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Sharp C-700 English Conversion Pictures

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the me-likee-the-handhelds dept.

BoogerBoy writes "When Sharp announced their clamshell designed C-700 only in Japan I cried. Not anymore. It seems that only a week after its Japan release, the C-700 has been converted to English and for sale. Check out the pictures and brief English review."

100 comments

  1. cool by broohd · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    cool

    1. Re:cool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      fukk linecks asd

      fukk fukk fukk fukkety fukk

  2. Fist Sport! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The only 'clamshell' that Nips like is the bald pussy of a young girl.

    Preferably with a tentacle up it.

  3. In Soviet Russia by Znonymous+Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You convert it from Jap to Russian.

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  4. Not enough ram... by gearheadsmp · · Score: 3, Interesting

    to match it's other abilities. I run OpenZaurus on my SL-5500 and I can pick a kernel to use all the ram for swap, 48 swap / 12 storage, etc. This thing's biggest drawback is it only has 32mb of RAM, and my SL-5500 is pretty slow on some applications like the TKC apps when it only has 32mb of swap to chew on.

    1. Re:Not enough ram... by mwa · · Score: 2
      Agreed. I'm still using a 5000, and with OpenZaurus and /home configured to reside on a 256M SD card I could not bring myself to shell out $699 for this.

      Maybe when there's a 64M RAM and OpenZaurus is proven on it, but not as it is now.

    2. Re:Not enough ram... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  5. Playboy Endorsed! by msgmonkey · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can't believe that they link to a review quote by playboy on their main page.

    Actually it's not the link as such, its the fact that people actually DO read playboy articles :)

  6. Oh joy... by homebru · · Score: 0
    ...yet another reason to be rejoice about being out of work.

    1. Re:Oh joy... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Mc Donalds is hiring... or are you too "proud" to actually get off your ass and work anyplace to make that BMW payment....

      Boo-fucking hoo.... Wahh wahhhh wahhhh

    2. Re:Oh joy... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Mc Donalds is hiring... or are you too "proud" to actually get off your ass and work anyplace to make that BMW payment....

      Boo-fucking hoo.... Wahh wahhhh wahhhh

      What are you doing here? Go back to fuckedcompany.com with all the other seventh graders.

  7. If it only had more memory ... by timothy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    (Both RAM and hard drive space, that is.)

    This would be great on airplanes / in the car / anywhere a full-size laptop is overkill or just awkward.

    However, as the review here points out, it doesn't have much storage space of either variety. I guess the ideal I'm hankering for would be something like this Zaurus (small, protected screen, built-in QWERTY keyboard) and the yet-unreleased OQO.

    *Even* if it was only used as a small gaming / music / movie machine (a tiny all-media device), it would be very nice, if only there was more room on there. That it's also a nice computer for other things, even better -- if there was more room :)

    (And Yes, microdrives can carry a fair amount, but a) they're quote expensive and b) maybe the bad apples get more news, but there seem to be a lot of complaints re: reliability. An ipod-size 10 or 20GB drive, that would be something, could carry several movies, days worth of audio, important files you don't want lost when the burglars invade your unoccupied home, etc.)

    timothy

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    1. Re:If it only had more memory ... by kweiske · · Score: 1

      The IBM Workpads were great little systems for travel. 2 pounds, thin, instant-on, long battery life, decent screen, a 95% keyboard, the ability to use card memory, and WinCE apps - word, excel, email, etc. The only problem was only being able to sync to Windows boxes. Wasn't a problem at the time, I was working in a Windows shop.

      I used mine with a notepad app to work on the ferry to work and on 9 hour flights, and the battery lasted most of the flight.

      I've thought about checking Ebay to see what the prices are like now. It's too bad Microsoft and its' hardware thralls have abandoned that mini-laptop form factor.

      If I needed

    2. Re:If it only had more memory ... by Hezaurus · · Score: 1

      Buy a 1GB microdrive (~200$ in states?) or one of those new 3GB CF's. Should be enough for pocket size computer, eh?
      I admit that it's a bit pricey, but hey, the geekness factor is hard to beat!

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    3. Re:If it only had more memory ... by RevAaron · · Score: 2

      I'm waiting for the OQO as a replacement for my current combination of
      * Newton 2100: my PDA. all my college lecture notes and field data collection in a spreadsheet;
      * Jornada 720: Handheld/PC- great keyboard a nice 640x240 screen. Main drawback is that the screen isn't reflective and is impossible to read in the out of doors. Great for coding, writing in LaTeX, sshin around without having a full laptop. And yes, all of this is under WinCE.
      * iBook: nice computer, but I really wish I could run all of my machines on solar. Silly dream perhaps, but we all have them.

      I have a 2 GB Toshiba PCMCIA drive that I swap between the Jornada 720 and the Newton with music and data. Cost me a wee $80. It's the same kind you find in the iPod, but smaller. You can buy the 5, 10 and 20 GB versions, but at least in the 20 GB case, it'd be cheaper to buy an iPod and yank out the drive.

      I was looking at the new Zaurus as something that could possibly do the same thing that I'm using my Newton and Jornada for, but it doesn't look like it. Without a reflective screen, there's no way it could replace them. But it would be nice to have a PCMCIA slot like my Jornada (it has both that and CF!)

      I can't wait til the OQO. I almost did an advance order deposit (they're shipping in April), but I wanted to make sure it was what I wanted.

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    4. Re:If it only had more memory ... by Jordy · · Score: 2

      (And Yes, microdrives can carry a fair amount, but a) they're quote expensive and b) maybe the bad apples get more news, but there seem to be a lot of complaints re: reliability. An ipod-size 10 or 20GB drive, that would be something, could carry several movies, days worth of audio, important files you don't want lost when the burglars invade your unoccupied home, etc.)

      You do realize that solid-state 1 GB CF cards have been on the market for some time now right?

      There have also been announcements for 3 GB Type II CF cards from Pretec.

      Granted, they will be pretty expensive at first, but they shouldn't have the reliability issues. I wouldn't be surprised if a 10 GB CF card came out in a couple years.

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  8. Playboy loves Mozilla, as well by timothy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    they recently ran a little article praising Mozilla, as noted on mozillazine.org

    I understand that they have added slightly less coy naked people, too, but Playboy has always been a relatively well-rounded magazine, in fact considerably less horn-dog oriented than things like "Maxim," it's just that the women in Playboy aren't wearing clothing.

    timothy

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  9. The Goatse Guy's Boyfriend, The Giver by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    He is naked before me. His gym toned body is tan and beautiful. I love to see his muscles work. They writhe like ropes under his warm and smooth skin. His green eyes meet mine. He cannot contain his smile. I love turning him on.

    I am in a black thong. He loves the way is accents my ass and hips. I am dancing for him to Pink's "Get this party started." The beat is intoxicating.

    He comes to me. I wrap my arms around his neck and we kiss. His penis is hot and hard against my body. Our tongues are wet and explore each other's mouth in lusty probes. His hands run up and down my body. I love his touch.

    He grabs my thong and slides it down my body. My penis is achingly hard. He takes it in to his expert mouth. I shiver. His mouth is warm and wet. His muscular tongue slides all over my dick. I run my fingers through his hair. He cups my cum swollen balls as he sucks my cock so well. His hands reach around and squeeze my naked ass. He has such strong and confident hands!

    His raises to his feet and consumes me in another kiss. I delight in his strong warm body. I feel so fragile compared to him. I feel so sexy knowing I will drive this beautiful sexy creature crazy with lust and desire. I will make him orgasm and he will pump and spill his seed deep in my body.

    I drop to my knees. I smell his beautiful organ. I love the smell of his penis. There is a sexy musky soap clean smell around his genitals. I begin with his large hairy balls. I lick them with broad, bold stokes. "Oh yeah!" he purrs, putting his hands on his hips. I service my man. I take one of his large testicles in to my mouth. I swirl my tongue around the semen filled orb.

    I lick up his massive shaft. My tongue and lips trace the thick veins that carry to hot blood of passion to his cock. I kiss it. I squeeze it. I slap it against my face. "My bitch likes to be dick slapped huh?" he says looking down at me with his light green eyes. I smile at him. He knows the answer.

    I take in his large mushroom shaped head. I let my lips enjoy the soft ridge where the head meets his engorged shaft. My tongue circles him. "Hmmm" he moans. I take more of him in my mouth. I suck hard and massage the thick shaft with my tongue.

    His cock is truly beautiful. It is a manly 8 inches. Have you seen 8 inches? It is very impressive. More impressive is how thick it is. My thumb and index finger cannot surround his shaft. It must be 2 inches in diameter. I kid him that he must get light headed trying to fill that monster. He is very proud of his penis. He really knows how to use it too! The shaft expands about an inch from his cock head. It is about as thick there as my wrist. This, I imagine, is what massages my prostrate and sends me in to euphoria. Veins rope their way around this wonder like rivers coursing hot lust. The head is like a mushroom, or one of those WWII German helmets.

    I am very lucky to have found such a lover. When we first made love I thought I would not want him to fuck me. I could hardly get him in my mouth and I could not imagine being impaled by that beast. How wrong I was! He is an expert. He makes me cum.

    I have been seeing him for half of my life. Once a week. Every week. Now I can deep throat him and I cannot wait to have him fill me with his hot, hard, sexy, penis. I am such a cock whore!

    I slobber all over his shaft, to lubricate it for my throat. I am the only lover he has had that can take all his meat. He sits on the couch. He knows what is coming. I position his cock so it, and my throat, are aligned. I breath on my lover's dick. I make him wait and build anticipation. I flatten my tongue. I ease the head in to my mouth. Then release it. I take the head and the wide part of his shaft in to my mouth. I release again.

    He is moaning and groaning. He professes his love for my skills. I am pleasuring this beautiful man. I slide his cock until it reaches the back of my throat. I let rest in my mouth. I prepare myself and relax. With more pressure, his penis enters and expands my throat. I feel it hot, wet, and hard in me. I push further and my nose meets his dark pubic hair. A little more and my nose touches his warm body.

    "Fuu uu uck!" he moans. I move my head side to side. I feel him move in my throat. I ease him out of my throat to catch a much needed breath. I slid him in again. And again. And again.

    I take him out of my mouth. This is his favorite part. I hyperventilate. He scoots forward on the couch. I put my hands on his naked body. This is his cue. He grabs my hair in one hand while the other guides his cock in to my open mouth. He slides his big beauty deep in to my throat. With both hands gripping my head he begins fucking my mouth. His body pounds in to my face. His cock reams my throat. "Yeah Yeah Yeah" he shouts with each thrust.

    I squeeze his leg to let him know I need air. He beats my face with his slobber covered dick while I hyperventilate for another round. The dull thud of his fat cock resonates through my head. My face is wet from my own saliva. I open my mouth. He fucks me ferociously. "Yes! You slut! Take that cock! Take it! Take it! Take it!" he shouts as he violates me. I love it.

    He stops short of cuming. We are both out of breath.

    Now it is my turn.

    I am on my knees. My cheek rests on the blanket he uses to cover the floor. My hands spread my cheeks so he my see my anus. He loves to see my asshole and cheeks spread before him. It is my offering.

    I feel so submissive. He excites me and inspires me. He makes me feel sexy and voraciously desired. He makes me beg for his hardness.

    I want him inside me. I want to envelope his hardness. I want to be one with him. His desire feeds my fantasy. My body craves him.

    Behind me his is on one knee. This is the way he always enters me. He gets down on his left knee so he can enter me from a more downward angle. It is very comfortable for me. He never jams it in. He makes love to me. When I need to be fucked hard, I usually have him sit on the couch so I can bounce on his wonderful penis. Today, I crave his love making skills.

    I feel his head align with my hole, soft and slick. I love this moment. I love being entered for the first time during our sessions. He loves my ass and hips. He takes his time.

    I feel pressure on my love hole. I close my eyes and yield to the anal sensations that intoxicate me. I feel pressure, then release, then pressure, then release. This is the anguishing pleasure with which he enters me. He moves forward and parts my tight hole a little more. He loves to tease me. I love to be teased.

    My body aches for him. My anus stretches to allow his thick cock in to my body. I moan. The ritual is delicious. I savor every moment. A thousand times I whisper my submission to him, my love for his cock, my surrender to his skills, my desire to get him off. I give my body to him.

    I feel his head pass my muscular anus. It rests just with in my ass. He waits. My sphincter hugs his welcome hardness and my bowels call for his length. I savor the feel of masculine penetration. It is wonderful to receive.

    I feel him slide forward. My anus sends shivering pleasure through my body. My heart beats like a drum welcoming the King. "Take your throne" I think. He slides forward and back in small, ever deeper, slow penetrations. His girth fills me as nothing else in life can. He fills my void. I marvel at the thoughts, feelings, and sensations that come from having a sexy man take me. Sweet surrender.

    I have been on the other side many times. I have had beautiful boys with round bottoms and skinny waists below me. I have enjoyed the sexy taper from broad shoulders and back to narrow waist. I have rubbed my hands on their lightly haired cheeks. I have seen them tremble and know what shakes them. I have watched my cock slide in to their tight and hot holes. I have felt their sphincter around my dick, muscular, hot, and smooth. I have mercilessly fucked them and wondered how they could take all of me in to their bowels and beg for more. I like watching my cock invade them. I like to rest deep in them and feel like we are one. I have cum in their ass, screaming as I shot my hot seed in to their bodies, marking them as my conquered lovers.

    Even so, nothing satisfies me like a hard, long, and thick cock in my ass. Nothing satisfies me like surrendering to the animal lust of a man determined to fuck and cum in me. I love to feel his power and desire. I love to carry his seed in my body. His penis is more than a sexual organ. It is the physical and hard manifestation of his lust and desire. I want it in me.

    I feel his body meet mine. I have all my lover's cock inside me. He exhales "I love your tight little fuck hole baby." "Your cock feels so good lover. Never leave my ass" I reply. He draws his massive member out of my ass. My ass feels like the strings of a violin and his cock is the bow. Sweet melodic lines of pleasure play through my body. My cock aches as my prostrate is massaged by his beautiful cock. "Oh lover" I moan as he pushes forward.

    Slowly he continues his deep penetrations and slow withdrawals. I know he is feeling me out. I want to pleasure his cock. I bear down as he enters and clench tight as he exits.

    Suddenly he jams his cock up my ass. "Ha!" I scream. My heart races and my face flushes hot with excitement. His power turns me on. I am so excited to be fucked by him. His meat invades me with delicious brute force. I am his slut.

    He laughs as he rests his huge cock deep in my ass.

    "You like that, don't you?" he states.

    "Yes" I answer unnecessarily.

    "You want me to pound your ass with my big hard dick don't you?"

    "Yes. I do"

    "That's my ass, isn't it?"

    "Its all yours"

    "And you are my little bitch aren't you?"

    "You know I am"

    "Well, bitch, I am going to fuck you and get myself off. You are going to love it. You are going to beg for more and more. I am going to pound your sexy little whore body and make you see what a slut you are."

    "Yes!"

    "I am going to use you and abuse you however I want. It is my ass."

    "My ass is yours lover"

    With that he spanks my ass. The sting radiates and tingles through my body. The tingles fade and are replace with a warm feeling where is hand slapped my cheek. He grabs my hips and begins his assault. He pulls out slowly and rams his cock to the hilt in one abrupt movement. He grunts with each thrust. Our bodies slam together with masculine determination. His big beautiful cock is so deep...so wonderfully deep in my body.

    I feel his penis exit my ass. I feel a great void and sadness to have his hardness leave me. "Ooo yeah!" he says as he slides his thick and long cock in to my body slowly. He fills me. I am euphoric. I can feel his thickly veined shaft slip through my anus. I shiver in delight. It rubs my prostrate and semen oozes from my cock in drooling webs.

    I feel my labored heartbeat in my chest and cock. I raise up on my hands and thrust back against him. He is motionless as I work his cock with my horny ass. "That's it you slut. Work that ass. Make your Daddy drop a load in your whore body."

    I am his whore. I am his lover. I am whatever he wants me to be as long as he keeps fucking my body. I need his hard lust to fill me. I want his cum.

    He grabs my waist and fucks me violently. He pounds my ass like a pile driver. Our bodies slap, slap, and slap, together. His penis rules my body. I am his slave. His thrusts blur in to a humming sensation in my ass. My body vibrates like a gong rung by a great big dick. Cum seeps continuously from my penis. I am lost in a agonizingly slow orgasm of mind, body, heart, and soul. He invades me with brute force. I am overcome with the sensation.

    "Rape me!" I scream. I had no idea the though was in my mind. It passed unfiltered through my mouth. "Rape me!" I scream again. I want to be raped by him. I want him to fuck me with all his might. I want to be sodomized like a fucking whore. I want him to take me weather I want it or not. I need his power to consume me. I want to be violated and humiliated.

    "That's right bitch. I am raping you. You fucking slut. Look at you take my big fucking dick in your little rosy fuckhole! You love it don't you bitch!"

    "Yes. Yes I love your big dick. Take me. Rape me. Cum in my ass. Give it to me baby!"

    "Aaah! Yes! I am going to cum in your pussy ass. Yes! Yes! Yes!" he screams as he pounds my ass in relentless rhythm.

    "I am cumming!" I scream. Although I never touched my penis, it erupts. I watch as boiling cum spurts helplessly from my swollen cock. I feel weak in the wake of his strength. I shake. My body floods with feelings of warmth and tingling. My mind reels. I feel like I am falling. "Hu un un un" I moan with each eruption of thick white semen. It feels as if his big cock is shoving the cum right out of my dick.

    "Ahh! Fuck!" He screams as his seed is pumped in to my cum hungry body. "Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!" he slams in to me, shooting his load in to my body.

    I am still cumming. Load after load spurts thick and white from my penis. Each spurt sends shocks of pleasure through my body. His hard dick amplifies these shocks and I am left moaning again and again.

    My orgasm fades and he stops deep in my bowels. He shakes with electric jolts of hypersensitivity. His hands move over my body. His touch borders on ticklish. My whole body is filled with latent electricity that his touch releases. He is still deep in my body.

    I am in love.

  10. Ultra, cool?? by SuperDuG · · Score: 2, Interesting
    $699.00 is what the base model clocks in at. This is insane, you can get three computers from walmart with linux on them, and freekin cluster them together for cheaper than one handheld PDA??

    Lets face it people, what is it a PDA can do, that a watch/planner/and calculator can't (and lets just say a highend TI calc for all of you who want to say "play games") besides "RUN LINUX" there isn't anything. Go get a cheap used laptop, it will run at 640x480, run linux, and have all the features a zarus has, well except fit in your pocket.

    I think these things clock in high on the "neat-o" scale, but that's about it, how do you justify 7 bones on a PDA?

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    1. Re:Ultra, cool?? by davidstrauss · · Score: 2

      I run Pocket Streets on my Pocket PC. I can map anywhere in my metroplex by clicking on a name, anywhere, without any Internet connection. I also download my e-mail and the latest news every morning.

    2. Re:Ultra, cool?? by Kunta+Kinte · · Score: 3, Insightful
      Lets face it people, what is it a PDA can do, that a watch/planner/and calculator can't (and lets just say a highend TI calc for all of you who want to say "play games") besides "RUN LINUX" there isn't anything.

      I can't afford the C-700, I paid about $400 for my 5500 and I think it was worth the money. "Runs Linux" is nothing to sneeze at. It means that there are lots of free applications that I'm familiar with that works on the zaurus.

      For me the biggest ones are emulators and network testing tools. A PDA that does all that plus fits in your pocket is worth the money.

      I think these things clock in high on the "neat-o" scale, but that's about it, how do you justify 7 bones on a PDA?

      Some people have the money and/or the need.

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    3. Re:Ultra, cool?? by DoctorFrog · · Score: 2
      $699.00 is what the base model clocks in at. This is insane, you can get three computers from walmart with linux on them, and freekin cluster them together for cheaper than one handheld PDA??

      But for equivalent functionality don't forget to budget for a monitor, an AC generator and a really huge (and well-ventilated) pair of trousers.

    4. Re:Ultra, cool?? by edunbar93 · · Score: 2

      PDAs are useful. However, $700 PDAs aren't worth it, IMHO, except to show everyone around you that you can afford a $700 PDA.

      You can get pretty much the same thing by buying a Palm m105 and a folding keyboard to go with it. Minus a few features of dubious value, like a colour screen. It'll cost about 1/3 as much however.

      The thing that a watch/planner/calculator/notepad/gameboy/e-book reader combination can't do that a PDA can is be all in the same device. That's one of the reasons they're so wonderful. You pick up the one device and you're set. It's also worth noting that there still aren't any watches that can function like the alarm clock feature of Palm's datebook, and no paper notepads that can rearrange themselves and be sorted alphabetically like Palm's to-do list.

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  11. Deja vu by kweiske · · Score: 2, Informative

    Looks like an HP Omnigo from several years back.

  12. Interface?? by martingunnarsson · · Score: 1

    The GUI looks terrible! I hope it can be skinned or something because that sucks! Yuck!

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    1. Re:Interface?? by Myuu · · Score: 2

      Actually, the GUI is fairly nice...but it can be skinned if thats what you want, since it runs the same OS as the Zaurus 5x00 if would assume all the screenshots of GUIs you can find on a GIS would apply. Liquid on the Zaurus is VERY cool.

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      forget it.
  13. Get a Toshiba Libretto! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting
    You want small? You want hard drive space? You want portability? You want linux?

    Get a toshiba libretto!

    7.1" TFT screen, laptop hard drive (have a 40 giger in mine) and fits in your pocket...

    http://www.silverace.com/libretto/librettocontent. html
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    Used, about 100$ for a Libretto 110! It'll be your favorite pda sized PC!

    1. Re:Get a Toshiba Libretto! by RevAaron · · Score: 2

      I looked at getting a Libretto, but just wouldn't cut it. No touch screen nor a reflective screen. Worthless outside or when I'm not at a desk or some other similar surface. The Jornada 720 can be used when not on a lap or anything, thanks to the touch screen. Nice machine, and faster than an old Liberetto...

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    2. Re:Get a Toshiba Libretto! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The Jornada 720 is WinCE... and 24 mhz SLOWER than basic Libretto 110-1100 series.

      What are you smoking? And the display SUCKS on a Jornada... 256-65K colors? come on... Thats for babies.

  14. Swiveling screens.. by MadFarmAnimalz · · Score: 2

    are nice but not necessarily innovative. I've got one of these, and if the sharp works this well it's a dream to use.

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  15. vaporware... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    Heh, looks like maybe the ogo isn't so much vapor after all. Fine it's a different product and company and the features are a bit thinner, but the Sharp is pretty close to a viable pocket computer.

  16. We we all know the Zaurus is the best by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    so here goes, IN SOVIET RUSSIA, the zaurus owns you!

  17. Lots of flaws in that unit by bogie · · Score: 2

    I'd rather have one of the tiny Sony's. They may cost more and be a bit larger, but at least you get a full featured notebook that can run linux OR windows. Hell if you can afford a $700 PDA, you can save up a little more for this.

    http://www.qart.com.pl/opisy2/Sony-Vaio-PCG-U1.h tm l
    http://www.japanrush.com/pcg-u1.asp

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  18. Not so fast by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    The GUI is customisable with themes. I do agree that those screen shots make the GUI look aweful, but according to the person who created them, he allowed his 3 year old daughter to set the colours.

    1. Re:Not so fast by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Kill the 3 year old.

      With a taste like that, I can assure you, she will not contribute positively to the society.

  19. A full-sized laptop... by Corvaith · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...is never overkill.

    Okay, okay, I'm sure a lot of people will disagree, but with today's laptops being relatively lightweight and inexpensive, I don't see the point of these little doohickeys.

    Give me my *real* computer, with 256mb of DDR SDRAM, 40gig hard drive, and DVD/CDRW. I can play The Sims while I'm waiting for classes to start, take notes on a keyboard large enough for serious typing, listen to as many MP3s as I can rip onto my hard drive... and keep my schedule and appointments and everything else close at hand, too.

    Give me that over a $700 PDA any day.

  20. In Soviet Russia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    The Clamshells design YOU.

  21. a picture by SHEENmaster · · Score: 2

    is here.

    This article seems to disagree with the one linked to on ram, but this article calls it "flash ram" which probably means swap. I use OZ with 64mb of ram and 0 of ramdisk on my SL-5500.

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  22. Manadory Bitching about *MY* Submission by Cpt_Kirks · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I submitted this on the day it appeared, yada-yada, it got rejected, blah-blah, bitch, bitch, moan, moan...

    1. Re:Manadory Bitching about *MY* Submission by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      yopu are NOT a part of the "inner circle" of tacoland and his possee...

      so stop submitting articles that they will NEVER publish...

      why do you idiots outt her esubmit anything to this site? you all know that taco and clan only take submissions from their friends.

    2. Re:Manadory Bitching about *MY* Submission by Cpt_Kirks · · Score: 2

      Hey, look at my fairly low ID number.

      Look at my nick...oh, hell.

      Maybe I should change my nick to "Anime_Jedi_Master".

    3. Re:Manadory Bitching about *MY* Submission by Eric+Lai · · Score: 1

      Fairly low????? :)

    4. Re:Manadory Bitching about *MY* Submission by jgotts · · Score: 1

      My ID is lower. :-)

    5. Re:Manadory Bitching about *MY* Submission by Eric+Lai · · Score: 1

      jgotts wins!

  23. Why don't they ever include SSH as a base package? by digital+photo · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why is it that when companies make these devices, they never consider the posibility that someone might actually want to use these things as portable terminals?

    And that perhaps, just perhaps, that person will want to do it securely via SSH?

    I'm glad it runs linux. It means that it is only a hop/skip/jump away from recompiling ssh to run on the device.

    I just wish that SSH should be a defacto and not a "special" package you add on for a large sum of cash.

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  24. sorta off topic... anime mice by frankmu · · Score: 1

    dynamism is selling some cool looking computer mice designed by anime greats... now only if it came wireless, i'd get them! http://www.dynamism.com/mapp/

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    1. Re:sorta off topic... anime mice by digital+photo · · Score: 1

      Yeah, I've seen them.

      Designed by various anime artists. There are supposed to be three models. One is designed by the artist behind "Ghost in the shell". There are two more, but they don't immediately come to mind. It was covered on slashdot a few months back though, so it might be worthwhile to do a search. :)

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  25. get a real laptop instead by g4dget · · Score: 2
    The C-700 gives you a very restricted Linux environment with applications designed for a handheld running on a non-x86 processor and a keyboard that's probably murder to type on.

    Although I haven't used it myself, from the specs, the Fujitsu Lifebook P1000 looks like a much better alternative, and at $1200 it isn't all that much more expensive. With an extended battery, it runs for 9 hours. Sony's Picturebook series is another ultra-portable choice.

    1. Re:get a real laptop instead by BJH · · Score: 1

      Don't bother with the Lifebook (or its counterparts, the Loox series) - the keyboard is *crap*. Not enough plunge, terribly plasticy...

      The newer Librettos are probably more what you're looking for (and slightly more Linux-friendly than the Sony sub-notebooks).

    2. Re:get a real laptop instead by WasterDave · · Score: 2

      Sod that, get an iBook.

      Dave

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    3. Re:get a real laptop instead by g4dget · · Score: 2
      I didn't find the Lifebook keyboard too horrible--remember, we are comparing it to the C-700. And the Lifebook actually has pen input as well.

      The Libretto isn't officially sold or supported in the US, and it's $600 more. I don't think it's a real alternative to either.

    4. Re:get a real laptop instead by g4dget · · Score: 2

      The iBook is more than twice as heavy, about twice as large, and has less than half the battery life. The iBook is a decent, small laptop, if you are willing to live with OS X or PPC Linux, but it's in a completely different class from the ultra-portable machines.

    5. Re:get a real laptop instead by BJH · · Score: 1

      Well, I'm in Japan, so the Libretto and the Fujitsu notebook are roughly on a par in price... ;)

    6. Re:get a real laptop instead by shimpei · · Score: 1

      Erp? The C-700 has pen input as well. How else do you think you're supposed to input in the palmpad mode?

  26. Awww.. by treegnome · · Score: 2, Funny

    ..it looks like a mutated baby iBook. Can we put OS X on it? Pleeease?

    1. Re:Awww.. by pantherace · · Score: 2
      no emulator for ppc yet. (is one for older macs, though)

      Give it time, bochs is running on it.

    2. Re:Awww.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      Shut up wanker. Are there any Mac users who aren't gay ? Fuck off and get a life, moron!

  27. JALPDA! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Just Another Linux PDA, next story please

  28. Is it just me... by McCrapDeluxe · · Score: 1

    ...or does the icon for the pseudo-start menu look like a hammer-and-sickle?

    1. Re:Is it just me... by Myuu · · Score: 2

      its the Qtopia logo

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      forget it.
    2. Re:Is it just me... by pantherace · · Score: 3, Insightful
      remember, those are 640x480 screenshots, and at least on my 15" screen, they are about 4x as large as the physical screen would be.

      the 320x240 is about the same size as my Zaurus, so screen shots for it look about right.

      scaling one of the images down, it doesn't look bad, but I agree the icons look flat, the widgets don't look bad. (of course IMO)

  29. Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 for sale- like new! by Lord+Bitman · · Score: 2

    Seriously, I mean it :)

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  30. it also works as a netowrk monitoring tool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    I see that most of you all thing of PDA as only a note taking, appointment scheduling and multimedia (mp3) stuff tool. Cant blame you what with the current crop of Sony clies, Palms, and PocketPC atht allow you only so much and nothing more.

    Well the Zaurus first of all is a Handheld - not a PDA - clear distinction there.

    And to talk of the tools, you can remotely SSH into it, use it as a network too, demo (note I said demo, not use, so dont flame me there) Apache with PHP pages (even MySQL databse) on it to client on the move, SAMBA to Linux/Windows machines for tuning/Administering etc, use for VoIP long distance from a decent internet conncetion location, of course check your emails and all that regular stuff, do a full fledged internet browsing using Opera/Netfront (not your palm web-clipped stuff here), tenet into your university unix box and fetch your emails etc or lab notes...

    I could tell you some more such PRACTICAL apps which the Zaurus provides and it IS a lot more carryable than lugging around the laptop - you got to agree to that.

  31. What about an 80-column screenshots? by C+A+S+S+I+E+L · · Score: 2
    My biggest complaint about the current Zaurus is that the screen is too narrow; emails and web pages don't format well to it. For better or worse, we live in an 80-column world, and I'd like to see some screenshots of the '700 doing some "real-world" web pages or some text files.

    (I'm running the Crow ROM on my Zaurus, which lets me put /home onto an SD card and get 64Mb as application RAM; can the '700 do something similar?)

  32. Maxim is a "men's" magazine run by women. . . by kfg · · Score: 1

    for men who are too embaressed to buy Playboy. I'm not making this up. It's their overt raison d'etre. The whole magazine reeks of it too.

    Stand up and be a man, and what's more, a *geek.*

    Playboy really is the geek's magazine for nudity *and* content.

    Asimov, Bradbury ( the space elevator appeared in Playboy before anywhere else. If you weren't reading Playboy you were behind the tech curve), Ellison and many other geek favorites were in the habit of publishing first in Playboy. Gahan Wilson and Shel Silverstien also called Playboy home. The "Playboy lifestyle" was always heavily geek oriented with the latest and greatest of tech, both mechanical and electronic.

    A good review in Playboy has always been a highly desirable commodity in the electronics world. The idea that Sharp would link to one is hardly surprising or amusing.

    And it doesn't hurt that they present naked women as objects of art and beauty without treating you, or *them*, as being some sort of perv. We were all born naked, and frankly, it's this neurotic focus on clothing and the denial of sexuality that's the perversion.

    Magazines like Maxim are obsence they way they actually pander to this neurosis.

    KFG

    1. Re:Maxim is a "men's" magazine run by women. . . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I was down with Maxim until they started selling hair coloring. Then I saw the truth.

  33. Re:Why don't they ever include SSH as a base packa by Myuu · · Score: 2

    Um...I'm pretty sure you are wrong.
    Its been awhile since I used the Sharp rom for the Zaurus, but atleast on OZ ssh-server and client are preinstalled.

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  34. Not the intended market by pantherace · · Score: 3, Insightful
    The reason is that we (hackers, geeks) aren't the intended market. The "Average Joe" is, and KISS is very important, and they have a limited storage space. (64MB (compressed)) Openssh on a SL-5500 Zaurus takes up 3MB (uncompressed)

    "special" package requiring cash, nope.

    PS. I own one, heck I was the person to first get mplayer ported to it. We also have the battle of the media players xmms-embedded/mplayer vs opieplayer2/xine (right now, x/m is much much better), but your average person DOESN'T care. They just use the lousy built-in player for the most part.

    1. Re:Not the intended market by digital+photo · · Score: 1

      Out of curiosity, is this on the "stock" zaurus or is this on a OZ installed Zaurus?

      I realise that SSH/terminal isn't a functionality which the masses are interested in and that it puts a burden on the system. Still, it can be a deciding factor for the people who are actually buying it if it can communicate on more protocols.

      Btw, I've visited the OZ site and the package is really sweet. Unfortunately, given the change in economy, I can't justify buying a new piece of gear. :| Kinda stuck with my Psion 5. ^_^;

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    2. Re:Not the intended market by pantherace · · Score: 2
      yep, "stock" 5500 with 2.38 ROM. (with 128MB SD which is in constantly)

      when I get the time and such I am going to OZ 3, as it seems more stable (than OZ 3), haven't had a stability problem with the standard rom, etc.

  35. no, no and no. by small_dick · · Score: 2, Interesting

    three reasons to say no:

    1) The ugly gui.
    2) the high price.
    3) the people who like it eat at McDonalds.

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    1. Re:no, no and no. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
      3) the people who like it eat at McDonalds. [rr.com]

      You obviously don't have kids.

    2. Re:no, no and no. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      As I understand it, and I'm a bit sketchy, it usually goes:

      1. Girlfriend
      2. Wife
      3. Kids
      4. Profit???

      Of course, as with most slashdotters, he is probably having a tough time getting TO Step 1.

    3. Re:no, no and no. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      mcdonald's makes some seriously unhealthy "food". i guess if your kids live to 18, that's good enough, eh?

  36. Is it just me... by LinuxInDallas · · Score: 1

    or does the original Zaurus have a much prettier UI than this thing? I've taken a look at the current Zaurus on sale here in the US and it looks slick whereas this new one has flat-looking widgets and a very unpolished look.

  37. Re:Why don't they ever include SSH as a base packa by digital+photo · · Score: 1

    Yes, I've been to the OZ site. But that is OpenZaurus. That's a non-standard configuration of the Zaurus. The standard one(5500 or 5600) doesn't have SSH installed.

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  38. lots of flaws in Windows by SHEENmaster · · Score: 2

    and it doesn't work on most 'compliant' system.

    My younger brother's box (900mhz w/ winshit XP) can't run Quake 3 and gets a "Calender Error" whenever ANYTHING tries to open a socket! Who the hell calls that "easy"!?

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  39. Re:Why don't they ever include SSH as a base packa by Myuu · · Score: 2

    I probably should have expected that. The problem is, is that the Sharp ROM, for linux people is a POS...its completely insane. For a PDA user, its fine.

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  40. WTF? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    First to Japan, then to some God-forsaken third world country. When are the dudes releasing the thing into Best Country on Earth US of A?

  41. Why can't Linux developers create a decent GUI? by akac · · Score: 1

    OK, there are a couple out there that are nice. But most are just rehashes of Windows or Motif or some awful window manager. Even when a Linux based GUI LOOKS nice, it acts and feels like crap. Why is it that only Apple has a GUI that not only looks good on a UNIX platform, but also ACTS and FEELS polished.

    1. Re:Why can't Linux developers create a decent GUI? by fmileto · · Score: 1

      it'll happen as soon as apple opens up Aqua

  42. Looking at the picture... by messiertom · · Score: 2

    I see that the keyboard swivels so it can either be a mini-laptop or a regular PDA. So, when you swivel it, the screen has to adjust from landscape to portrait. Does anyone know how this works?

  43. Thank you for the interest... by DavonZ · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Thank you /.'ers for the interest in the project. We have spent many long nights converting this. For those that have questions on it, please feel free to reply to this or the nvmax.com posting and I will answer as best as I can.

    Please understand that my efforts have been in the conversion and I have not dedicated as much time into using the unit, but for the few things that I have used it for... it is remarkable.

    LD

    1. Re:Thank you for the interest... by Bodhammer · · Score: 1

      How does the handwriting recognition of the Zaurus compare to that of the Palm and PocketPC in general?

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    2. Re:Thank you for the interest... by DavonZ · · Score: 1

      I do not think it does compare. The PocketPC has transcribe and that is an excellent product. The Palm has graphiti (sp?) and that is also good. The Zaurus has a decent handwriting tool, but it fails to compete with the above two. Yet, the keyboard is much easier to use then any handwriting tool (IMHO).

      This is Linux and new applications are coming out every day for it.

      LD

  44. Re:Why don't they ever include SSH as a base packa by digital+photo · · Score: 1

    Heh. I tend to agree with you. Most "pda" ROMs really aren't designed for flexibilty. I mean, don't get me wrong. My intent IS to install linux on the PDAs that I get. So I'm in favour of the OZ installation. My point was that manufacturers aren't taking the more technically minded into consideration as much as we would like them to.

    I think I mentioned it in another post, but I think the OZ installation is great. Though stopping by the local Frys, the keypad is a bit small for me, which is why I opted for the Psion 5. ^_^;;

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  45. Re:and when at home run it from your pc... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ... or from within your web browser - ain't that cool! :)

    http://pages.sbcglobal.net/zaurus/zaurus/RemoteP C4 .htm

  46. The gui of sl5500 looks better than c700 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    is it just me? Screenshot

  47. This is a 10 second job by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I have a C700 and convert it to english from japanese requires change 2 characters in one config file from 'jp' to 'en'. If this was the extent of their engineering and worthy of a big story, then I'm just stunned at what a slow news day it is

    1. Re:This is a 10 second job by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Another clueless kid on Slashdot. Get a life, stupid!

  48. Sharp bringing to US 2003q1, lots more story links by MMHere · · Score: 2, Informative
    According to this story in PC World, Sharp plans to show it at the January Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and bring it to the U.S. for sale in Q1 of 2003.

    Here are some other useful SL-C700 links I've found in the last week or so:

    MobileNews article with LOTSA pix (in Japanese, but the pix are easy to see).

    Here is a mobigeeks blurb (with several off-links to other interesting places, also a forum).

    About a quarter of the way down this page, there are some good closeup pix.

    Here is an nvmax.com article, describing Dynamism's efforts, and several other off-links.

    Here is Sharp's own page, also in Japanese, but has a couple of decent pix.

    Here's a German article, with a good description of the specs.

  49. If it really were... by DavonZ · · Score: 1

    it wouldn't be. Changing the locale settings only converts a portion of it. It gets you about 60% conversion. This is a 95% conversion.

    This was also pointed out on zaurus.com.

    LD

  50. Re:Sharp bringing to US 2003q1, lots more story li by DavonZ · · Score: 1

    Sharp denied the rumor about the release in Q12003. It was started by a Japanese reporter who was collecting little tidbits and thought they all pointed to the release.

    I have spoken with Sharp USA about this. They are going to test the US market interest in January, but do not know if there will be a release. They did tell me that if there was a release, it would be after Q1.

    LD

  51. DOH! by greymond · · Score: 1

    I just got my SL-5500 - now they come out with this...hmmm it's so tempting, but I don't see a price tag - by my guess it's probably $499-$599 range since my zaurus was $399 now (499 when it came out last year) as cool as the new one looks i'm still really happy with the slide out keyboard, but i bet my zelda rom would play a lot easiers on that system with the screen turned sideways :)

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  52. large CF cards by timothy · · Score: 1

    Yes, I've heard about these, but I think they're even further out of my price range than the microdrives are ...

    hmmm, checking pricewatch, I find a lowball offer of $142 for brand-unspecified 512MB CF card, which is really much better than I thought they were right now. Of course, prices tend to get non-linear toward the edges, and there are no listings for 1GB CF cards as of right now on pricewatch.

    a 10GB CF card would be nice; I hope that SD and MM cards don't displace CD cards before that can happen ...

    timothy

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  53. I agree -- most of the time ;) by timothy · · Score: 1

    I think there are competing ideas / ideals here between portabilty and functionality.

    given certain circumstances, I'd much rather have a real laptop for the same reasons you name -- screen, storage, battery, drives ...

    However, I'd also like a way to have a computer with me at all times, for the same reasons that people go wild about wearable computers -- I'd like to have it as a (and these are just for instances ...)

    - walkman
    - notebook
    - address list
    - to-do-list
    - camera (even if that takes a little camera dongle)
    - calculator
    - book (lots of gutenberg texts loaded on),
    - micro-TiVo (a few episodes of A&E's occasional Nero Wolf movies in DivX;), say)
    - voice recorder
    - GPS and map holder

    And I want this magic device to be hand-sized, not cost to much, and use readily replaceable rechargeable batteries, AA for instance.

    Sure, that might make it a jack of all trades / master of none, but being able to fit in a pocket would go a long way toward earning forgiveness.

    A lot of these things are taken care even by current Palm OS devices or those little pocket PCs, but not all, and certainly not perfectly.

    timothy

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  54. Mac users == faggots ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Agent Red, a fellow MAC user, said that this "vaguely insulted" him, although he "couldn't put his finger on why."

    To explain why he feels so uneasy, and indeed to unveil the true plight of MAC users everywhere, I have taken it upon myself to draw the parallels between MAC users and the H.O.M.O.'s of the world:

    Well, think about it:

    They're ten percent of the population.

    The object of their desire comes in rainbow colors.

    They are constantly vocal about their preferences for fear of being snowed under by the rest of society.

    When people try to get them to switch, they scream and yell about how it's the right thing for them and ask them to "try it just once and see if they like it."

    Most of them have been this way for years; it's not a decision they just made overnight.

    Although their functions are criticized, the moral majority STILL agree that they are tastefully designed, have an innate sense of colour, and are always on the leading edge of style and fashion.

    Too, they are often emulated by the majority with thinly-veiled knockoffs of their style.

    And, no matter how we are begged and pleaded, no matter how they may tear their families apart with the shame and stigma of their choice (and some still say it was never a choice!), still they'll never change them.

    Finally, their biggest and most visible supporters are in San Francisco.

    It's official: Apparently, all Macintosh users are honorary homosexuals.

    FAGGOTS !

    More info at http://www.gmug.org/

  55. yep, innovative by atlasheavy · · Score: 1

    a quote from the article: "Its innovative swiveling screen transforms the shape from PDA-style to laptop-style. "

    yep. it's just about as innovative as the toshiba portege 3500 I'm writing this on right now. Too bad it doesn't have the MS Tablet PC API, or an electromagnetic-resistive screen. what a tragedy. It occurs to me that it must be lame when MS does it, but innovative if it runs linux. And no, I'm not a troll. People here just tend not to like anything that microsoft puts out, but will call it the greatest thing since sliced bread the second someone ports linux to the damned thing.

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  56. You must have BIG pockets! :) by Mochi · · Score: 1

    and fits in your pocket...

    Are you kidding? I will definitely agree that the libretto (I owned an s1100 for a while) is a nice smaller alternative to a laptop, but (IMHO) there is no way you can comfortably carry one in your pocket on a regular basis. But then again, you never claimed "comfort". :)

    I think the size of the sl-c700 is close to perfect. It appears to be the same form factor as the older zaurus zr5000 which I could carry around in my pants pocket comfortably. Even if they COULD make it smaller, the keyboard size would become too small for comfortable "3 finger typing". What they need is a tiny butterfly keyboard like one of the old IBM thinkpads. :)

  57. Last Post! by alpg · · Score: 1

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