NEW SHARP POCKET COMPUTER RUNNING LINUX

NEW SHARP POCKET COMPUTER RUNNING LINUX

Externally PDA SL-5600 almost identical to the old model SL-5500. The main difference lies in its filling: in the new PDA is a processor Intel XScale PXA250, running at a clock frequency of 400 MHz. Moreover, unlike traditional Zaurus series circuit using the shared memory for storing applications, and as a memory, the novelty 32MB allocated exclusively for a system memory and 64 Mb flash memory intended for the operating system and applications.

Like its predecessor, the model SL-5600 is equipped with a slide-out keyboard. Furthermore, the PDA has a built-in microphone and loudspeaker. Novelty is equipped with an LCD display with a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels and 16-bit color.

One of the main disadvantages of SL-5500 was too short a time of continuous operation on one set of batteries, so developers SL-5600 PDA equipped with this built-in lithium-ion battery 1700 mAh - this battery has the largest capacity of all currently used in handheld computers. The computer has a slot for flash cards types of Compact Flash and Secure Digital. Overall dimensions of the unit - 74 x 138 x 25.3 mm, weight - about 223 grams.

Much more interesting model - Zaurus C700 - running the new version of the operating system Lineo Embeddix GNU / Linux-based kernel 2.4.18. This operating system supports the TCP / IP, and is used to synchronize the standard interface. In previous versions of the operating system, the timing was carried out on a complex protocol TCP / IP via USB, which, because of its artificiality often admitted failures. The computer is equipped with a software package Hancom Office and the browser Opera 6, which supports Flash files and Adobe Acrobat, and has a built-in Java-virtual machine.

The graphical user interface Qtopia UI has also undergone some changes.


C700 has an LCD display with a resolution of VGA (640 x 480 pixels) and a built-in keyboard. The PDA processor Intel XScale PXA250, system memory of 32 MB and a flash memory of 64 MB. The device is equipped with a slot for flash cards types of Compact Flash and Secure Digital, infrared port and USB.

Overall dimensions of the PDA are 120 x 83 x 18.6 mm, weight - about 225 grams.

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