Damm you, after reading that review I went to Dabs and clicked the "Buy Now" button. :o)
I'll post a mini-review when I've had a chance to play with it.
Incidently, Retail for this device is £449.95, Sharp have it at £399 plus postage with a free accessory kit, Dabs have it at £363.07 including postage and according to the PDF I downloaded from Sharp you can still claim the Accessory Kit if you send of your proof of purchase.
Wayne
On Saturday 28 September 2002 11:26, Jamie French wrote:
After getting quite excited that the device actually has Linux embedded I found the following review:
http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2002/0805gearhead.html
and something else you may find handy:
http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT8728350077.html
Sounds like it may be a better option than a Compaq IPaq, having Linux is a good start :)
-----Original Message----- From: main-admin@lists.alug.org.uk [mailto:main-admin@lists.alug.org.uk]On Behalf Of Wayne Stallwood Sent: 27 September 2002 21:06 To: main@lists.alug.org.uk Subject: Re: [Alug] Sharp Zaurus SL-500
Ah that's because the model number is printed wrong in the Dabs catalogue.
It's really a SL-5500, but still any experiences anyone ?
On Friday 27 September 2002 19:45, Wayne Stallwood wrote:
Has anyone played with one of these yet ?, I was looking at the Dabs catalogue and noticed that they are for sale at a reasonable price.
I am tempted as I wanted to replace my trusty old Palm, and was even considering a Pocket PC device.
I like the idea of Linux on a PDA (but I still have some major
reservations
about it's suitability) and I can't find any reviews on the Net.
Previous Linux/PDA efforts seem to have had lukewarm reception from reviewers and seeing as Dixon's are unlikely to stock this toy I can't exactly go and try one out.
Cheers
Wayne
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