Sharp To Ship New HD-equipped Zaurus In Japan

ctid writes "On 10th November, Sharp will release its new Zaurus PDA. The SL-C3000 includes a 4GB hard drive, a 416MHz Intel XScale PXA270 CPU and 64MB of RAM. All of that in a package weighing 298g! There is no news as to whether Sharp will release this ludicrously desirable toy in the West, but I'm not hopeful personally. Maybe we can rely on suppliers like dynamism.com (in the USA) or shirtpocket.co.uk (in the UK) to help us out?"

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[Khopesh]

looking at Palm, iPAQ, and iPod sizes

• SL-C3000: ? (screen: 3.7), 10.5oz, $lots
• Zire 31: 4.4 x 2.9 x 0.6, 4.1oz, $149
• Zire 72: 4.6 x 2.95 x 0.67, 4.8oz, $299
• Tungston E: 4.5 x 3.1 x 0.5, 4.6oz, $199
• Tungston T5: 4.8 x 3.1 x 0.6, 5.1oz, $399
• Tungston C: 4.8. x 3.1 x 0.7, 6.3oz, $399
• iPAQ rz1715: 4.48 x 2.75 x 0.5, 4.23oz, $280
• iPod 20GB: 4.1 x 2.4 x 0.6, 5.6oz, $299
• iPod mini 4GB: 3.6 x 2.0 x 0.5, 3.6oz, $249
• 1GB SD (for palms): $75

The picture makes it look like it is quite thick ... I wonder how it will compare to the above.

SD memory for palms is rapidly improving; soon, larger capacities will be cheaper, making a $250 1GB+ palm smaller and better than this toy.

(note, I have posted on this before)