Jack Schofield 

In the UK, Sharp has

In the UK, Sharp has launched what it describes as the first commercial Linux PDA, the Zaurus SL-5500. People have been putting Linux on PDAs for a couple of years, and you can run it on a Compaq iPaq, but the attempt to selll such a device to innocent end users (rather than geeks or developers) could be considered brave. Unfortunately the specification is pretty much the same as an iPaq, with the usual 206HMz StrongArm and 64 megabytes of memory, and so is the price: £449.99 (inc VAT). Given that it doesn't have the software or hardware support of an iPaq or similar Palm m515, it looks like being a tough sell.... In the US, the device was launched a month ago at $449.99.
  
  


In the UK, Sharp has launched what it describes as the first commercial Linux PDA, the Zaurus SL-5500. People have been putting Linux on PDAs for a couple of years, and you can run it on a Compaq iPaq, but the attempt to selll such a device to innocent end users (rather than geeks or developers) could be considered brave. Unfortunately the specification is pretty much the same as an iPaq, with the usual 206HMz StrongArm and 64 megabytes of memory, and so is the price: £449.99 (inc VAT). Given that it doesn't have the software or hardware support of an iPaq or similar Palm m515, it looks like being a tough sell.... In the US, the device was launched a month ago at $449.99.

 

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