Dynamism is offering the Zaurus SL-C750 now, and will offer the SL-C760 when it becomes available. $699-$799.
Archive for May, 2003
SL-C7×0 from Dynamism
23May03The Disposable Laser Printer Era
22May03Amazon has the Samsung ML-1430 Laser Printer for $120 after $50 rebate.
I have their predecessor model, the ML-1210, which I picked up from CompUSA a year and a half ago for about $250. CompUSA had an HP for around $300, and a Brother for a few bucks less, but when I compared specs the Samsung […]
Megapixel Phones
21May03CNET and Alan Reiter report on the first Megapixel camera phone, the Sharp J-SH53 from J-Phone. Mobilemag had the story a month ago.
I think that Sharp’s 2.4-inch, 18-bit QVGA CG Silicon LCD is far more interesting than the camera. Imagine a device as small as the MiTAC Meo 8380 that could run Pocket PC Phone […]
SL-5000D ROM Update (v3.10)
19May03The Russian Zaurus community has produced a Crow-style ROM update for the SL-5000D based on Sharp’s v3.10 ROM [via Sharp Developer Forum]
There are 24/8 and 30/2 versions, but no 32/0.
April Spam Stats
19May03On the subject of spam, I’m still in love with POPFile. Last month I received 1182 spam messages, only 23 of which made it to my Inbox (98.05%). There were nine false positives — one spam posting to the POPFile mailing list, three spammy confirmation messages, one tech support e-mail from Belkin, and four bounced […]
Still Hating my ISP
19May03I’ve ranted before that my broadband provider is incompetent. Their latest strategy for pissing me off is to block port 25 traffic that isn’t bound for their own mail servers, as an “anti-spam” measure.
I do not want to depend on any server owned by my ISP.
Fortunately, their incompetence has worked in my favor tonight […]
WTF? Microsoft licenses SCO IP
19May03CNET is reporting that:
Microsoft is acquiring the rights to Unix technology from SCO Group, a move that could impact the battle between Windows and Linux in the market for computer operating systems.[snip]Late Sunday, Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith said acquiring the license from SCO “is representative of Microsoft’s ongoing commitment to respecting intellectual property and […]
SL-5500 ROM Update
16May03The Zaurus developer site has a v3.10 ROM update for the SL-5500 that provides most of the software from the SL-5600, such as Opera 6. Documentation.
Where’s the SL-5000D version?
