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Images and Screen Shots of Zaurus SL-A300
Ch_Omega writes "Sharps Linux-based Zaurus SL-5500 is a wonderfull PDA with lots of features, but it's also a bit on the large side. Unknown to most, Sharp also has a slim and sleek version available, namely the SL- A300. It's so far only available in Japan, but Infosync has screen shots!." And it weighs only 120 grams, imagine. A trip to Akihabara anyone?
Rasterman, the main developer of The Enlightenment is already porting EVAS, the gfx engine of E17 to run on Zaurus LINUX. Here are some pics.
Well previous units released in Japan were still using the original ZaurusOS as it has poplarity there. Indeed Sharp tried to steer app development to the Java engine in part because it would work on thier japanese units. The original expectations was a half million abroad and a half million in Japan. By releasing a Linux based unit in Japan (the SL-5500 does not apear to have been released in Japan) Sharp is bassically merging the sucesful lines into one unified OS, which means they will be more supportive of native Linux applications.
For more information regarding the lack of availibilty of the SL-5500 try out this unoffical FAQ
There wasn't much of an article to read now was there just some pictures that I didn't load at the time.
I'd do something interesting, but my server can't handle a slashdotting.
recent linuxdevices.com article
I think this is exciting news for those of us interested in the linux pda market. I have zaurus sl5500 and loving it. The zaurus is by far the pda with the most geek potential out there. Try finding another pda with an SD slot, CF slot and a qwerty keyboard built in, all in a reasonable size and price( contrary to the article, the zaurus is not big at all ).
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Just in case nobody knows what / where Akihabara is, here's the official Akihabara home page as well as a nice shopping guide in English.
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English Menus on the SL-A300
If you have an SL-5x00 series, and want to have japanese support (menus, IM, handwriting recoginition), you may want to go here:
Japanese Language support on the SL-5x00 series
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You can always buy it from Japan Direct. Someone I know mailed them and asked about the A300 and they said they can get it for him for $600. He's very seriously considering it.