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Clamshell Sharp Zaurus Reviewed

Posted by timothy on from the tasty-morsel dept.

Bill Kendrick writes "The Gadgeteer has a review of the new clamshell-style Sharp Zaurus SL-C700 Linux-based PDA. This new model, currently only officially available in Japan, sports a larger keyboard than the SL-5500 we have in the US, as well as a full 640x480 screen and 400MHz XScale CPU. The review mostly compares it against the HP200. The reviewer got his hands on an 'English version,' made available by Dynamism for a hefty pricetag of USD$700." (See this earlier story for more screenshots from the English conversion of this device.)

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  1. Flipping the keys... by $$$$$exyGal · · Score: 0, Redundant
    The C700 goes from a micro-mini laptop with keyboard to a PDA - with a twist of the screen

    This twisting action seems to be becoming standard in the PDA-world. In this case, though, it seems the keys might get accidentally pressed when you flip them around to the other side. Hopefully the keys are hindered inactive during the flipping process. But even if they are, it seems a lot of wear would come to the keys when the PDA is shoved in tiny places.

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  2. pda by chunkwhite86 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    640x480, 400mhz, 64mb ram... This thing is a lot faster than my first desktop PC was!!

    Costs almost as much though ;-(

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  3. Not gonna do it. by blair1q · · Score: 0, Redundant

    If it doesn't have a PDA, phone, satellite communicator, and zabaglione beater on it, I ain't buying it.