Sharp Zaurus SL-C3000 Instruction Manual page 2

my Zaurus SL-C3000 and SL-C3100
Sharp Zaurus SL-C3000 and SL-C3100
© Copyright 2006 Hd Luc (hdluc@yahoo.com)
I want to thank Sachiko for getting me my first Zaurus. Thank You
very much Sachiko!!! You are the best!
The Zaurus is my replacement for my mini Laptop, the Toshiba
Libretto 50 CT, which is now hosting this website running Redhat
Linux.
The Sharp Zaurus SL-C3000 is the first step of my dream laptop
becoming reality. I was sick of carrying a bulky and heavy laptop
around and the other PDAs on the market did not appeal to me except
for Sony's little Clie but that is another story. After the SL-C3000 died, I bought my second Zaurus,
the SL-C3100 from PriceJapan. I ordered it Friday afternoon and it took 3 days to arrive in Sydney
from Tokyo and clear customs. However, the local Post Office fucked up as usual and it took 2 more
days to arrive. The Zaurus is an astounding technology gadget dreamt up by the Japanese and is
the only PDA that really suits my needs. For instance, it runs Linux! Also the SL-C3000 was the
orientation automatically adjusts when swivelled. The swivelling screen transforms
the shape of the Zaurus from PDA-style to laptop-style. Once in laptop-style, you
can utilize the QWERTY keyboard, with its great tactile feedback. The Zaurus
features an advanced character recognision for Japanese (kanji, hiragana and
katakana) and English which is entered directly onto the touchscreen via a stylus
pen. It also has a fully featured bi-directional Japanese-English dictionary and
translation software. The Zaurus measures 124x87x25mm, and weighs 298g.
And here is my Zaurus next to my new PC. It's tiny in comparison.
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I got the Zaurus SL-C3000 and SL-C3100. These impressive little devices are
almost perfect. They are made by Sharp, however, Sharp decided to only sell
these models to the Japanese market.
Being in Australia this was a big disappointment. I tried to order one from
Conics, but got no response from them for several weeks, which I think is
unacceptable, so I asked a friend of mine who lives in Tokyo to send me one.
It's so nice to have friends all over the world :)
first PDA with an internal HDD, and currently the SL-C3000 and SL-C3100 are one of
the very few PDAs with an internal HDD. The 4 GB micro drive offers sufficient
storage (for a PDA) and opens up many possibilities, such as using the Zaurus as a
portable video and audio player. The Zaurus' HDD is also recognized by Windows as
a plug-n-play USB storage device (but sometimes it is a pain to detect properly). The
display of the Zaurus SL-C3000 and SL-C3100 is 3.7" in size and the VGA (640x480)
screen is truly awesome. It's bright and razor sharp. And there's a built-in zoom
function that allows you to zoom the screen. The screen's
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