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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. I don't expect I'll ever sync a Zaurus to Outlook by 0xB · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't expect I'll ever sync a anchovie and bacon pizza to Outlook; doesn't mean it's a good reason to want one though.

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    0xB
  2. he probably forgot by Capt.+Beyond · · Score: 3, Funny

    That XP enables personal firewall by default that blocks ftp ports....

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    -- "Perceptions create reality. By changing your perceptions you change your reality."
  3. Re:reading this on my Zaurus now... by Marcus+Brody · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd like to see a ... better s reen res

    And a less cumbersome keyboard, by the looks of it.

  4. Re:using it now by Bobzibub · · Score: 3, Funny

    gotta

    like

    those

    pda

    screens!

    :)