icruise wrote:

I don’t really think there’s anything you absolutely have to get in Japan, although I’m not familiar with what kind of things are available in Malaysia. Maybe a case and some extra styli would be a good idea. And possibly a screen protector. Most CF wireless cards will work in the Zaurus, so you don’t need a special card.

Thanks for the advice. I’ll be on the look out for those.

What are the (recommended) accessories that I ought to get when I purchase this item?

I’m on a relatively tight budget and don’t want to spend more than necessary later on for an accessory I need but can only get in Japan.
At the moment I thinking of getting the base model, plus the Compact Flash 802.11b wireless adapter.
Is there anything else I ought to consider getting in Japan too (before I go back home)?

bdmp wrote:

This is a question for the writter of the review:

I have this pda and I love the Kojien and Genius dictionaries, but I can not get them to work with the Zten dictionary viewer. What am I doing wrong?

I assume you mean that you want to use the included dictionaries with Zten. In my case, I already had other CD-ROM versions of these dictionaries, so that is what I am using with Zten. I do seem to recall that there was a hack somewhere that allowed you to use the included dictionaries with Zten as well, but I’ve never tried it. I’m sorry I can’t really help you on that front. But I believe you can add additional dictionaries to the built-in viewer. So if you can’t get the included Kojien and Genius to work with Zten, you could probably use your additional dicitonaries with the included software.

I would also like to use these files on my desktop with my epwing dictionary viewer software, but I can’t seem to make it recognized. I use epwing format Edict, 名辞典、漢英辞典、例文辞典、from Jim Breen’s site in with the media dictionary with Kojien and Genius. I would like to use them all with zten (and also on my desktop if I could). What is different about the Kojien and Genius? are they really epwing format?

I have a feeling that the dicitonaries that come with the Zaurus are a modified version of EPWING format, probably to prevent people from using them on their computers like you are trying to do (sort of a copy protection system). I’m afraid I don’t know what to do about getting around it.

If I can not get these to work on my desktop what dictionary (from a cd) would you recommend? Hopefully, they won’t be 2 man yen.

Thanks a lot.

Do you live in Japan? If so, you might want to keep an eye on Yahoo auctions for second-hand EPWING dictionaries. You can often find them rather cheaply. I would also suggest getting a copy of the Eijiro dictionaries. They can be bought on CD-ROM at some bookstores cheaply, or you can have it sent to you for around 2000 yen. It’s a far more useful set of dictionaries than Jim Breen’s (although you have to take some entries with a grain of salt). It uses its own format, but there are tools out there than can convert it to EPWING for use on your desktop and in ZTen.

Wrecker wrote:

Hi

Thanks for the review.

I have a C3100 and cant get the bluetooth to work. Could you let me know what you did to get yours working.

Cheers

I’m sorry I didn’t see this post until now. My best advice to you is to go to the forums that I mentioned in the article and see if they can help you. It’s a little too complicated to deal with here, but the first thing you have to know is that there aren’t all that many bluetooth cards that are compatible with the Zaurus. Maybe you don’t have the right one.

I have this pda and I love the Kojien and Genius dictionaries, but I can not get them to work with the Zten dictionary viewer. What am I doing wrong?

I would also like to use these files on my desktop with my epwing dictionary viewer software, but I can’t seem to make it recognized. I use epwing format Edict, 名辞典、漢英辞典、例文辞典、from Jim Breen’s site in with the media dictionary with Kojien and Genius. I would like to use them all with zten (and also on my desktop if I could). What is different about the Kojien and Genius? are they really epwing format?

If I can not get these to work on my desktop what dictionary (from a cd) would you recommend? Hopefully, they won’t be 2 man yen.

Thanks a lot.

Thanks for the review.

I have a C3100 and cant get the bluetooth to work. Could you let me know what you did to get yours working.

Cheers

There is much to admire though, and my hat is off to Sharp. I just hope that some of their innovation trickles down into a device I can really afford.

Tony

Smitty wrote:

The more I use OS X, with the inevitable trips to the Terminal, the less afraid I am when someone mentions doing a bit of command-line work. I just don’t prefer to HAVE to do it, just to get things running. That’s been the biggest turn-off to me of Linux all along.

Yes, I feel the same way. I believe that computers should mold themselves to their users. The Linux school of thought seems to be that users should mold computers to themselves (if you see what I mean).

As I said in the review, it’s certainly possible to use the Zaurus without doing any tweaking whatsoever, and it’s quite usable that way. It’s just that you’ll probably find yourself wanting to make something more convenient for yourself, and before you know it you’re in the terminal and editing configuration files. (Or you may find yourself with a problem of some sort that requires this kind of thing.) Still, I tried just about everything you can do in terms of customizing the Zaurus, short of writing my own software or device drivers, so the amount of tweaking I did may not be typical.

Thanks for the excellent work on this, however. I am far more intrigued about it now than I ever was. The more I use OS X, with the inevitable trips to the Terminal, the less afraid I am when someone mentions doing a bit of command-line work. I just don’t prefer to HAVE to do it, just to get things running. That’s been the biggest turn-off to me of Linux all along.

http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/review/sharp_zaurus_sl_c3100

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