Satoshi Okubo, Staff Editor for Nikkei reports that Sharp will begin selling the Zaurus SL-A300 on July 12. Many other interesting details are provided in this article on AsiaBizTech. This is the particularly significant, as it marks the initial offering of a Linux-based PDA in Japan by Sharp, according to Okubo . . .

” . . .Sharp will expand the line-up of Linux-installed PDAs, and eventually make its Zaurus PDA products Linux OS-based.”

“The main characteristic of SL-A300 is a closer connection to a PC. It has 'Zaurus Drive', which functions as an external memory device of a PC, and 'Zaurus Shot', which captures PC screen images at the touch of a button.”

” . . . files can be exchanged between the PC and the SL-A300 (photo) unit by drag-and-drop operations. When the SL-A300 is connected to the PC, the files in the SL-A300 can be opened and viewed by clicking an icon of the SL-A300 shown on the screen. The files stored in SL-A300 can be read out, edited on the PC and then saved back in SL-A300 . . . “

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