Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 - OpenZaurus, with Docking station and stylus

Sharp Zaurus is a PDA row of the Japanese company Sharp. The Zaurus was 2003 the most popular PDA in Japan and used a operating system. The first Sharp PDA on a GNU/Linux variant, Embedix plus, was based, was the SL-5000D.

As CCU StrongARM and Intel XScale processors are used for the modern variants. The devices have further CompactFlash and SD-Card-modules, an infrared interface as well as a keyboard.

As graphic surface for the more modern Linux PDA variants Qtopia of the company Trolltech is delivered. Alternatively the free OPIE can be installed. Both surfaces use a Framebuffer. A correct X11-Server and a slim Windowmanager against it the likewise free GPE surface can offer. A Portierung from OpenBSD is in work.

Even the SL-5000D has enough achievement, in order to serve as LAMP servers. Also with WarDrivern he enjoys of large popularity. With a WLAN map the Zaurus can be used both and WLAN Sniffer, and WLAN Client or Wireless ACCESS POINT.

In Germany appeared as last equipment of the Zaurus 5500G, afterwards Sharp announced its retreat of the European PDA market, whereby legal problems as a the most probable cause to gelten.2003 Sharp the models SL-C 700, SL-C 750, SL-C 760 and SL-C 860 brought on the Japanese market, which due to its revolutionary Design concept (clamshell ("“Clamshell"”) with highly soluble 3.8"” display with 640x480 pixels) fast large popularity attained and meanwhile also importers to Europe and America found. As successors of these devices meanwhile the models are SL-C1000, SL-C3000, SL-C3100 and Sl-C3200 on the market (the 3000er-Serie is additionally equipped with an internal Microdrive thereby).

Related links

• Zaurus user Group
• Z-portal
• Sharp Zaurus side
• Zaurus software index
• Embedded Linux software index
• Handheld Linux software index
• OPIE - Open Palmtop Integrated Environment
• GPE: The GPE Palmtop Environment
• Zaurus general How ton of Docs
• Wikipedia on the Zaurus
• OpenBSD on the Zaurus

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