As far as I can tell this requires a wall power socket to work, and so
isn't actually a 'handheld' in the sense I originally thought.  Does
anyone else know about this?

Russell

Dan Ingalls <Dan at SqueakLand.org> wrote:
> >And Dan, what would that be exactly? :)
> 
> Duh -
> 
> Sorry folks.  I was trying to do several things at once.
> Here is all that I received about it...
> 
> -------------------
> On one of the other lists I read, a small FAILED product in the market is
> now being sold off by TigetDirect (tigerdirect.com) for a great price and
> people are grabbing them fast.
> 
> The "toy", from 3-COM, called Audrey Ergo originally sold for $500+ and
> failed! But now tigerdirect is selling them out for about $90, and an
> additional $30 for the Ethernet adaptor (buy that too!), so for about $136
> including shipping, you can get one of these cool Unix light computers. Why?
> 
> Ok, this is a big group of hackers, and this is a very cool toy on which to
> hack. It is based on a light version of Unix (QNX) and includes a built in
> 640x480 color screen (capable of 12bit color), a very decent sound system (I
> have already hacked  in the MP-3 player) a touch screen, and a small
> keyboard. After some updates, you can access the QNX shell and add, modify
> and alter the device. It will sync directly to a Palm OS product, has a
> serial port, two USB ports, and a built in modem, and a clear plastic stylus
> (the lights up when you have email), all for around $100!
> 
> A few links if your not yet convinced:
>     Start here: http://www.canoma.com/audrey/            these guys have
> posted a bunch of hacks and additions so now I have a root shell, on screen
> keyboard, MP-3 player, a PC-Anywhere like client.
>     See also:
>       www.linux-hacker.net, Navigate to the Audrey hacking forum
>       www.audreyhacking.com
> 
> The downside:
>     If you do decide to buy one, you will need to update the software to the
> latest release, and since 3-Com has taken their servers off line, you will
> need to find a way. There is one, someone has put up a temporary DNS server
> that will point your Audrey at an alternate site and retrieve the updates
> through a 'forced' update procedure. (Email me if you want those
> instructions.)
> 
>     Also, it has a small turn knob with a bunch of built in "channels" that
> of course, go nowhere. Hopefully, one of you will create a useful hack for
> that knob!
> 
> Happy hacking.