Everything Old Is New Again

Zaurus SL-C1000
Originally uploaded by thegadgetguy.

Is this the future (again) of PDA's? Back in the late 80's and early 90's the Sharp Wizard PDA's were the de facto standard for PIM. But as Palm and Handspring really started to catch on, the Wizards became relegated to nothing more then glorified electronic address books since the ability to add software was limited.

But, Sharp never left the PIM arena and continues to march to the beat of its own drummer. This device is Linux based and the SL-C1000 looks to have similar specs to its cousin, the SL-C3000 but without the hard drive. It should have about 8 hours of battery life and 52MB user-area RAM. No pricing available, probably will not be released in the U.S., but should be available in Japan later this month.