Bad Review for the Zaurus

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday April 4, 2002 @03:23AM 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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Re:Does it matter? by clontzman · 2002-04-04 04:02 · Score: 5, Informative

Believe me, Walt Mossberg is anything but pro Microsoft anything. He's consistently battered Pocket PCs for battery life and size and has praised Palm to the rafters. It's pretty rare for him to say anything positive about Microsoft.

What he *does* say in the review, though, is that the Zaurus compares unfavorably with PocketPC devices in terms of battery life, hardware, size, available software and PDA functionality. He's spent time with many Palms, many PocketPCs and now, the Zaurus. Ever think that maybe he knows what he's talking about?