The pdaXrom does not come with all of the same applications software that comes with the Sharp ROM. I do not think that pdaXrom comes with an asian dictionary or the same asian support that Sharp ROM does, but I might be wrong, since I have never used pdaXrom.
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I'm a recent migrant from Sharp to pdaX (less than 3 months), and I can verify that the range of applications and their functionality for pdaX are greater than Sharp rom, thanks to its completely open development. One big bonus is that the pdaX apps I use on my Z are actually the same things on my iBook (using fink or darwinports to port): tuxcards, vym, grisbi, planner, jpilot, to name but a few, so there is no more need to do any PDA-style synchronization or to struggle with conduit issues. I created a folder called "_Life_" both in my CF and my iBook, with the same folders and arrangment.Exchanging, updating and maintaining the data is just a simple matter of throwing the identically formatted data back and forth between my Z and my iBook, much in the same fashion as people 'synchronize' their home and office PCs. In a word, pdaX makes my Z a genuine powerful linux box in the pocket.
Actually quite a number of 'killer apps' originally developed for Sharp Rom have already been availale for pdaX, such as KO/Pi, FreeNoteQT, Portabase, FBreader, Qbedic (compatible with Zbedic; in fact the databases of StarDict are at least as good as those for Qbedic), etc, if you're looking for them. TreeExplorer has its powerful relatives such as xfe and Rox; for ZEditor we have Leafpad and SciTE, etc.
Another very good example is word processor (which I work most with and live very much on it). While Sharp rom has got the very basic Hancom Office and the not that inexpensive TextMaker, pdaX has a much much better Abiword and awesome gnumeric. OpenOffice is still being ported to pdaX, and in the meantime using chroot Debian or X/Qt is Sharp rom is a nice alternative.
And the cross and native SDKs in pdaX are now at a pretty mature stage. Even for a non-hacker and programming illiterate such as me can port and compile apps directly from the common Linux source such as freshmeat and sourceforge easily and smoothly.
PdaX also has a wide range of different popular window managers to choose from (matchbox, xfce4, window maker, icewm, fvwm, enlightenment, now even a full KDE 3.5!). I can enjoy more and nicer eye candies (not just got stuck with Qtopia) without worrying much about performance. They are all highly configurable to suit your taste and need, and many users are just busy discussing how to fine-tune and streamline them, which is really a big fun.
Handling CJK things is not a big problem at all in pdaX. To be frank, I find CJK is supported much better in pdaX than in Sharp rom: no need to convert to qpf fonts (just use the normal unicode TTF), much more complete and mature inputmethods (SCIM, GCIN, etc). The handwriting in Sharp rom is designed primarily for Japanese and the Chinese characters there are only a limited set of kanji (words as common as 'you' in Chinese are just missing!). CKeyboard and murphytalk are fine, but they still have a long way to go.
As for OZ I'd also like to try but I am totally ignorant of what it is and how it fares. One very first thing I want to check out is its CJK support. Maybe someone can enlighten me here.
No, please don't get me wrong as there is no intent to start any meaningless flame war. Choices are always good and they should always be available to the users, the more the better. IMHO an open development enviroment is more promising than the proprietary ones, at least for me as a user who wants to do some elementary development at the same time.
Just my $0.02 worth.
