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Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 review
Reviews VAT) Zaurus SL-5500 has much to recommend it, especially its hidden thumb keyboard. There's a small but growing library of third-party software for the Zaurus, but unfortunately you can't install applications made for Linux desktops.
[April 24, 2002, 7:26]
Sharp Zaurus SL-C860 review
Reviews We are disappointed that Sharp hasn't seen fit to launch the Zaurus SL-C860 (and its slightly less well specified sibling the C750) officially in the UK. The Zaurus SL-C860 runs the Linux-based (OpenPDA) Qtopia Application Environment developed by...
[March 8, 2004, 11:05]
Sharp ships Linux PDA
News With the Zaurus SL-5500, Sharp is relaunching the Zaurus brand in the United States. The electronics maker announced the device, the Zaurus SL-5500, late last year and said that it would begin shipping in the first quarter of this year.
[April 4, 2002, 9:22]
Sharp aims Linux-based PDA at UK corporations
News Sharp was kicking off the UK launch of the device, the Zaurus SL-5500, which will be available in European retail outlets from next month. With the Zaurus SL-5500, Sharp is relaunching the Zaurus brand outside Japan.
[April 17, 2002, 16:05]
Security hole discovered in Linux handheld
News In an advisory posted recently to a Syracuse University computer-science Web site, researchers said they had found vulnerabilities in Sharp's Zaurus SL-5500 and Zaurus SL-5000D handhelds. The gadget will come with Intel's 400MHz XScale PXA250...
[July 12, 2002, 8:42]
Linux-based PDA debuts in Japan
News Sharp has been selling a Linux-based device in the West, its Zaurus SL-5500, since April of this year. The Zaurus SL-A300 uses the Linux operating system and will be available in Japan starting on 12 July for 50,000 yen (about £290).
[June 25, 2002, 9:15]
LinuxWorld: Gadgets draw the crowds
News The Zaurus SL-5500 -- with a colour screen, a 206MHz Intel StrongARM processor, a tiny pull-out keyboard, rechargeable batteries, CompactFlash and Secure Digital expansion slots, and 64MB of memory -- is expected to go on sale in March for $550...
[February 1, 2002, 11:22]
Linux PDA UK launch date set
News Sharp's Zaurus SL-5500 will contain most of the features that PDA owners are used to, but is distinct in that it has a miniature built-in keyboard. Sharp's Linux-based Zaurus PDA is due to go on sale in the UK at the end of April.
[March 20, 2002, 15:43]
Zaurus goes online, but not in UK
News Sharp Electronics has launched a wireless Internet service for its Zaurus SL-5500 in the US, offering unlimited access to email and the Web, but the service won't be coming to Europe any time soon. Unlike BlackBerry, however, the Zaurus cannot yet...
[April 9, 2002, 16:52]
Sharp unleashes Linux handheld
News As previously reported, Sharp's Zaurus SL-5500 handheld uses Lineo's version of Linux, is powered by Intel's 206MHz StrongARM processor, and has both CompactFlash and Secure Digital expansion slots. Seeking to prove it isn't the dinosaur of the...
[December 4, 2001, 8:58]
Linux carves niche in PDA market
News With a list price of $499, the Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 is at the higher end of the PDA market. TechRepublic members Adrian Kunzle, atechnology vice president with a private banking firm, and Mike Gilger, CTO of Identitech, were early adopters of Sharp...
[June 11, 2002, 12:34]
QuickTime coming to PDAs
News A US company says it is developing software that plays Apple's QuickTime video format on handheld computers such as the Handspring Visor Prism and the Linux-based Zaurus SL-5500 from Sharp. The player presently works with the Visor Prism and Zaurus...
[March 25, 2002, 14:15]
Qtopia to power IBM Linux PDA design
News Qtopia's most high-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 other PDAs and devices. Trolltech, a Norway-based Linux software company, said its applications software will...
[February 14, 2003, 14:12]
Yopy comes to Europe
News Since 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. Linux has begun to make its way into a range of new PDAs from manufacturers as diverse as Sharp, Samsung and...
[July 12, 2002, 14:36]
Lynuxworks gets a shot in the ARM
News Linux is gaining some steam in embedded devices, notably driving the Tivo digital video recorder and Sharp's Zaurus SL-5500 handheld. Lynuxworks, which makes Linux software for embedded devices, has landed a deal with prominent chip designer ARM to...
[May 9, 2002, 16:15]
CES: Products to watch
News As expected, Sharp Electronics said its Zaurus SL-5500 handheld computer will be available later in the first quarter. The new Zaurus SL-5500 combines a colour screen, 206MHz StrongARM processor and 64MB of memory, along with an MP3/video player...
[January 9, 2002, 9:29]
Sun brews fresh Java for mobile devices
News Sharp's Zaurus SL-5500 PDA is the best-known example of Linux running on StrongARM. Sun is giving its Java programming environment a stronger kick, with improvements to its capabilities for both enterprise-grade computers and a myriad of sub-PC...
[September 26, 2002, 11:54]
Power to the people
Member Review Combines the reliability and versatility of Linux with good hardware and accesories. Software shouldn't be a problem: It's got Linux which means TONS of quality freeware. As for mobility? With the proper software you could control your kitchen's...
[September 23, 2003, 15:22]
Great for business
Member Review The very few problems I have had with the Zaurus is that you MUST have headphones to listen to music and video. BIG LET DOWN. Battery life will get you through the day, and the Linux OS is reliable. I just wish you didn't have to have the...
[September 7, 2005, 16:32]
Nice PDA! Two years and still going strong
Member Review It's a breed on its own. A bit old, yes, but it gives me the power of a Linux box when i need it. Makes a good mp3 player too.
[July 20, 2005, 16:12]
