Sharp uses Opera in it's Linux PDA

[Gregory Alan Bolcer]

Surprised this didn't get FoRK'd.  Kudos to Opera;
also Insignia has been making some real waves lately--especially
since their Sun/Compaq announcement.

Greg


By Rick Perera
 IDG News Service, 11/06/01

 Sharp has chosen the embedded Web browser Opera 5 for its new Linux/Java
 handheld Zaurus SL-5000D, the Norwegian web browser company Opera
 Software announced Tuesday. 

 The browser will be installed as part of Lineo's Embedix Plus PDA operating
 system, Opera said in a statement. 

 The device, to be made available soon to developers, will feature an Intel
 StrongARM 206 MHz processor, and will also run the embedded version of
 Trolltech's Qt, a development toolkit that enables rapid building of graphical
 user interface applications, and Insignia Solutions' Jeode PDA Edition Java
 platform. 

 Sharp demonstrated a prototype of the PDA at the JavaOne trade show in June. 

 Opera has been positioning its Web browser as ideal for the embedded market,
 because it is "small, fast and configurable while still full-featured." The
 company has also recently struck a deal with Canal Plus Technologies to provide
 an embedded browser for set-top boxes. 

 The SL-5000D is scheduled to be marketed globally by the end of this year. The
 hardware maker is currently taking pre-orders for the developers' version of the
 PDA. Interested developers can register here.