Author Topic: New Zaurus This Summer? (Read 40471 times)

jamesannan · « **on:** May 17, 2005, 03:02:15 am »

Ok, I know this comes up every so often, but it hasn't done so for a little while....

Anyone any ideas about timetable and spec for a new Z? My wife will probably be in the market for one this summer - would be a shame to buy a 3000 just before something better tuns up.

James

bluedevils · « **Reply #1 on:** May 18, 2005, 10:06:07 am »

trisoft is the only one I know of that has hinted a new Z for the summer.

Mickeyl · « **Reply #2 on:** May 18, 2005, 10:14:21 am »

We have been contacted by someone from Sharp who dropped that they were working on the software for a new model, so it looks pretty likely that they'll come out with something this year. The interesting questions will be with what and for how much.

nathanwms · « **Reply #3 on:** May 18, 2005, 11:54:41 am »

It appears that wifi hot spots are growing at a fairly rapid clip all across Japan, as well as the use of VOIP. I expect to see a new Zaurus that has all the same specs as the 3000 but with built-in wifi (hopefully 802.11g), bluetooth (for those wireless headphones) and new VOIP software.
As a bonus, I hope to see a new 4 inch screen (like 6000) and more ram.

Leinadmx · « **Reply #4 on:** May 18, 2005, 01:11:58 pm »

Hi, I think (and hope) that this summer Sharp releases a new incredible model, there is a good reasons for that:

1) Yesterday PalmOne releases their LifeDrive model which have the Hitachi 4GB microdrive, how you know Zaurus did that the last year.

2) Recently, Hitachi had release their new technology about Perpendicular Recording which let you storage about 40GB on a 3.5 inches Hard Disk.

(Don't forget that when PalmOne recently go with their products, Sharp with Zaurus had Back!

Probably Sharp could update the Zaurus Hard Disk or maybe update the Movile Communication skills.
Anyway we have to wait for a while, the problem is that we don't know Japanese language and it's dificult to find a news on google

Could be nice to create a new topic about Zaurus rumors, or if anybody knows about Zaurus news really will be apreciate that he (or she) share that to us.

Best Regards.

ScottYelich · « **Reply #5 on:** May 18, 2005, 02:17:55 pm »

not that it would matter for this round, and not that anyone from Sharp would give a rat's a*, but what the heck:

My wishlist, by priority:

(1) MORE RAM (256MB + min, puhleeze!)
(2) faster CPU (fine if we can throttle it)
(3) built in wifi
(4) higher res (800x600) ... in 860 or 6000 SCREEN.

nice things to have/retain/combine:
keys like 1000/3000, form factor like 760
usb host

Basically, just more ram. :-> and close behind that is CPU speed.

I'm staying with the 760 until more ram / more cpu in (zaurus) clamshell is available.

Scott

adf · « **Reply #6 on:** May 18, 2005, 02:44:05 pm »

mickeyl
yeah... but could you convince them to publish the specs?

seriously, though--if that means that OE (is that who was contacted? --I am assuming)is getting taken more seriously by sharp, might that mean that we will be seing a sane, scalable OS supported by them? coporate sponsorship of OE? an official zaurus OE system and repository hosted by sharp? is getting more "openness" out of sharp something that might be leveraged?

interesting anyway.

for now i like my 6k.

and lets hope that they stay consistant? another pxa 270 w/ more or less the same stuff as the 1/3k would make life easier, I think

samxiao · « **Reply #7 on:** May 18, 2005, 03:30:17 pm »

to me.... i don't really care about HDD

i just want MORE memory (i had C700, yeah.. 32MB only)
and BETTER power saving

or built-in wifi/bluetooth would be nice

ryouga · « **Reply #8 on:** May 18, 2005, 06:55:32 pm »

Hmm, maybe I'll hold off for a while then.

I do need to save money right now anyway

ev1l · « **Reply #9 on:** May 18, 2005, 06:58:22 pm »

I hate (love) to repeat myself, but all I want is an HTC Universal running Linux with a decent application stck on top of it. If Sharp wants to make something as good, more power to them
More memory and a semi-recent kernel would be nice, but I'm not exactly holding my hoorses.

rebski · « **Reply #10 on:** May 18, 2005, 07:33:46 pm »

The trouble with all of this speculation is that it turns me into a permanent fence sitter. I was considering buying an 860 when the 3000 was rumoured. I was all fired up for one only to see the rumour of a new model for March. Now that my decision is made to get a 1000 the Trisoft spectre of a high spec Zaurus is raising its head. When is this â€˜summerâ€™ supposed to be anyway? And can I wait that long. Mind you it is nearly June already.

The truth is that I am holding out for the spec that we have all agreed on and which Sharp can and should produce. Maybe this time they actually will. In which case, I shall be an instant adopter.

adf · « **Reply #11 on:** May 18, 2005, 07:44:38 pm »

or you can get a decent price on a 1000 which has OZ PdaX cacko and of course sharp available now or very soon. the OSes make a really big diference--- keep that in mind.

ashikase · « **Reply #12 on:** May 18, 2005, 08:47:53 pm »

I haven't noticed anything on the usual Japanese rumor mills.

If a new model _were_ to come out this year, especially if it had major new features, I would expect Sharp to present it at either CEATEC (Oct. 4) or World PC Expo (Oct. 26) (as they did with the C700 and C3000).

- ashikase
- anpachi, gifu, japan

Mickeyl · « **Reply #13 on:** May 19, 2005, 03:47:50 am »

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mickeyl
yeah... but could you convince them to publish the specs?

seriously, though--if that means that OE (is that who was contacted? --I am assuming)is getting taken more seriously by sharp, might that mean that we will be seing a sane, scalable OS supported by them? coporate sponsorship of OE? an official zaurus OE system and repository hosted by sharp? is getting more "openness" out of sharp something that might be leveraged?

No no, unfortunately this isn't what happened. We (some Opie authors) were just being informed about Sharp shipping QPdf(2?) in a future model. No specs, no OE, no openness - just the fact that a new model is under development.

handheld-linux · « **Reply #14 on:** May 19, 2005, 05:17:14 am »

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My wishlist, by priority:

(1) MORE RAM (256MB + min, puhleeze!)
(2) faster CPU (fine if we can throttle it)
(3) built in wifi
(4) higher res (800x600) ... in 860 or 6000 SCREEN.

Seems to go quite in the direction of my "Whish-List-Spec" for the "Micro-Laptop" in the recent thread https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=11403

I have had handed that spec (attachment of Post #70 https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=11403&st=69#) over to one of my contacts in Sharp Europe but did not get a feedback if it meandered through to Japan... So, if any of the readers has additional conacts, please forward the spec to anybody who could help.

Nikolaus

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