[PLUG] Wanted: handheld data collection device with Linux OS

Nat Taylor bioborg at gmail.com
Mon Nov 12 04:43:23 UTC 2018


How about the Nokia N900 or the Neo900? https://neo900.org/
I guess they have cellular modems.
The Nokia N770 N800 and N810 all have no cellular modem.

You could put a raspberry pi (zero or no) in your own custom case with
touchscreen...
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/4biamr/a_list_of_handheldpocket_linux_computers/
https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/pages/pyra/


On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 11:58 AM Richard Owlett <rowlett at cloud85.net> wrote:

> I had seen some about it before or as starting production.
> I does not meet my "current production" requirement as
> "By March 2018, Next Thing Co. had entered insolvency. Many customers
> still had not received their pre-orders."
> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Thing_Co.#Milestones]
>
> On 11/11/2018 10:36 AM, Larry Brigman wrote:
> > Did you happen to find the pocketChip in your search?
> > https://makerprojectlab.com/pocket-chip-review/
> > https://shop.pocketchip.co/
> >
> > There is probably plans on thingy for a 3d printed case.
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 11, 2018, 7:13 AM Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
> wrote:
> >
> >> On Sun, 11 Nov 2018, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >>
> >>> I kick myself for not having purchased a Palm Pilot back in the day.
> >>
> >>     eBay probably has them for sale. I bought backup Treo 700ps and a
> Palm
> >> Pilot on eBay because they are so useful (the Palm Pilot is for the time
> >> all
> >> the Treos die.)
> >>
> >> Rich
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