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Bad Review for the Zaurus

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-I-still-want dept.

higginsx writes "Sharp's new Linux PDA, the Zaurus SL-5500, gets pretty bad marks from The Wall Street Journal's tech columist Walter Mossberg. He doesn't get much into the OS (other than complaining it wouldn't synch up with his laptop), but concludes that "it failed to do the simple things well. It has a high price, a complicated user interface, and hefty dimensions and weight. Even the cool-looking keyboard turns out to be clumsy to use."" I still really want to try one out since I don't expect I'll ever sync a Zaurus to Outlook.

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  1. "To" dumb? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Its pretty hard to look insightful banging on Mossberg for being an idiot when even simple spelling eludes you.

  2. I tried one out, some comments: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    It truly sucks. Likely because the OS is Linux, which sucks very bad. Linux is this freeware program which is given away for free. It is so riduculously limited and incompatible, not even a completely stupid idiot would pay for it.

    What an awful choice for the OS, they should have used PicoBSD.

  3. Re:Syncing to Outlook by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    but why didn't he try syncing a Linux-based address book?

    Here's a theory: maybe because nobody actually USES a Linux-based address book.

    Asswipe.

  4. If you build a tool so even an idiot can use it... by Narcocide · · Score: 2, Flamebait


    ...then only idiots will use it. unfortunately for Mr. Wall Street though, the converse is also true, and the majority of the world's population is cattle. *sigh*

    anyway. don't believe this review... the zarus is pricy, but awesome. if you're a linux user, you will truly be able to appreciate the beauty of this little bad-boy. it runs BASH! it runs VI! it runs OPERA! it plays MP3's! it supports wireless ethernet cards! it supports compact flash cards. it supports java for christ sakes and it's got more horsepower than any palm-pilot ever made.

    anyway. </rant>