sharp sl5000

[Fred Pacquier]

mats at laplaza.org (Mats Wichmann) said :

>:Yes, it was ported during the beta phase last year. I remember seeing
>the :announcement on the developer's list when it was on Yahoo Groups,
>but it :has moved and I don't know where it is hosted now.
> SourceForge.

Thanks, I'll have a look over there...
 
> And as to the availability, Sharp has replied to this question with
> some pablum about how each individual sales region (usually ==
> country) has to commit to enough volume from the factory in order to
> make the creature available.  That's happened in the US, and
> UK/Ireland for the early-access model (5000) which is now no longer
> available (I have no info on whether there's going to continue to be a
> Developer box available), and for the released model, the 5500,
> Germany has added.  And yes the whole business of local configuration
> and packaging rules lies behind this.  You can't even buy one in
> Canada yet.
 
Not to mention localization and keyboards :)

> I've been lurking on a lot of the forums recently and there are some
> real problems with the Zuarus as a consumer-grade device.

Such as, in a nutshell ?...

> Programmers,
> who don't mind rough edges generally, love it.  I have some worries
> about its' survival in the marketplace.

All the more reason to grab one while it lasts... (I love lost causes, I 
still use a Psion Series 5mx :-)

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