Sharp ZR-5800 (Zaurus)

I have the main unit.

type handheld computer
country Japan
year 1996
os Sharp
cpu 16 bit Sharp
ram 2 MB
graphic 320×240 dots, DFSTN LCD, backlight, touch screen
colors mono
ports PCMCIA (type II), flash memory, serial


The Sharp Zaurus ZR-5800 — Japan’s PDA Leader

The Sharp Zaurus series was Japan’s most successful PDA platform — a range of handheld computers that dominated the Japanese PDA market throughout the 1990s and early 2000s while remaining largely unknown in Western markets. The ZR-5800 ran Sharp’s own Zaurus OS on a StrongARM processor, offering a touchscreen interface, handwriting recognition, and a comprehensive suite of Japanese-language applications. Later Zaurus models would move to Linux, making Sharp one of the first major manufacturers to adopt open-source mobile computing. In Japan, the Zaurus was to PDA computing what the Palm was in North America — the default choice for mobile professionals.