Sunday, February 9, 2003
The Gadgeteer Reviews the Sharp Zaurus C700
Posted by Janak Parekh in "OFF-TOPIC" @ 08:00 PM
The C700 has been making headlines due to its 640x480 screen, as well as a swivel screen which allows it to go into landscape mode to reveal a decent-sized keyboard... a la Tablet PC, but much smaller.
Unfortunately, it was only available in Japan as a Japanese-language device, but thanks to the efforts of Dynamism and their partners, you can now import a English-ified version, which is what this reviewer elected to do. In short, he likes the unit, although the translation is incomplete. One can only hope more devices like this, such as the HP prototype that we talked about a few months back, make it to the rest of the world -- they seem like natural and compelling successors to the HPCs of days past.
Unfortunately, it was only available in Japan as a Japanese-language device, but thanks to the efforts of Dynamism and their partners, you can now import a English-ified version, which is what this reviewer elected to do. In short, he likes the unit, although the translation is incomplete. One can only hope more devices like this, such as the HP prototype that we talked about a few months back, make it to the rest of the world -- they seem like natural and compelling successors to the HPCs of days past.
