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

Russell Senior russell at personaltelco.net
Mon Nov 12 07:52:06 UTC 2018


I built one of these. It provides mechanical inputs and a case for
your raspberry pi as well as an LED display:

  https://hackaday.io/project/4434-pidp-8i

On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 8:45 PM Nat Taylor <bioborg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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