[Speakers] Sharp Zaurus PDA talk

[Joyce Cao Traugott]

July is the first available month for now.  If anyone cancels, we'll let
you know.

Joyce

Bill Kendrick wrote:
> 
> Last night I spoke with Steve Traugott at IHOP after the SVLUG meeting
> and suggested that I could do a demonstration of Sharp's Linux-based PDA,
> the 'Zaurus,' at an upcoming SVLUG meeting.
> 
> I've done a few simple demos of it for Sacramento LUG, LUGOD (Davis), and
> a small PC User Group out here in Davis, as well.  I'm also the extremely
> lazy maintainer of the "Unofficial Zaurus FAQ," which is apparently
> so good that Sharp points to it on their own websites. :^)
> 
> I've got a VNC server on the Zaurus, so I'll be able to run a VNC client
> on a desktop system, which will let me show everyone what's on the screen
> using the projector system.  (Back before VNC was available, I used a
> camcorder at one talk; sufficed to say, it kind of sucked :^) )
> 
> I'm fairly certain I can easily fill at least an hour, since there's so
> much to talk about:
> 
>   * Brief history of the Zaurus
>   * Sharp's partners involved (Insignia, Trolltech, Opera, IBM, Socket, etc.)
>   * Boring hardware specs
>   * Demonstration of the useful standard software
>   * Demonstration of some of the very cool 3rd party software
>   * Demonstration of Linux under the hood (terminal, bash, ssh, Apache, etc.)
>   * Fun add-on hardware (e.g., digital camera)
>   * Other models of the Zaurus (in Japan and the US)
>   * Other Qtopia-based PDAs
> 
> Along with all this, it sounds like there's interest in hearing about
> development for the Zaurus.  I'm not an _expert_ when it comes to this.
> I've had success (thanks to some work by others) on getting a number of
> my SDL-based games running on the Zaurus, so at the very least, I can
> talk a little about cross-compiling.
> 
> If there's a LOT of interest in development for the Zaurus, I bet I could
> convince one of the folks from Sharp who are located closer to San Jose
> that they should come up and do a whole talk on building apps for the
> Zaurus.  (It'd be more Qtopia-focused, which is probably better.)
> 
> Anyway... Thanks for this opportunity!  Steve said that he thinks the
> earliest date available would be the June or July meeting, so let me know,
> and I can make sure I'll be free and prepared!
> 
> Thanks!
> 
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