IT-Analysis: LINUX 2 Sharp for Mobile Landscape | Linux Today

IT-Analysis: LINUX 2 Sharp for Mobile Landscape

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 4, 2003

[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood
for this link. ]

“As smart phones blur with PDAs, and PDAs in turn blur with
laptops, what’s a Tablet?

“Sharp Corporation has introduced two new models to add to their
Zaurus Linux based organisers. In reality the SL-C750 and SL-C760
are just two versions of the same unit, differing only in on-board
memory, battery life and weight.

“This unit is somewhat different to the earlier units in that it
uses the ‘clamshell’ form factor, famously used by several
generations of Psion organisers, and a couple of products
elsewhere. This provides a full 640 x 480 VGA landscape-oriented
screen, and the extra width allows a mini keyboard on the lower
half like a laptop. However, you can also twist the screen, close
the clamshell and use it in portrait orientation like a PDA…”

Complete
Story

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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