Forbes.com reports on Sharp's recent introduction of the SL-5600 Linux-based Zaurus PDA. Arik Hesseldahl writes . . .

“In the brewing battle for domination of the handheld computing market, there are a few dark horses worth keeping an eye on.”

“Indeed, most of the attention has been on Microsoft and its ever-growing gang of Pocket PC hardware makers, such as Hewlett-Packard and Dell, as they have lined up against Palm, Handspring and Sony.”

“In the desktop computing world, most people would consider only two platforms to spend their money on, Windows or Apple's Mac OS. But there's a certain segment that prefers neither and instead runs Linux, the open-source derivative of the industrial-strength computing environment known as Unix.”

“It's much the same in the handheld world. Generally consumers go with Microsoft's Pocket PC or Palm's Palm OS. Some prefer Research In Motion's Blackberry and yet another segment has flocked to the Linux-based Zaurus from Japan's Sharp Electronics . . .”

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