[Gllug] Sharp Zaurus

[Tethys]

Pete Ryland writes:

>I would highly recommend the Japanese model over the English one.  The
>keyboard is next to useless (especially under Linux), and only serves to
>make the whole device bigger and uglier compared.

I disagree. The keyboard is quite usable, and once you realise that
the a shifted space (undocumented) produces a pipe, it's actually
quite pleasant to use -- certainly compared to the screen keyboard.
In fact, you can type most metacharacters directly using various
key combinations. See:

	http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/zaurus-faq/sections/character_input.php3

Tet

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