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Did you work with sidekick devices? I've just learned about them. I find interesting that they were manufactured by Sharp which back then was manufacturing also
by joeyspn 12y ago
Did you work with sidekick devices? I've just learned about them. I find interesting that they were manufactured by Sharp which back then was manufacturing also the Sharp Zaurus SL series (able to run several Linux flavours)
I used to play a lot with those devices, we were an small but passionate community wanting to get a full Linux on mobile. I remember people running a full debian desktop distro in a Zaurus... crazy stuff for 2004.
I've always wondered if Android had the same roots as OpenZaurus or similar mobile distros. It looks like Sharp is at least a common denominator...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp_Zaurus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp_Zaurus
- blinkingled 12y agoEarly Zaurus owner - still have it lying around somewhere. I highly doubt the Zaurus OS had anything to do with Android - it used Qt toolkit IIRC.
- digi_owl 12y agoThe Zaurus devices are an odd duck. Sharp had their own OS that the devices shipped with in Japan, iirc. But for some reason they opted for putting a home grown Linux distro on them when offering them abroad. Not that they were easy to get in the first place...