Re: Zaurus SL-C860 to hit Japan in January

* Stuart Bouyer ([email protected]) wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 21:38:57 -0800
> Bill Kendrick <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > LinuxDevices.com states:
> > 
> > NEWS FLASH:  NEW ZAURUS SHIPS NOV. 27 FOR JAPANESE MARKET
> > LinuxDevices.com learned that Sharp will introduce the next model in its
> > Linux-based Zaurus PDA family to the Japanese market on Nov. 27, 2003.
> > The SL-C860 appears to be a more powerful and feature-rich version of
> > the much-reviewed SL-C760.  The device boasts a 400MHz Intel PXA255
> > processor equipped with 128MB of Flash memory (65MB available for user
> > programs) along with 64MB of SDRAM memory. It has a 640x480 resolution
> > full-color, full-VGA display, and runs an embedded Linux operating
> > system based on Metrowerks's OpenPDA handheld device software stack.
> > http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3852086383.html
> 
> According to www.ezaurus.com, the hardware specs are almost exactly the same as the C760, the main difference being a 3.7 inch screen as apposed to the current 3.5, the cpu, flash, ans RAM are all the same.
> 
> The big feature on the Japanese site are the english <--> Japanese translation software, and the support for using the 860 like a usb drive.

Looking at older press releases, Sharp was calling the c760 screen a
3.7 inch. I was under the same impression at first that it would be
bigger, but it sounds like it's exactly the same hardware.

  Greg