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Sharp’s Zaurus Intrigues

Zaurus SL-5000D (Developer Version)

Sharp Electronics Corporation
$399 (low-$500s for 64 MB SL-550)

Additional Resources

Yahoo Group for SL-5000 (free Yahoo account required)

ZaurusZone.com

Zaurus IRC chat group

  • channel #zaurus on irc.openprojects.net
Sharp PDA

Hardware Specifications

CPU

  • 206 MHz Intel StrongARM processor

Memory

  • 32 MB RAM
  • 16 MB Flash ROM (for storing operating system image)

Screen

  • 320×200 TFT “Quarter VGA” reflective, active-matrix touch screen color display

Input

  • Retractable QWERTY keyboard

Audio

  • Stereo minijack audio output with integrated monaural audio input
  • Piezoelectric buzzer

Expandability

  • CompactFlash card slot
  • Secure Digital/MMC card slot

Software Specifications

Operating System

  • Lineo Embedix for StrongARM processors running on a 2.4x Linux kernel

Interface

  • Trolltech Qtopia Palmtop Environment
  • Trolltech Qt/Embedded 2.3.2

Browser

  • Opera Web browser

Java VM

  • Insignia Jeode Java VM conforming to Sun Microsystems PersonalJava 1.1.8 specification

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