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Retail Sharp Zaurus Released

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the little-is-better dept.

Arminius writes "It looks like Sharp has finally released the Linux based Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 for retail sale. This thing is so awesome! Other than only being able to listen to mp3's thru my headphones only, this thing blows away my iPaq 3835! It even has Opera as the web browser. "

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  1. Re:Works fine in Konq here on NetBSD/macppc... by ttfkam · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Have you changed your browser agent string into making it think you have IE?

    Not that I'm saying for sure that you have (I'm not) but as a general message for the folks who read this post, DON'T CHANGE YOUR USER AGENT STRING! It only makes IE look more common than it already is. If all of the users of Mozilla, Opera and Konqueror pretend that they're IE, webmasters will have no idea that anyone other than IE users come to their site and be more inclined to write IE-only content.

    Can't see their site without changing the user agent string? This is where your principles come into play. Do you actually care about and support the "alternative" browsers or do you not really care at all. There is very little middle ground here. The choice is of course yours, but principles are not important while they are convenient. They are only important when you stick by them when they are significantly incovenient.

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    - I don't need to go outside, my CRT tan'll do me just fine.
  2. Where to find Zaurus software by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Check out www.myzaurus.com and www.thekompany.com/embedded for the most available stuff.

  3. How fragile is the display? by Kaiwen · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Per the website this thing uses a color reflective TFT display, apparently similar to the iPAQ, which scares me a bit. I've gone through two iPAQs. The first display broke when I dropped it. Despite being much more careful with the second, I took it out of my jacket pocket one day and found the display cracked anyway -- despite its being kept at all times in a custom case with protective cover.

    If the 5500 uses the same screen, I don't think I'm interested.