u/thetechdoc

Hey peeps, I'm needing a bit of inspiration/ideas for my new cyberdeck/blackberry build (photo is a bit old and the prototype is a bit further along now)

I'm struggling to work out what board/os to run. I'm largely wanting to use this as a PDA type device to finally let my palm tx retire on the shelf of collectables, but I'm at a loss as to what to make of this idea.

I originally wanted it to run android, but SBCs don't have any kind of sleep wake in most cases (especially under Android) and the builds are always slow and buggy, so I turned to looking for an android stick that DIDNT run ATV but I have so far had no luck and even if I do find one, the Chinese spyware that usually comes on all of them is a deterrent.

My next idea was to go simple and use a very old OS like apple 2 or even palm os. I've seen projects that port palm os to a pi Pico which sounds fantastic but I so far can't find any actual downloadable builds/source code for the project? (Please let me know if I'm just dumb and can't find it) So I'm a little lost. My main use case is reminders and alarms/calendar. So any OS that can achieve that is a win in my book. Battery life being a second requirement... Palm os devices just last AGGESSS on battery (akin to the PS vita in sleep mode) and I would like to try and keep a similar capacity for this build, but I'm realistic and Understand that daily charging is likely going to be a requirement.

Any ideas or tips here ? I'm really excited to build this as it will be my smallest handheld yet, but the board/OS choice is keeping me at a stand still.

Thanks y'all!