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Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 running OpenZaurus and OPIE, with docking cradle and stylus The Sharp Zaurus is the name of a series of Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) made by Sharp Corporation. The Zaurus was the most popular PDA during the 1990s in Japan and was based on a proprietary operating system. The first Sharp PDA to use a variant of the Linux operating system was the SL-5000D. The variant was Embedix Plus. Photo of a Sharp Zaurus and stylus taken by Wapcaplet. ... The OpenZaurus project was created as an alternative image for the Sharp Zaurus personal mobile tool. ... Opie may mean: Iona Opie, English folklorist. ... palmOne Tungsten T5 Personal digital assistants (also called PDAs) are handheld devices that were originally designed as personal organizers, but became much more versatile over the years. ... Sharp Corporation (シャープ株式会社 Shāpu Kabushiki Kaisha) (TYO: 6753) is a Japanese electronics manufacturer, founded in 1912. ... An operating system is a special computer program that manages the relationship between application software, the wide variety of hardware that makes up a computer system, and the user of the system. ... Tux the penguin, based on an image created by Larry Ewing in 1996, is the logo and mascot of Linux. ... The name derives from the common suffix applied to the names of dinosaurs, and was chosen to convey the idea of strength. Orders & Suborders Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Theropoda Ornithischia Thyreophora Ornithopoda Marginocephalia Dinosaurs were vertebrate animals that dominated the terrestrial ecosystem for over 160 million years, first appearing approximately 230 million years ago. ... Contents 1 Zaurus history 2 Zaurus models 3 Zaurus software 4 Possibilities 5 External links Zaurus history In September 1993, Sharp introduced the PI-3000, the first in the Zaurus line of PDAs. Featuring a black and white LCD screen, handwriting recognition, and optical communication capabilities among its features, the Zaurus soon became one of Sharp's flagship products. Reflective twisted nematic liquid crystal display. ... The PI-4000, released in 1994, expanded the Zaurus' features with a built-in modem and facsimile functions. This was succeeded in 1995 by the PI-5000, which had e-mail and mobile phone interfaces, as well as PC linking capability. The Zaurus K-PDA was the first Zaurus to have a built-in keyboard in addition to handwriting recognition; the PI-6000 and PI-7000 in brought additional improvements. A modem (a portmanteau word constructed from modulator and demodulator) is a device that modulates a carrier signal to encode digital information, and also demodulates such a carrier signal to decode the transmitted information. ... Fax (short for facsimile - from Latin fac simile, make similar, i. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... During this time, Sharp was making significant advances in color LCD technology. In May of 1996, the first color Zaurus was released; the MI-10 and MI-10DC were equipped with a five inch (127 mm) color thin-film transistor (TFT) LCD screen. This model had the ability to connect to the internet, and had a built-in camera and audio recorder. Later that year, Sharp developed a forty inch (1 m) TFT LCD screen, the world's largest at the time. In December, the MI-10/10DC Zaurus was chosen as the year's best product by Information Display Magazine in the United States. A thin film transistor (TFT) is a special kind of field effect transistor made by depositing thin films for the metallic contacts, semiconductor active layer, and dielectric layer. ... Sharp continued to make advancements in display technology; the Zaurus gained additional multimedia capabilities, such as video playback, with the introduction of the MI-E1 in Japan in November of 2000. The MI-E1 was also the first Zaurus to support both Secure Digital and CompactFlash memory cards, a feature which would become standard on future models as well. Although the MI series was extremely popular in Japan, it was never released in either the USA or Europe - probably largely due to the strictly Japanese UI, which was never translated into any other language. As a result, the machines released outside Japan were the Linux based SL series, the first of which was the SL-5000D "developer edition." This was shortly followed by the SL-5500; both used 'Embedix', an embedded version of the Linux operating system developed by Lineo combined with Qtopia the Qt toolkit based embedded application environment developed by Trolltech. The development of the MI series in Japan was continued for a while, but the MI-E25DC has been officially declared to be the last MI-Series Zaurus. 16 MB SD Card 512 MB SD Card 1 GB SD Card Secure Digital (SD) is a flash memory memory card format. ... A 64 MB CompactFlash Type I card CompactFlash (CF) was originally a type of data storage device, used in portable electronic devices. ... Tux the penguin, based on an image created by Larry Ewing in 1996, is the logo and mascot of Linux. ... Tux the penguin, based on an image created by Larry Ewing in 1996, is the logo and mascot of Linux. ... Qtopia Phones Launcher Qtopia Pdas Launcher Qtopia is Trolltechs application platform for embedded Linux based PDAs, mobile phones, web pads, and other mobile computing devices. ... In computer programming, Qt is a cross-platform graphical widget toolkit for the development of GUI programs. ... Trolltech (formerly known as Quasar Technologies) is a computer software company from Oslo, Norway. ... Sharp has continued development of the SL series in Japan releasing the SL-C700, C750, C760 and C860 models which all feature 640x480 VGA screen resolution. They are all based on faster 400 MHz Intel XScale technology, although the SL-C700 was flawed and the apparent speed was the same as the 206 MHz SL-5500. All four of the SL-C models are clamshell type devices with the unusual ability to rotate the screen. This allows the device to be used in 'landscape' mode with the keyboard, much like a miniature notebook PC, or in 'portrait' mode as a PDA. Video Graphics Array (VGA) is an analog computer display standard first marketed in 1987 by IBM. VGA is referred to as an array instead of an adapter because it was implemented from the start as a single chip, replacing the Motorola 6845 and dozens of discrete logic chips covering a... Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC, SEHK: 4335), founded in 1968 as Integrated Electronics Corporation, is a U.S.-based multinational corporation that is best known for designing and manufacturing microprocessors and specialized integrated circuits. ... In October 2004 Sharp announced the SL-C3000 - the world's first PDA with an integrated hard disk drive. It featured a similar hardware and software specification to the earlier C860 model, apart from a 4GB microdrive and a USB Host port. This was followed in March 2005 by the cheaper SL-C1000 which replaced the hard drive with 64MB of flash memory. In June 2005, Sharp released the SL-C3100. This combined the flash memory from the C1000 (which speeded up application loading) with the 4GB hard drive from the C3000. While the SL series devices are no longer sold by Sharp in the US or EU there is an active market on the internet. Devices from Japan are converted to English language and offered for resale through internet merchants. Regional distributors offer services which sell Zaurus units together with support facilities at a premium: since the newer models are not sold by conventional channels outside of Japan, these companies organise defective units to be conveyed to Sharp in Japan under the standard warranty which is usually only available within Japan. There are currently a number of companies that act as import agents for people outside Japan who want to buy a Zaurus. This is legal but the buyer is liable for sales tax in their own country. Zaurus models Personal Information (PI) series Pi² T, proof of concept model presented in April 1992 PI-3000, the first model, introduced to the Japanese market on October 1, 1993 PI-4000/FX, second generation with ink and fax capabilities, on sale in Japan June 1994 PI-5000/FX/DA, first model capable of syncing data to a personal computer, going on sale in November 1994. PI-4500, introduced in January 1995 PI-6000/FX, featuring a new handwriting recognition software, on sale in Japan August 1995. PI-6000DA, adding a digital adapter for cellular phones, introduced on December 12, 1995 PI-7000, dubbed AccessZaurus (アクセスザウルス) sports a built in modem, is introduced in February 1996. Note: Confusingly, Sharp made another unit called the "PI-7000 ExpertPad", which was a Newton based device, not a Zaurus. PI-6500, was introduced to the Japanese market with a list price of 55,000 Yen on November 22, 1996. Measuring 147x87x17mm and weighting 195g including the batteries, it sports a 239x168 dot matrix display and 715KB of user addressable memory. PI-8000, went on sale on January 24, 1997 with a list price of 80,000 Yen. It featured a 319x168 dot matrix display, 711KB user addressable memory, measuring 157 x 90 x 17 mm, and weighting 215 g including batteries. PI-6600, the last AccessZaurus with a 239 x 168 dot matrix display, measuring 147 x 87 x 17 mm and a weight of 195 g including batteries. It went on sale in Japan on September 25, 1997. K-PDA (ZR) series ZR-3000 ZR-3500, similar to the ZR-3000, with new internal 14.4/9.6 kbit/s modem ZR-5000/FX, a clam-shell model only sold outside of Japan, going on sale in January 1995. ZR-5700 ZR-5800 MI series MI-10DC/10, nicknamed ColorZaurus, was the first model to have a color display. The DC model featured a digital camera and was initially priced 155,000 Yen. The MI-10 was listed as 120,000 Yen. Both models went on sale on June 25, 1996. MI-506DC/506/504, PowerZaurus MI-110M/106M/106, ZaurusPocket MI-610/610DC, PowerZaurus MI-310, ZaurusColorPocket MI-EX1, Zaurus iCRUISE - This was the first PDA with a 640x480 resolution display MI-C1-A/S, PowerZaurus MI-P1-W/A/LA, Zaurus iGeti MI-P2-B, Zaurus iGeti - More internal software, more Flash MI-P10-S, Zaurus iGeti - Larger RAM and Flash than P1/P2 MI-J1, Internet Dictionary Zaurus MI-E1, First vertical display model - mini keyboard MI-L1, Stripped down E1 - lacks display backlight MI-E21, Enhanced version of E1 - double RAM and ROM size MI-E25DC, a MI-E21 with an internal 640 x 480 digital camera Other MI Series related devices BI-L10, Business Zaurus - Mono screen, 4 Mb IRDA, Network Adapter MT-200, Communications pal - Keyboard input, limited I/O MT-300, Communications pal - 4 MB flash, restyled MT-300C, Communications pal - CDMAone version Browser Board, MT-300 with NTT DoCoMo specific software Linux based SL series SL-5000D, a developer edition of the SL-5500, containing 32 MB of RAM. SL-5500 (Collie), the first new Zaurus to be sold outside Japan, is based on the Intel SA-1110 StrongARM processor, has 64 MB of RAM, a built-in keyboard, CompactFlash (CF) slot, Secure Digital (SD) slot, and Infrared port. SL-A300 (Discovery), an ultra-light PDA with no keyboard, sold only in Japan SL-5600 (Poodle), the successor to the SL-5500, with greater processing capability, increased RAM and an inbuilt speaker and microphone. Based on the Intel XScale 400 MHz processor. However some had a Cache bug on the PXA-250 processor (easily fixed!). Popular ROMs for the SL-5600 include Watapon, Synergy, and OpenZaurus. SL-B500, name of the SL-5600 in Japan SL-C700 (Corgi), a clam-shell model and the first PDA to use Sharp's "System LCD", sold only in Japan. SL-C750 (Shepherd), an improved version of the SL-C700 with longer battery life, a faster processor and updated software, sold only in Japan. SL-C760 (Husky), an improved version of the SL-C700 with double the internal flash storage of the SL-C750 and a larger battery, sold only in Japan. SL-C860 (Boxer), similar to SL-C760, it contains a software upgrade which allows it to be recognised as a USB storage device and has built in English-Japanese translation software, sold only in Japan. SL-6000 (Tosa), the successor to the SL-5600, available in 3 versions: SL-6000N, 4" VGA display, Intel XScale PXA255 400 MHz processor, 64 MB flash memory, 64 MB SDRAM, CF and SD slots, and IR port. Built in microphone, speaker, USB host port. There seems to be a version called HC-6000N equipped with Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition, and a handheld from Hitachi called FLORA-ie MX1 with same hardware, both are only available in Japan. SL-6000L, same as SL-6000N, also with built-in 802.11b Wi-Fi. SL-6000W, same as SL-6000N, also with built-in 802.11b Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. SL-C3000 (Spitz), similar to SL-C860, the SL-C3000 contains a USB host port to allow the connection of USB devices such as keyboards and mice. It also features an Intel Xscale PXA270 416 MHz CPU. While that model features only 16 MB flash storage it has a 4 GB Hitachi HDD and was the first PDA to feature a hard disk. It is sold only in Japan. SL-C1000 (Akita), similar to SL-C3000, but with 128 MB Flash memory instead of HDD. SL-C3100 (Borzoi), similar to SL-C3000, RAM has been increased 128 MB, still has 4 GB HDD. SL-C3200 (Terrier), latest clam-shell model, released on March 17, 2006, similar to SL-C3100. HDD has been increased to 6 GB, comes with updated dictionary and TOEIC test. October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 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Some developers have created a replacement Linux distribution for the Zaurus called OpenZaurus, which uses the OPIE or GPE graphical user interfaces and is designed for the power user, but it does not include the proprietary software that comes with Sharp's distribution. Image File history File links Zaurus_SL-C1000_screen_with_browser_window. ... Image File history File links Zaurus_SL-C1000_screen_with_browser_window. ... Open source refers to projects that are open to the public and which draw on other projects that are freely available to the general public. ... FTP or File Transfer Protocol is a commonly used protocol for exchanging files over any network that supports the TCP/IP protocol (such as the Internet or an intranet). ... A database is an organized collection of data. ... A diagram of the operation of a typical multi-language compiler. ... The OpenZaurus project was created as an alternative image for the Sharp Zaurus personal mobile tool. ... OPIE (Open Palmtop Integrated Environment) is a completely Open Source based graphical user environment for PDAs and other devices running Linux. ... The GPE Palmtop Environment or simply GPE aims to provide a Free Software GUI environment for palmtop and handheld computers running the GNU/Linux operating system. ... A graphical user interface (or GUI, sometimes pronounced gooey) is a method of interacting with a computer through a metaphor of direct manipulation of graphical images and widgets in addition to text. ... A power users desktop. ... Software provided by Sharp includes basic PDA packages such as a datebook, addressbook, and todo list. These PIM applications are fairly unsophisticated, and a number of individuals and groups have developed alternatives. One popular - and free - alternative that runs on the Sharp ROM and OpenZaurus as well as Windows and Linux is the KDE PIM/Platform-independent set of applications. KDE PIM/PI is based on PIM applications from the KDE desktop suite for Linux. KDE PIM/PI includes KOrganizer/Platform-independent (or KOPI), KAddressbook/Platform-independent (or KAPI), K-OpieMail/pi (or OMPI), and PwM/PI, a password manager with strong encryption. This article is about the musical notation. ... palmOne Tungsten T5 Personal digital assistants (also called PDAs) are handheld devices that were originally designed as personal organizers, but became much more versatile over the years. ... PIM is an acronym for: Platform-independent model Personal information manager Protocol Independent Multicast processor-in-memory Penalty minutes (hockey) Parallel inference machine This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... This article is about the musical notation. ... The OpenZaurus project was created as an alternative image for the Sharp Zaurus personal mobile tool. ... Tux the penguin, based on an image created by Larry Ewing in 1996, is the logo and mascot of Linux. ... PIM is an acronym for: Platform-independent model Personal information manager Protocol Independent Multicast processor-in-memory Penalty minutes (hockey) Parallel inference machine This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... KDE (K Desktop Environment) is a free desktop environment and development platform built with Trolltechs Qt toolkit. ... Tux the penguin, based on an image created by Larry Ewing in 1996, is the logo and mascot of Linux. ... The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is one of the specialized agencies of the United Nations, and has as its core objectives the promotion of creative intellectual activity and the facilitation of the transfer of technology related to intellectual property to the developing countries in order to accelerate economic, social... There is also a distribution of OpenBSD for the Zaurus, that is aimed at network technicians. OpenBSD is a freely available Unix-like computer operating system descended from Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), a Unix derivative created by the University of California, Berkeley. ... Possibilities The Linux based models in the Zaurus range are popular with users who enjoy the ideas of experimentation and extensibility the platform provides. With all these models, it is possible to supplant the original OS entirely by reflashing the ROM. Examples of alternate ROMs developed by the Zaurus development community include OpenZaurus, Cacko and pdaXrom. Tux the penguin, based on an image created by Larry Ewing in 1996, is the logo and mascot of Linux. ... The OpenZaurus project was created as an alternative image for the Sharp Zaurus personal mobile tool. ... OpenBSD, a security focused BSD operating system is also available on the SL-C3000, SL-C3100, and SL-C3200 with development continuing in order to expand support to C860 and C1000, with the possiblility to further support the SL-5500 should developers so desire. OpenBSD however does not entirely replace the original operating system nor does it come as a ROM image, instead it uses the original Linux install as a bootloader and installs the same as OpenBSD would on any other platform. OpenBSD is a freely available Unix-like computer operating system descended from Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), a Unix derivative created by the University of California, Berkeley. ... Except for changing the operating system , it is also possible to replace only the Linux kernel which gives a better performance while maintaining compatibility and retaining installed software that comes with a "stock" Rom. Of course, because of the earlier Zaurus models are no longer developed by Sharp, and they are maintained entirely by community developers and not supported by Sharp. Usage of these systems is not recommended to unskilled users except when released at certain "Stable" release points. This article is about the musical notation. ... External links Official Zaurus site Japanese official Zaurus site (in Japanese) Sharp Space Town for Zaurus (in Japanese) OpenEmbedded Open Source Embedded Linux project (includes OpenZaurus) Category for Zaurus at ODP OpenBSD port for Zaurus MyZaurus, a portal for Zaurus users Zaurus User Group OE Forums - Forum of Open Embedded Software Foundation with several Zaurus related forums Cacko alternative ROM pdaXrom alternative ROM OpenZaurus, an open-source alternative to the ROM distributed with the Zaurus Zaurus Software Index (archive only - reborn as elsi (below)) elsi - embedded linux software index Handheld Linux Software Index - reborn again Irongeek's Zaurus Security Tools Page, Security Tools on the Zaurus wiki2zaurus, Download all of Wikipedia for use on the Zaurus Zaurus User Guide for C1000/3000/3100 in HTML by Figlabs - a UK Zaurus Dealer TRIsoft - European Sharp Dealer ShirtPocket - UK PDA Dealer selling Zauri PriceJapan - Japanese Exporter selling many goods including Zauri GeekStuff4U.com - another Japanese Exporter selling many goods including Zauri Kurns & Patrick - Exporter selling many goods including Zauri Conics - Japanese Exporter selling PDAs & computers including Zauri Pulster - PDA Shop for Zaurus & Psion Xtops.DE - European Linux PDA vendor. tyrannozaurus.com - Zaurus news and information Repair4PDA (Sharp Zaurus) - Repair, upgrade and take apart instructions. 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