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The first model Zaurus (PI-3000) did NOT run the Newton software. It ran Sharp's own OS, which was not at all like Newston. The development tools for it were completely different than the Newton. Both Newton and Zaurus had a common, albeit distant, ancestor in Sharp's earlier Wizard series. In fact, the first Zaurus series (PI-3000, PI-4000, PI-5000, PI-6000, PI-7000) accepted Wizard software cards. What may confuse people is that a similar PC communication protocol was used by Wizard, Zaurus, and Newton; originally they were intended to interoperate (e.g., so you could beam between a Zaurus and a Newton) but Apple made enough incompatible changes that this never worked. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.124.149.116 (talk) 05:22, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
There is a couple of problems with this article. The claim that all Zaurus models run Linux is bogus. Sharp was selling the Zaurus in Japan with their own proprietary OS before switching to the Linux kernel. As a result the list of Zaurus models is incomplete. I see if I can dig up a more complete list and history of the Zaurus...... cheers --synthetik 22:05 20 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Starting with SL5600, the 206MHz StrongArm-1100 was replaced with a 400MHz Intel XScale. I'm not sure, but I think all later versions use this CPU.
Why were my edits reverted? The old versions contain some awkward English and I believe people want to know about the options available to Zaurus owners. Jogloran 02:30, Jan 16, 2005 (UTC)
Hi, my edit to include figlabs.com was reverted (the comment says 'wikipedia does not allow a link to a retailer of a single product'). I don't really understand the explanation - Trisoft are linked and they sell pretty much the same things as Figlabs. We sell devices, accessories, software, services. Is there some minimum number of products you have to retail before you can be linked to be Wikipedia? Sounds unlikely, but if that was the case doesn't that discriminate against the small guy? Also there's useful stuff on our site besides the shop. For instance there is free access to a full english zaurus user guide for novice users - something not available anywhere else. Figlabs are also the only retailer of the Zaurus in the UK that is fully compliant with European regulations - we CE test the devices ourselves - so if you want to buy it legally from someone based in the UK, we're currently the only place. Thanks. --Rob figlabs 14:07, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
The page reads like SL-5500 (Collie) wasn't sold outside Japan either. This is afaik not true, there is a quite widely sold German version (SL-5500g), and I've got german manuals with mine.