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Sharp Zaurus SL-C750 English Conversion

Posted by timothy on from the palm-of-your-hand dept.

DavonZ writes "I have just released a small review/information on the Sharp Zaurus SL-C750 and the Dynamism English conversion. This is one sweet unit. You can check it out at nvmax.com."

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  1. Borken dynamism link by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Try this instead.

  2. Dynamism link... by AntonyL · · Score: 4, Informative

    Dynamism link should be http://www.dynamism.com/index.shtml

    (hope I got that right)

  3. But wait, that's not all... by cyt0plas · · Score: 4, Funny

    It has been announced that they have decided to follow in google's footsteps. The Pig Latin, Hacker(h4x04) and Klingon translations are coming soon.

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  4. Older Zaurus more innovative ... this 1 promising by adzoox · · Score: 4, Interesting
    I wish they'd have kept the innovative design of the previous Zaurus rather than gone BACK to the Mini Laptop. (The previous version just made me feel like I had the Newton of my dreams) Hiding the keyboard quickly was great if you want to "printtype" (handwriting recognition & typing for special characters quickly), plus there's a balance and weight issue in the hand since the back of the new unit will weigh more leverage wise.

    Still, the Zaurus IMHO is now superceded by the Sony Clie NZ90. When the new Clies hit the street this summer (an NZ90 slimmer version with integrated 802.11b and 400Mhz Xscale) I'm a buyer.

    About the only thing I think exciting about this model is its ability to possibly run a scaled down version of Mac On Linux or the Mac System 6 emulator that already exists. Using Photoshop and REAL Word on a PDA is pretty neat!

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  5. more info by loomis · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here's another minor review and pictures via brighthand.

    Also, a user at externe has posted about his first impressions in the Zaurus forums.

    Good info in case the importer's/converter's website gets slashdotted.

    Loomis

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  6. The Zaurus line by Daimaou · · Score: 4, Informative

    I have owned several Zaurus machines (both the English SL-5500 as well as several Japanese versions). I have also owned an iPaq and several Palm devices from both Palm and Handspring.

    The Zaurus line is by far my favorite. I have really enjoyed the functionality of the SL-5500 and the flexibility of the Japanese versions I owned. I especially like the expansion modules available for my DBII machine.

    The Zaurus machines seem a lot more sturdy to me as well. I was a bit concerned regarding the SL-5500's sliding keyboard cover before I purchased it, but it has proven to be sturdy and well made.

    I really like the looks of this new offering from Sharp and look forward to using one.

  7. Looking Sharp by jabbadabbadoo · · Score: 4, Funny
    TrollTech has done a fantastic job with the Qt embedded GUI lib. It's superfast.

    That said, I don't like these small widgets. Try typing

    c.t[j] <<= (m % 2 && i>1) ? sft[i-1] : sft[i]
    on it.

    It hurts.

  8. I've seen an English Zaurus 7500 (same as J:C750) by rjamestaylor · · Score: 4, Interesting
    I've seen an English market Zaurus 7500. Funnily enough it was at a meeting promoting the Z 5600, and one of the reps was on the sidelines using the 7500...no, he wasn't a marketing-type -- a marketing-type would never have made that mistake :) So, after the presentation of the (nice) 5600 I approached the rep and made him show me the 7500.

    My advice: restrain your impulsive nature and wait a few months (at most?) for the English market version. It will be a very different -- and lower cost -- beast. Well worth the wait, if you are interested in this flipin' mini unit.

    It is cool, that's for sure.

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  9. Re:Is it just me.... by SomeOtherGuy · · Score: 4, Interesting

    $800 ? They must be smokin crack. Is this what we have come to in order to use PDA's that run Linux? I can get a Dell Axim (That has to pay the Msoft tax for PPC 2002) and the same specs hardware wise (CPU, Memory, Expansion Slots, etc.) sans the keyboard for about $500 dollars cheaper. I could buy a nice thumboard for $500!! And as the message I am replying to already stated -- I could get in on a good laptop for about $900. I bet I could get a lot more out of a 40 Gig HD, Full Screen, 256 Meg $800 laptop than I could a 64 meg "pocket" device that costs the same.

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  10. Pocket PC 2002 by pXgray · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Not to be sarcastic, and at the risk of being nailed to a cross, I wonder if anyone has tried to flash one of these guys with a Pocket PC 2002 ROM. I have used many devices with Pocket PC, and the software, as well as visuals are incredible. It's very responsive with the Xscale processor, as well as on the older ARM 206 mHz processors. I am likely to get one of these Zaurus devices, and probably will enjoy the Linux operating system on it, but still I think that maybe it would be interesting to screw around with Pocket PC on it.

    pxgray

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  11. Re:Is it just me.... by terzyva · · Score: 4, Insightful
    You can get the original japanese version for $629 at conics.net, and convert it to English yourself. Or buy it in Japan directly at a discount shop, and pay less than $500. Still not cheap, but it's rather obvious that you'll pay a hefty premium for a direct import of a product that isn't available locally.

    It's silly to compare it to the Dell Axim, since the C750 has four times the screen resolution (640x480), twice the RAM (64MB), and twice the flash ROM (64 MB, half available for user storage). An external keyboard isn't the same thing, since that would make the Axim much larger than the C750 which already has a good keyboard built in.

    If you want a laptop instead, by all means get one, but don't complain if it won't fit in your shirt pocket...

    -Klaus