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Sharp aims Linux-based PDA at UK corporations

...Wednesday. Sharp was kicking off the UK launch of the device, the Zaurus SL-5500, which will be available in European retail outlets from next... Read more

17 April, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

Linux PDA UK launch date set

...the first Linux-based PDA generally available in the UK. Sharp's Zaurus SL-5500 will contain most of the features that PDA owners are... Read more

20 March, 2002 by Matt Loney

Sharp Zaurus SL-5500

True geeks will love the Zaurus SL-5500, but most users will find Pocket PC and Palm devices... Read more

24 April, 2002 by Colin Duwe

Qtopia to power IBM Linux PDA design

...profile success to date is its use in Sharp's Linux-based Zaurus SL-5500 and SL-A300 handhelds, but it is also used in... Read more

14 February, 2003 by Matthew Broersma

Sun brews fresh Java for mobile devices

...optimised compiler to provide better Java performance on mobile devices. Sharp's Zaurus SL-5500 PDA is the best-known example of Linux running on... Read more

26 September, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

Yopy comes to Europe

...then, Yopy has ceded the handheld Linux spotlight to the high-profile Zaurus SL-5500, Sharp's bid to re-enter the US PDA market... Read more

12 July, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

Security hole discovered in Linux handheld

...science Web site, researchers said they had found vulnerabilities in Sharp's Zaurus SL-5500 and Zaurus SL-5000D handhelds. The flaws let attackers take... Read more

12 July, 2002 by Richard Shim

Linux-based PDA debuts in Japan

...Sharp has been selling a Linux-based device in the West, its Zaurus SL-5500, since April of this year. The new SL-A300 has... Read more

25 June, 2002 by Richard Shim

Linux carves niche in PDA market

...Linux offerings on the riseWith a list price of $499, the Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 is at the higher end of the PDA market. But... Read more

11 June, 2002 by Suzanne Thornberry

Lynuxworks gets a shot in the ARM

...embedded devices, notably driving the Tivo digital video recorder and Sharp's Zaurus SL-5500 handheld. It competes against established, proprietary embedded operating systems, as... Read more

9 May, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

Zaurus goes online, but not in UK

Sharp Electronics has launched a wireless Internet service for its Zaurus SL-5500 in the US, offering unlimited access to email and the... Read more

9 April, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

Sharp ships Linux PDA

...its first major device manufacturer. The electronics maker announced the device, the Zaurus SL-5500, late last year and said that it would begin shipping... Read more

4 April, 2002 by Richard Shim

QuickTime coming to PDAs

...handheld computers such as the Handspring Visor Prism and the Linux-based Zaurus SL-5500 from Sharp. California-based Media Metastasis said last week it... Read more

25 March, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

Sun to sell Zaurus at JavaOne

Sun Microsystems will be selling the long-awaited Zaurus SL-5500 Linux-based handheld computer at the JavaOne developer conference beginning... Read more

22 March, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

LinuxWorld: Gadgets draw the crowds

...it's finding its way into much smaller gadgets as well. The Zaurus SL-5500 -- with a colour screen, a 206MHz Intel StrongARM processor, a... Read more

1 February, 2002 by Stephen Shankland

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