[sclug] PDA's?

[Mike Mallett]

South East LUG


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> From: sclug-bounces at sclug.org.uk [mailto:sclug-bounces at sclug.org.uk] On
> Behalf Of Jon Masters
> Sent: 04 January 2004 19:54
> To: South East LUG
> Subject: Re: [sclug] PDA's?
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> Mike Mallett wrote:
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> | The newer SL-5600 hasn't find its way to the UK and it seems Sharp UK
have
> | lost interest in serious PDAs. It is available for around USD500 in the
> | States.
> 
> Sharp make various claims about their willingness to continue and the
> general gist is that consumers do not want the fancy swivel screen
> beautiful Zaurus they sell in Japan. That might change but I do
> not think they are going to completely stop selling Zauri.
> 
> Jon.

Jon


I assume this is the SL-C750 and 760

(see http://sharp-world.com/corporate/news/030516.html)

There was a rumour that these would come to the UK but nothing seems to have
happened.

The Zaurus line has only been Linux based since the SL-5500. Before that
there were various proprietary OS. Sharp didn't make it easy for developers
to work with these and little additional software was available. The move to
Linux was intended to overcome these problems. Although I have read many
good reviews of the SL-5500 I don't know how well it sold ...