Treo 680

treo 680I’m delighted to announce that my brand new Treo 680 arrived today. Much sooner than anticipated. After much eBay research and repeated furious bidding, I finally managed to steal a bargain on a brand new Treo 680 at £130.17 on Friday night.

I debated at some length whether to pay an extra £2 for express delivery. I opted to chose patience instead. Then I watched DHL’s track and trace system with delight as I followed the path of my new gadget from Dublin to Edinburgh in only two days. Wonderful!

It’s working like a charm. One or two sync issues with Fedora 7, but more on that to follow… :)

A Linux Smartphone

Tech E2881 Linux SmartphoneI had this great idea that I’d love a Linux based smart phone. I figured somebody had to have thought of this first, and so a little scroogling (new window) later I found the E2881 (new window). It looks almost like a Treo (minus the aerial) and yet it runs on Linux. How uber-cool is that?

Unfortunately my birthday is just passed, but if anyone’s feeling super guilty about having forgotten, I absolutely will forgive you if you buy me one of these!