Re: SL-6000 rumour!

Cam wrote:

> rhkelly wrote:
> 
>> ...give Sharp a hint, I second, as I would much prefer 
 >> that the future models of Zaurus line retain the
 >> 5xxx form factor.

> ...the market is full of relatively cheap, thin, attractive, 
 > ARM based colour PDAs with bluetooth/wifi. Why bother...

Linux - and mind you, I am not at all doctrinaire about it,
I simply require the flexibility. And, as mentioned before,
built-in keyboard which can be used 'standing up' is, for
a given class of users, a very distinguishing caractheristic.

> ...why not get an Ipaq or something similar? 
I heard about Ipaqs running Linux, but would need to talk
first-hand to someone who used it for a while to be convinced
it is more than an interesting experiment.

> ...the guts to come up with something original...
A well-supported Linux PDA is original enough. As you stated
above, almost everything else one can think of in a PDA is
done by many others.

It would be *so* interesting to learn what Sharp's long-range
intentions with Zaurus line are. Yes, my 5500 with new 3.10 ROM
gives me all I need rigt now, but I *am* of rather young age
(and reasonably good health :).


rk