IBM AND MAKE SHARP PDA with LINUX
IBM is not the first to actively support Linux. The company believes that openness and possibility of any modification of software to client needs will make this a very attractive platform to glazak business customers. However, there is still found in the IBM Linux more traditional applications.
IBM is not the first time trying to master the market of handheld computers. A few years produced handhelds Workpad. They were based on the Palm OS, and, moreover, represented a nearly complete copy of the Palm V. Subsequently, IBM refused to produce them. It seems that the second attempt will be made on the same lines. Develop your own pocket computer in IBM will not.
The basis for the new device will be one of the models Sharp Zaurus. In principle, the choice in such a situation, the natural: this is perhaps the most successful handheld computer with Linux at the moment. More information about the Zaurus is told here.
The main purpose of Enterprise Edition Zaurus will be to ensure constant communication workers with information systems and databases of the company, as well as acting as an email client and organizer scheduler.
It can be assumed that the new CPC will be equipped with wireless access - WLAN adapter and possibly cellular module supporting high-speed data transmission. The developers also promise to support voice recognition.
On the market for a new handheld must appear at the end of next year Cnachala with the U.S. and later in other regions. Interestingly, recently releasing a new model Zaurus, Sharp once said he was not going to deliver some of them outside Japan. Perhaps the reason for this was forthcoming agreement with IBM.
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