New Sharp Zaurus SL-6000L for pre-order on Amazon

Yoshiki Ohshima Yoshiki.Ohshima at acm.org
Wed Mar 24 19:52:19 UTC 2004


  Aaron,

> For those who are into running Squeak on a PDA, a new Zaurus model- the
> SL-6000L- is up for pre-order on Amazon.com.  See it here:
> 
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001W17H2/ref=e_de_a_smtpd/104-4769701-6903960?v=glance&s=electronics&n=507846&vi=tech-data
> 
> This particular model has built-in wifi, 64 MB RAM + 64 MB flash, SD and
> CF slots, 400 MHz XScale and a VGA screen.

  Wow.  It is interesting to see they go for the portlait formfactor
with VGA screen.

> Generally, I'm of the mind that the Linux-based Zaurus line makes for a
> crappy PDA in the traditional sense... But they do make great little
> Squeak machines! Between the fast hardware and the 640x480 screen, you
> have a very capable computer- as long as you're equipped with Squeak. And
> unlike WinCE, there is no limit to the size of the image you're using-
> I've used some huge images on the Zaurus C7x0 series!

  Yes!  Thank you for sharing this info.

-- Yoshiki

P.S.
  Do you have any comments on this, Ichikawa-san? ^^;




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