Just bought a Sharp Zaurus SL-C1000

[Legodude522]

Hehehe. I'm hanging up the Palm OS hat. No, I did not get a Dell Axim. I just bought a Sharp Zaurus SL-C1000. It got Linux. The last PDA I would ever need for years. It is being shipped, I should have it by Saturday. I got a good deal on it.

Here are my reasons.
-VGA- oohhhh so pretty! Videos and so much workspace.
-Thumboard- tap tap homework :-) and Instant Messaging
-Clamshell
-SD card slot
-CF card slot type I and II.
-Microdrive support- hmm 6gb Microdrive on ebay for only $199
-CF wifi cards supported. I will buy one eventually. Videos can be streamed :D

As for games, I can still play emulators. Those were the only games I ever played on handhelds.

:D :D -dances-

Specs listed here. (http://conics.net/shp/pda/zaurus-sl-c700/sl-c1000/) It is converted from Japanese to English.
http://conics.net/shp/pda/zaurus-sl-c700/images/sl-c1000-logo.jpg

The Sharp Zaurus, what the Palm LifeDrive should have been. These are the true Mobile Managers.

[Legodude522]

I got my Sharp Zaurus today! Just in time for 1src chat. My precious is sooo sexy.

I'm uploading pictures now. About 35 of them. I will write my thoughts on it later. It works great! It's a brick but it's no doorstop LifeDrive! hehe. Linux ^_^

So sexy :D I uploaded all pictures now. http://photobucket.com/albums/a267/Legodude522
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a267/Legodude522/324563fa.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a267/Legodude522/6f813cc7.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a267/Legodude522/67871447.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a267/Legodude522/46659281.jpg2

Update:
Speed is decent. There is some lag. I'm ok with it because it does quite a bit. LifeDrive will lag just doing little tasks. The Zaurus does what it is meant to do an well, a laptop replacement. It got an awesome office suite on it. I don't mind it's brickiness, I wear jeans and it's fine. Performance hitches are worth it except for v

I am quite satisfied with it except... video playback sucks compared to a Palm or PPC. I'm gonna try other encoding settings and try to get a sweet spot. I can get it to play good, but not TCPMP amazing. More like using mmplayer, lol. There is a TCPMP port coming out eventually, I will get it right away. For now, this is sufficient.

I don't have a CF wifi card yet so I can't test web browsing. It does have Netfront and Opera.

Oh, and so you guys know, there is no soft reset button

Please post what you want to know and I will write a review.

[Twonky]

Yes it does look very nice!
I too was thinking about one o these... but decided for the portability of the 770, and as I would use it most for browsing and email, and not so much for homework anymore ;-)

Yep I'm an old fart :)
But new to linux, and it rocks, just installed my first debian file / printer server and I love it! For my day job i'm a windows programmer so I'm locked into the m$ world.....
Thinkning about switching the home desktop, but I do want to play Oblivion when it comes out :-)

No questions to ask, just wanted to say hi

bye

[Legodude522]

The above posts were just a copy and paste job. ;)

Ok. :) Zaurus isn't for everyone. The Nokia 770 is nice but it doesn't do everything I need it to do. The Zaurus is quite amazing in what it can do over an average Palm OS/Windows Mobile PDA. I can't carry around my laptop much, especially for school. I'm a high school student. A Palm with a foldout keyboard is nice, but this is much more efficient. I thought about getting a Palm LifeDrive, but it won't do everything I need it to do. I recently had a Palm Zire 72, it was nice but I wasn't using it to its full potential. So I sold that and made a profit since I refurbished it myself for cheaper. hehe. I still miss my Tapwave Zodiac 1. I don't miss the Zire 72.

[rr0123]

How much did it cost? I thought they were very expensive, particularly as compared to the price of the OQO 1's when they went on sale recently ($1300?).

I like the keyboard aspect of it. I'll be interested to hear about your wifi experience. Will it be B or G?

[Legodude522]

I bought it used for $330 total on a forum. It is like new. Original screen protector is still on it. :) I'm still shopping around for an 802.11g CF wifi card that is compatable. Most are but I want to be sure. Buying a new one from a company that imports them would cost $550. Not worth that much.

[richm]

I got my Sharp Zaurus today! Just in time for 1src chat. My precious is sooo sexy.

I'm uploading pictures now. About 35 of them. I will write my thoughts on it later. It works great! It's a brick but it's no doorstop LifeDrive! hehe. Linux ^_^

So sexy :D I uploaded all pictures now. http://photobucket.com/albums/a267/Legodude522
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a267/Legodude522/324563fa.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a267/Legodude522/6f813cc7.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a267/Legodude522/67871447.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a267/Legodude522/46659281.jpg2

Update:
Speed is decent. There is some lag. I'm ok with it because it does quite a bit. LifeDrive will lag just doing little tasks. The Zaurus does what it is meant to do an well, a laptop replacement. It got an awesome office suite on it. I don't mind it's brickiness, I wear jeans and it's fine. Performance hitches are worth it except for v

I am quite satisfied with it except... video playback sucks compared to a Palm or PPC. I'm gonna try other encoding settings and try to get a sweet spot. I can get it to play good, but not TCPMP amazing. More like using mmplayer, lol. There is a TCPMP port coming out eventually, I will get it right away. For now, this is sufficient.

I don't have a CF wifi card yet so I can't test web browsing. It does have Netfront and Opera.

Oh, and so you guys know, there is no soft reset button

Please post what you want to know and I will write a review.


The first thing you want to do is flash in the Cacko ROM. ;-)

It includes a new kernel with a bttv drivers for *vastly* improved multimedia performance. You can rid your videos at full speed with no skips. I suggest ZPlayer and/or Kino as the media players to use. Much better than the Sharp one.

Additionally, Cacko cleans up the interface quite a bit, adds support for innumerable WiFi and Bluetooth cards, gives you a bunch of handy little applets for managing swap, overclocking, etc, and just plain beats the pants off of the Sharp ROM.

http://www.oesf.org/forums is the place to start. :-)

- Rich

[Legodude522]

I bought it from someone at OE forums. I post there :) He customised the ROM himself so some of the stuff is optimised. I am fine with it for now... If I get bored, I will play with the Cacko ROM.

[Legodude522]

My Sharp Zaurus "fondle" video. :)

Video here at Google Videos. (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-374231188190288684&q=legodude522) It looks like somewhere when it was encoded, it got faster.

[loginname]

Hi Legodude,
have you been able to go online with your zaurus?

[Legodude522]

Hi Legodude,
have you been able to go online with your zaurus?
I'm buying a Bluetooth CF card once I get some money. So I haven't done it yet though I have used the browsers.

[mschoen]

Lego, used a SL-6000 Zaurus? Was thinking of getting one.

[Karel Jansens]

Lego, used a SL-6000 Zaurus? Was thinking of getting one.

Good luck on that. They're rarer than a stable Windows computer. They do pop up on eBay occasionally, but tend to go for wicked prices (as they rightely should: the 6000 is a kewl piece of kit).

[mschoen]

I have seen them on ebay for 300-400 closing. But hm.. I didnt know they were rare. I have SL-5600 I think it was, I liked it a lot.

[Karel Jansens]

I have seen them on ebay for 300-400 closing. But hm.. I didnt know they were rare. I have SL-5600 I think it was, I liked it a lot.

I take one at that price! There are significant differences between the 5 series and the 6000 : screen, Wifi, bluetooth. To date, the 6000 is the only Zaurus that can be had with built-in wireless capabilities.

[Coolty]

Here's a link I found
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sharp-Zaurus-SL-6000-PDA-SL-6000L-plus-extras_W0QQitemZ9709801531QQcategoryZ38331QQssPage NameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Karel Jansens]

Here's a link I found
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sharp-Zaurus-SL-6000-PDA-SL-6000L-plus-extras_W0QQitemZ9709801531QQcategoryZ38331QQssPage NameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Thanks, I'll be following that one. Eating is overrated, eh? :)

Although it is my experience that the price will rise. It's a good thing it's the Wifi one, 6000s come in several varieties, ome without any wireless connectivity. Also the Belgian "So you thought you could buy stuff from someone abroad?"-taxes have to be taken into account: they'll easily add one third to the purchase price.

[mck3nzi3]

Here there is a Zaurus 860 in good condition if anyone is interested...

eBay link (http://cgi.ebay.it/PALMARE-PDA-SHARP-ZAURUS-SL-C860-860-LINUX_W0QQitemZ9708555940QQcategoryZ96922QQssPageN ameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)