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General Discussion / Sharp Is01: The Zaurus Is Back, Sort Of...

« on: April 11, 2010, 09:16:21 am »

The link is broken. I think You mean that:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-i...-au-to-android/
It looks nice but news does not mention about size of the ram. And that is crucial to linux.

Sorry, yes, bad cut-n-paste.
Probably this source has better details:
http://www.pocketables.net/2010/03/sharp-i...s-and-more.html

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General Discussion / Sharp Is01: The Zaurus Is Back, Sort Of...

« on: April 10, 2010, 02:55:32 pm »

A surprise move from Sharp: the long-awaited (by some) successor to the Zaurus, a new clamshell "MID" running Android, with a beautiful 5" 960x480 screen, a Snapdragon CPU and plenty of goodies:

http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-i...-au-to-android/

Engadget goes "meh", which is a pretty good omen in my book :-)

Also there will be a "developer-friendly" version dubbed DK01 where the OS is replaceable. Maybe we will see Maemo, Mer and/or Meego on it ?

--edit--url fixed by admin--

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OESF Announcements / Recent Site Outage

« on: April 10, 2010, 02:53:09 pm »

Thanks for the explanation and your dedication -- we all had a nice good fright there for a while :-)

It also seems like a strange time for oesf to go down, just when Sharp came out with the IS01. which is the closest thing to a Zaurus successor in a while...

Fortunately there were some reassuring posts in the Pocketables forum dome days ago, and all is well again!

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Sharp PC-Z1 NetWalker / Get Yer Netwalker Now - New Lower Conics Pricing

« on: December 27, 2009, 04:37:03 pm »

I'm located in Spain, and I'm using a simyo sim for data only.

http://www.simyo.es/que_es_tarifas.html

Tarifa Diaria
Si navegas:    Sólo pagarás:
Menos de 11 Mb    0,09 €/Mb
Entre 11 y 100 Mb    0,99 €/dia
Más de 100 Mb    0,99 €/dia + 0,09 €/Mb
Hasta 500 Mb    Nunca pagarás más de 5€

Translated:
less than 11Mb: 0.09euro/Mb
between 11 and 100Mb: 0.99euro/day
more than 100mb: 0,99euro/day+0.09euro/mb
Up to 500Mb/month, never more than 5euro
More than 500Mb/month: 5euro+0.09euro/Mb

I don't know where you see "per month". I understand all these prices to be *daily*.
The monthly plan is above, 24.99. And you must add 16% tax...

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Sharp PC-Z1 NetWalker / Sharp Netwalker Pc-z1, Who Has One?

« on: October 11, 2009, 10:06:31 am »

I guess I know what you mean. I had a terrible experience with the Kohjinsha SA1, a precursor of the first 7" Asus eeePC.

It was an innovative and fun little machine, ahead of its time, but the keyboard itself was much like what you describe of the Sharp's.

Given that the main selling point of these clamshells over plain tablets like the Smart Q5/Q7 is precisely that they have a keyboard, they just don't make any sense if you can't actually type on them... :-)

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Sharp PC-Z1 NetWalker / Sharp Netwalker Pc-z1, Who Has One?

« on: October 09, 2009, 05:00:06 pm »

Thanks. Is the M1's keyboard better than the Sharp's ? Seems the M2 will have the same one.

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Sharp PC-Z1 NetWalker / Sharp Netwalker Pc-z1, Who Has One?

« on: October 06, 2009, 02:19:05 pm »

Do let us know how it goes with the Sharp... reviews were such a mixed bag it's hard to know what to think.

Nothing like an actual hands-on report by a trusted expert :-)

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Sharp PC-Z1 NetWalker / Zaurus Is Dead .... Long Living Zaurus Aka Pc-z1

« on: September 30, 2009, 06:56:37 am »

A somewhat more balanced review, in good English this time, which praises the hardware but still highlights somme immature aspects of the software :

http://www.pocketables.net/2009/09/unboxin...alker-pcz1.html
http://www.pocketables.net/2009/09/first-i...alker-pcz1.html

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Sharp PC-Z1 NetWalker / Zaurus Is Dead .... Long Living Zaurus Aka Pc-z1

« on: September 17, 2009, 01:53:42 pm »

Unfortunately the first reviews are really bad... keyboard, trackpad, screen density seem to be subpar for a regular Ubuntu desktop experience...

Where are you seeing those reviews, fpp??

Well, I didn't put in a link right away because the only factual and detailed review I've seen to date is in French.

All I've found in English are vague Engadget-style blog posts with opinions based on pictures.

But this is from an actual hands-on session during IFA, done by a *very* reputable French site, whose buying advice and testing methodology have gained quite a following here over the years.

These guys, just like us, really wanted to *like* that widget beforehand, so it troubles me to see them come away so disappointed, and with precise arguments to back up that impression.

One can always hope the demo item was a preproduction model, and that some of the cons may be corrected before general availability... but this is probably not something I'd buy without having actually seen it beforehand, which makes it an iffy proposition if it stays "Japan-only" in the great Sharp tradition.

Here is the link, for those who read French or want to try and Babelfish it :
http://www.lesnumeriques.com/news_id-10669.html

Meanwhile, Conics has verified with Sharp that you can easily convert OS from Japanese to English....

Always good news, of course, although I'd have been really surprised (and outraged :-) if it hadn't been the case...

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Sharp PC-Z1 NetWalker / Zaurus Is Dead .... Long Living Zaurus Aka Pc-z1

« on: September 06, 2009, 01:37:27 pm »

Unfortunately the first reviews are really bad... keyboard, trackpad, screen density seem to be subpar for a regular Ubuntu desktop experience...

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Sharp PC-Z1 NetWalker / Zaurus Is Dead .... Long Living Zaurus Aka Pc-z1

« on: August 27, 2009, 04:42:36 am »

http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news-18763...!!.html

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For Sale / Wanted / (delete)

« on: March 14, 2009, 06:53:30 am »

...so my C760 is still available if anyone else is looking for one... (preferrably in Europe)

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For Sale / Wanted / (delete)

« on: March 02, 2009, 04:12:54 pm »

I have a C760 if you want, it's the same hardware as the C860.

It's in good state, with a Wifi compact flash, 220V charger, ziplinq USB cable-and-charger, original box & accessories.

It's currently in France if you're interested.

fp

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General Discussion / Things Yet To Be Done With The Zaurus

« on: October 22, 2008, 11:47:14 am »

My C760 is gathering dust because my Nokia Internet tablet(s) do all the work. What I need to take it out of retirement is an exciting new port of Android :-)

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Android / Android Sourcecode Is Out !

« on: October 21, 2008, 03:17:50 pm »

I hope my good old C760 may soon come out of retirement now ! :-)