[news]zaurus Sl-c3100

[someonehoi]

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Data and Photos From: http://www.sharp.co.jp/corporate/news/050607-a.html

[pgas]

hmm, once again I don't feel the urge  to replace my 860 ....

[omega]

I agree PGAS... and I like it!  Nothing like having something, and not wanting the newer stuff (as it's not much better)..

I would like usb host though........     What's the point of 128MB Flash?

[omega]

Oh!  You can put the whole OS on the FLASH, and thus you don't have the slow microdrive startup performance that bugs people with a c3000... that was a smart move by Sharp.

[ashikase]

It looks like the biggest feature is that it includes a bunch of software that used to be sold separately.

I wonder if this is the surprise that TRISoft was talking about appearing in 17 days?

- ashikase
- anpachi, gifu, japan

[Sna]

and no wireless

[Lauter]

Yes, It will have wireless lan!

Grusz, Ludwig

[Nikem]

Yes, It will have wireless lan!

But only by extra CF_Cards  
On the second page of the sharp-link they show the "Period of use" with a CF-WLan-Card!
I think the only changes are more Flash and more japanese software.

[karlson]

http://www.pdakobo.com/exec.exe?html=shop_...tai/SLC3100.htm

already on sale

[amrein]

 

will wait  

[speculatrix]

C3100 upgraded to Flash128MB(C3000 flash16MB).

well, it's a pleasant surprise, but not overwhelming... I'd rather they upgraded the RAM than the flash, to be honest, if that's all they were going to do, as more RAM would make a big difference to performance for some hungry applications.

and they missed the opportunity to upgrade the internal drive to a 5GB, which would have been trivial.

sigh.

my 860 is safe, and will remain mine... until a "3200" or something comes out with at least one wireless option.

[offroadgeek]

bummer, no built-in wifi... I was really hoping for that

I think I'll keep my 1000... the 4gb microdrive would be nice (especially with the 128mb flash), but I'm still worried about having moving parts in a handheld.

[nilch]

Sharp seems to be going in smaller upgrade increments with each iteration of the Zaurus releases now.

So essentially this seems to only a move from 16MB Flash to 128 MB Flash and White cover to Black cover.  The sofware additions of course dont count much for US and Europe imports.

Well I am content with my C1000.

[ashikase]

I think I'll keep my 1000... the 4gb microdrive would be nice (especially with the 128mb flash), but I'm still worried about having moving parts in a handheld.
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I have a 4GB microdrive plugged into my C760... I've used it for more than a year, and have dropped it more times than I'd like to admit, and have yet to have a problem with it.

If, like me, you're paranoid about losing data, you can always do like I do... keep a backup of all the important stuff on a RAID array, and use something like unison to keep it in sync.

- ashikase
- anpachi, gifu, japan

[speculatrix]

If, like me, you're paranoid about losing data, you can always do like I do... keep a backup of all the important stuff on a RAID array, and use something like unison to keep it in sync.

cool, so with the C3000 & C3100 you can use the USB host function to have a USB-IDE adaptor, and then carry round a small double disk pack with RAIDed disks!

doesn't this make the Z a little bit big?