Sharp to ship world's first HDD-based PDA (Register) [LWN.net]

The Register looks at the new Linux-based Zaurus SL-C3000 PDA from Sharp. "The new model is based on a 416MHz Intel XScale PXA270 processor backed by 64MB of SDRAM and 16MB of Flash ROM. Crucially, the unit also features a 4GB hard drive - the first PDA to do so. The Sl-C3000 sports a 3.7in 640 x 480 LCD mounted above a QWERTY keypad with a five-way navigator control." The device is only available in Japan.

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Sharp to ship world's first HDD-based PDA (Register)

Posted Oct 15, 2004 16:20 UTC (Fri) by pglennon (guest, #649) [Link]

damn. this is gonna cost me some $$. weird that the article doesn't make a big deal of the 640x480 res, since I think Sharp is still the only one that does this. Now if they can just straighten out their relationship with the development community....

Sharp to ship world's first HDD-based PDA (Register)

Posted Oct 15, 2004 20:30 UTC (Fri) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link]

To be precise, 216 dpi (if The Register's 3.7" is to be believed: 800 dots diagonal / 3.7 inches). Much more than the LIBRIe's 170 dpi, even if it is not so readable.

Sharp to ship world's first HDD-based PDA (Register)

Posted Oct 16, 2004 0:09 UTC (Sat) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link]

Weird that the article doesn't make a big deal of the 640x480 res, since I think Sharp is still the only one that does this

Where you were this year ? Asus MyPal A730, HP iPAQ hx4700, Toshiba e800, few SONY models - they all have 640x480 VGA screen and are all in stores already. This used to be Zaurus selling point. Not anymore.

Sharp to ship world's first HDD-based PDA (Register)

Posted Oct 15, 2004 19:00 UTC (Fri) by ccchips (guest, #3222) [Link]

I'd love to see the modplug stuff working on that platform. I could get an awful lot of mods into a hard-disk that size.

Send some to Europe

Posted Oct 15, 2004 21:57 UTC (Fri) by alspnost (guest, #2763) [Link]

Just *ship it in Europe* please, please!! I swear a lot of people would buy these things, if only Sharp didn't seem to want it to fail from the outset. It's very strange to produce a nifty product and then to make it virtually impossible to acquire for the majority of the world....

Sharp to ship world's first HDD-based PDA (Register)

Posted Oct 16, 2004 8:02 UTC (Sat) by job (guest, #670) [Link]

*sigh*. Still no wi-fi built in.

I know, I know. Good to be able to change and all, but my 802.11b card has been with me almost five years and it still works perfectly. I except it to be with us for a long time. (And I hate those protruding cards, it's too clumsy.)

And since Sharp has announced

Posted Oct 21, 2004 20:43 UTC (Thu) by Baylink (subscriber, #755) [Link]

That they're dropping the Zaurus in the US entirely, we likely won't ever see it first hand. <sigh>