:Computing Unplugged: The Future of the Palm Platform: Lessons Learned from the Sharp Zaurus
Computing Unplugged: The Future of the Palm Platform: Lessons Learned from the Sharp Zaurus Mar 2, 2006, 13 :00 UTC (8 Talkback[s]) (5988 reads) (Other stories by Jason Perlow)
"From December of 2002 through February of 2003, I was Software Developer Liaison for Sharp Electronics' Zaurus. As some of you may recall, the Zaurus was also a Linux PDA, which shared many similarities with the ALP platform, and like ACCESS and PalmSource, the Zaurus was also the product of a Japanese company.
"The Zaurus had many things going for it: great technology, an excellent industrial design, and a solid consumer electronics company behind it. But it failed miserably in the US and European consumer market. Why...?"
