Created: 9 September 2026 · Last edited: 14 October 2026

The SL-C700 “Corgi”, released in December 2002, marked a major change in the design of Sharp’s Linux Zaurus range. It was the first Zaurus to adopt a clamshell form factor, combining a full QWERTY keyboard with a 3.7-inch VGA touchscreen. The display could rotate and fold back over the keyboard, allowing the device to be used either as a compact handheld computer for text input or as a tablet-style PDA for viewing and touchscreen operation. Its 640 × 480-pixel, 65,536-colour System LCD was exceptionally high-resolution for a PDA of the time, and Sharp described it as the world’s first PDA to use this display technology.

The C700 was powered by a 400 MHz Intel XScale PXA250 processor and had 32 MB of SDRAM and 64 MB of Flash memory, of which approximately 30 MB was available to the user. Expansion was provided by both CompactFlash Type II and SD memory card slots, while connectivity included IrDA and USB. It ran Linux with kernel 2.4.18 and included applications such as HancomMobileWord and HancomMobileSheet, together with Sharp’s Zaurus Shot and Zaurus Drive utilities for exchanging data with a PC. The combination of a high-resolution display, keyboard and compact convertible design made the C700 one of the most distinctive Linux PDAs of its generation.