Sharp Corporation is a Japanese Electronics manufacturing company that had been established in 1915. Since then it has developed into one of the leading electronics companies in the world. The Sharp Zaurus is the name of a series of Personal Digital Assistant made by Sharp Corporation. The Zaurus was the most popular PDA during the 1990s in Japan and was based on a proprietary operating system. The first Sharp PDA to use the Linux operating system was the SL-5000D, running the Qtopia-based Embedix Plus.
Sharp has introduced a new model in its Zaurus line of Linux PDAs. The SL-C1000 is similar to the SL-C3000, but without an internal hard drive. As with previous Japan-only Zaurus models, the SL-C1000 will be available with internationalization features from a number of global resellers.
Sharp is continuing to develop Linux based PDAs, and they will be made available all over the world because there is apparently demand. And although development support by Sharp has been reduced dramatically, there is a very lively user group at ZaurusUserGroup.org developing alternate ROMs, like pdaXrom or OpenZaurus."
The Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 combines state-of-the-art Sharp technology and Sharp innovation to deliver a unique and compelling PDA solution. The Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 offers everything from mobile communications to mobile multimedia; keyboard integration and dual expansion delivering one of the most versatile and flexible PDA solutions on the market today. With optional peripherals and Sharp Mobile Services you can have wireless connectivity anytime, anywhere. |
