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Sharp Ships Zaurus SL-5600; 5500 Available Cheap

Posted by timothy on from the itchy-wallet-finger dept.

Bill Kendrick writes "LinuxDevices is reporting the good news: Sharp is now shipping the Zaurus SL-5600 Linux-based PDA. Compared to the SL-5500 that's been out for the past year, this new model sports a 400MHz X-Scale CPU, twice the Flash (32MB), twice the RAM (64MB) a much better battery (1700 mAh), and a real speaker and mic. Learn more at Sharp's website." And IceFox writes "Well I wasn't expecting this to happen till next week, but I guess it was put up early. For a limited time on hsn.com you can get a Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 PDA for $198.92, combined with a hsn.com coupon you can bring the price down to $169.08. For anyone who has wanted to play with this Linux PDA here is your chance to get it for very cheap." Update: 03/18 02:03 GMT by T : Reader Brendan Hoar corrects the listed specs: "The specs for the SL-5600 are incorrect. It should be 64MB of flash, 32MB of SDRAM. It's technically *half* the RAM of the SL-5500, not twice the RAM." Thanks.

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  1. Hmm by B3ryllium · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does it run BeOS? heheh

  2. Couldn't take it any longer.... by senducemhere · · Score: 4, Funny

    I see a 50 node Beowulf cluster in a 2u rackspace!

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  3. Obligatory "UHF" Quote by goldspider · · Score: 2, Funny
    "Tell ya what, friends... if nobody comes down here and buys a car in the next 30 minutes, I'M GONNA CLUB THIS BABY SEAL!! That's right, I'd club a seal to make a better deal! You know I'll do it too, cuz I'm CRAZY!"

    -Crazy Earnie, the Used Car King

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  4. mplayer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Could this one probably run mplayer (http://www.mplayhq.hu) ? You could use it watching adult movies under your blanket late at night while your mom thinks you are sleeping ;-)

  5. Re:-1, Too US Centric by rbuysse · · Score: 2, Funny

    Buy two, ship them both to me, I'll forward yours on...

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  6. they allowed for it through SD by SHEENmaster · · Score: 2, Funny

    I added a card the size of a stampt to get 256mb of extra storage and I can still use the cf slot for ethernet on my Zaurus.

    That said, I recently replaced my first zaurus ($300) with a new zaurus ($250) only to be given a heart attack by this article.

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  7. Irony? by Thing+1 · · Score: 2, Funny
    Looking at the "PC Software Requirements" list:

    Microsoft Windows 98/98SE/2000 Professional/ME/XP

    So it runs Linux but requires Windows? Hahahahaha.

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  8. Whippersnapper! Re:A good minicomputer by gilroy · · Score: 2, Funny
    Blockquoth the poster:

    I have a Zaurus, and while it's a great minicomputer, ...

    Back in my day, people understood that "minicomputer" was the thing between "mainframe" and "microcomputer" on the hierarchy of power...
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