousness that the Zaurus started. As we shall see, it a serious PDA with world-class technical and design features that should appeal to consumers as well as developers, but with a few annoying failings . . .”

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