Hack Windows Pda?

[covertdelta]

Hey,

Interested in hacking possibilities for a windows pda, HP IPAQ 110 to be specific. Possibly installing linux or other.

Any ideas, links?

Cheers

[hypnotoad]

xda-developers.com

Edited April 1, 2010 by hypnotoad

[barry99705]

Hey,

Interested in hacking possibilities for a windows pda, HP IPAQ 110 to be specific. Possibly installing linux or other.

Any ideas, links?

Cheers

According to the handheld linux guys, it's not compatible.

[covertdelta]

What anout the ipaq classic 114?

[barry99705]

What anout the ipaq classic 114?

http://handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/SupportedHandheldSummary

[MIGHTY]

i think its possible if you could find the right hardware to do it. I think the Iphone or the Android are only 2 possible phones it can be done with. Windows base pda and smart phone you will have to check out there hardware compaitblity and do some serious programming to make it work. I think if you can get a version linux installed on it with all the device hardware working correctly and you can connect to the internet with the phone you can download skype for linux and dial out. Its a really great idea if you think about it woo hoo

[moonlit]

i think its possible if you could find the right hardware to do it. I think the Iphone or the Android are only 2 possible phones it can be done with.

Those are phone platforms, not phones. Android is capable of running on just about any device with a strong enough spec.

Windows base pda and smart phone you will have to check out there hardware compaitblity and do some serious programming to make it work.

First off, Windows Mobile is piss-easy to write software for, but more importantly Haret already allows native booting of Linux on Windows Mobile devices. This includes Android and Ubuntu and could undoubtably be expanded to just about any distro you care to port.

I think if you can get a version linux installed on it with all the device hardware working correctly and you can connect to the internet with the phone you can download skype for linux and dial out. Its a really great idea if you think about it woo hoo

Skype is already available for several mobile platforms, it doesn't need Linux to make it work. Contrary to what appears to be popular belief, you don't have to use the mobile voice/data network to make good use of a phone of PDA. I should also mention that making "all the device hardware" working correctly is not a minor task, it requires device drivers, and the host OS already has these (for itself, not for Linux) rendering Linux a little redundant if all you wish to do is use Skype.

[projectgeekland]

I don't know about the IPAQ but personally I have an HTC Kaiser (Att Tilt) running Android (originally WinMo). This is thanks to the guys over at xda. They have great tutorials on a lot of smart phones and the various mods you can do to them.

[metatron]

I'd just sell it on ebay and get an older ipaq with a dual PCMCIA sleeve and some cheap Chinese replacement batteries with the money.

Edited April 28, 2010 by metatron

[barry99705]

I'd just sell it on ebay and get an older ipaq with a dual PCMCIA sleeve and some cheap Chinese replacement batteries with the money.

I'd skip the iPaq and get a Zaurus.

[lostfiringpin]

Or you can skip all the wimpy stuff an get a nokia n810 or n800 an rock out like a real hacker.

[barry99705]

Or you can skip all the wimpy stuff an get a nokia n810 or n800 an rock out like a real hacker.

Those things are junk.

[metatron]

Those things are junk.

The Zaurus is a grade A piece of shit, the only issue with the Nokia tablets is they have a flaky USB host mode. Really PCMCIA support really would make a good device as you can have a nice wireless card and DECT sniffing on one device.