Thread: Sharp pulls Zaurus back to Japan

Following the footsteps of Sony and Toshiba, Sharp is now withdrawing from the shrinking global handheld market and will only produce handhelds for Japan.

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Facing stuff competition and low sales, a Sharp representative has informed infoSync World that the company has decided to fully withdraw its Zaurus SL line of Linux-based handhelds from the US market and focus on its home market in Japan. The company will be selling through remaining SL-6000 handhelds already produced and will continue to offer support and service for existing products, but will not be producing or selling additional units or models in the United States. The Zaurus line will continue to be sold in Japan, where different models have been available and have sold much better than in other markets.

SOURCE: infoSync