Zaurus Models

From OESF

Contents 1 Overview 1.1 Historical 2 Specifications 3 Nicknames 4 Chronology

Overview

Only the Zaurus SL-C1000 and SL-C3200 are currently in production.

Historical

Zaurus comes from a long line of "Personal Mobile Tools" offered by Sharp. Previous Zaurus had a proprietary OS. This page only covers the models that use a Linux OS.

Specifications

• SL-5000D - Developer model
• SL-5500 - The first model
• SL-A300 - The only Zaurus with no keyboard
• SL-5600
• SL-6000 - Portrait with Continuous Grain Silicon (CGS) screen
• SL-C700 - The first clamshell and first with CGS screen
• SL-C750, SL-C760
• SL-C760, SL-C860
• SL-C1000
• SL-C3000 - The first big box clamshell
• SL-C3100
• SL-C3200

What is the meaning of SL and SL-C ?

• SL probably stands for Sharp Linux.
• C seems to indicate clamshell.

Nicknames

A300	Discovery	5000D / 5500	Collie
5600 / B500	Poodle
C700	Corgi
C750	Shepherd
C760	Husky
C860	Boxer
6000	Tosa
C1000	Akita
C3000	Spitz
C3100	Borzoi
C3200	Terrier

Chronology

Zaurus were sold in this order:

1. SL-5000D
2. SL-5500^{EU and USA only}, SL-A300
3. SL-5500G (German variant of SL-5500)
4. SL-C700
5. SL-B500
6. SL-5600^USA (English version of SL-B500)
7. SL-C750, SL-C760
8. SL-7500C (Chinese variant of SL-C750)
9. SL-C860
10. SL-6000L^USA
11. SL-6000N, SL-6000W
12. SL-C3000
13. SL-C1000
14. SL-C3100
15. SL-C3200

All Zaurus available in Japan except SL-5500:
^EU Sold in Europe
^USA Sold in USA