PDA Buyer’s Guide: Sharp Zaurus SL-6000L Linux PDA

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 27, 2004

“The Sharp Zaurus line, starting with the SL-5500 a few years
back, has gained a small but dedicated following in the US and is
extremely popular in Japan, with the clamshell SL-C750, SL-C760 and
SL-C860 taking a large share of the Japanese PDA market. The Zaurus
SL-5500 and SL-5600, the only models officially released in the US,
have never achieved that kind of popularity, and perhaps that’s why
Sharp is not marketing its new flagship model, the SL-6000 to
consumers. Instead, the 6000 targets enterprise buyers, and is sold
in few consumer retail venues…”

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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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