Well, I sitting here browsing the site on an Intermec 6651 that I got off ebay last year. And I suddenly remembered some I read about it: it\'s actually just a rebranded Sharp design. And then, of course, it struck me that it would be an ideal design for a new Zaurus. Sharp could recycle the design, update the mainboard, put Linux on instead of that junky Windows CE, and voila, Zaurus linux bliss.
For those not familiar with this obscure piece of hardware, it\'s a clamshell, somewhat larger than the 700 series, with a very bright 800x480 screen and a keyboard featuring keys that are large enough to touch type on reasonably efficiently. And there\'s a camera built into the hinge, loads of extra customizable buttons, and PCMCIA, CompactFlach, and USB host ports. IMHO, it\'s the best Windows CE machine that was produced, but was pretty much swept under the run along with the rest of the HPC platform. It\'s really very depressing how the entire US market chased the palm form factor and abandoned everyone who wanted something more in an ultraportable machine...
Ah, to dream.
