CNET: Review: Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 | Linux Today

CNET: Review: Sharp Zaurus SL-5500

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 12, 2002

[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood
for this link. ]

“On the surface, Sharp appears to have made all the right moves
with its new Zaurus SL-5500. Not only has the company combined an
outstanding, cutting-edge hardware design with top-flight
components and the Linux operating system, but Sharp has gotten
software developers excited about the device, and there are already
quite a few polished applications available for this handheld. We
were pretty excited, too, until we discovered a few kinks that keep
the SL-5500 from becoming the strong competitor to Pocket PC
devices that it almost is…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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