RE: Re: PAQ Man

["Brian G. Reynolds" <brian.g.reynolds@xxxxxxx>]

Data exchange with the PC is not a problem...IF

1)	You do not mind trying for hours to get each bit to talk
2)	You do not mind your contacts ending up duplicated on both machines
3)	You do not mind your appointments being duplicated on both machines
4)	I'm sure there are many other items but I backup to a compact flash
card.

I do not have a Psion modem I use the IR link from my mobile phone if
necessary which is never! it does work but I have never found the need to
access the web from a mobile device and when I was out of the office a lot
working on customers sites I had a laptop (use the term loosely) and RAS'd
in at night.

And yes a Psion haven given up and a microdrive will not fit, then again I
have got some more nails/glue knocking around.......

B.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 30 September 2001 23:58
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: PAQ Man
>
>
>
>
> Hmmm ...
>
> Psion data exchange has never been exactly transparent with windows.
>
> Psion have called it a day w.r.t. the Psion line IIRC.
>
> Modems for the Psion are far more expensive than the standard PCMCIA
stuff
> for WinCE devices.
>
> The Psion can't take a microdrive.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brian G. Reynolds [mailto:brian.g.reynolds@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 30 September 2001 23:48
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: PAQ Man
> >
> >
> > The screen is the only bit I have seen!
> >
> > One of my colleagues has been GIVEN one and you can see the
> screen lit up
> > across the office!
> > And I have to agree it is absolutely fantastic!
> >
> > But what else can it do that my Psion cannot?
> > Actually just thought of one thing I bet you can not do with a
> Compaq, and
> > that is fix it with two panel pins, some super glue and a hot
spanner!
> >
> > OK so I dropped my Psion on a hard place!!! (the loo floor) and
> it busted
> > the hinges but being an engineer amongst other things I was not
> > going to pay
> > someone to fix it for me!
> >
> > B.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Phil Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: 30 September 2001 23:37
> > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: PAQ Man
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > *chuckle* You're just saying that to make me feel better...
> > >
> > > ...Ok. Things that make the iPaq better than the rest.
> > >
> > > 1) The screen.
> > > 2) It's faster than most others.
> > > 3) The screen.
> > > 4) It fits better into my hand than the others.
> > > 5) The screen.
> > > 6) It feels well built.
> > > 7) The screen.
> > >
> > > Right, joking aside it is the screen that makes that little
> sucker. It's
> > > gloriously bright and clear - if Philips had stuck one of
these
> > > screens into
> > > the colour Pronto I would have had *NO* reservations about
> > buying one even
> > > at ?700. It's usable in bright sunlight (try that with most
> > laptops ... I
> > > rate the screen on my VAIO but direct sunlight kills it
> > completely) and is
> > > clear enough to use in any light indoors.
> > >
> > > Phil
> > >
> > >
> > > Phil
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Brian G. Reynolds [mailto:brian.g.reynolds@xxxxxxx]
> > > > Sent: 30 September 2001 23:12
> > > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: PAQ Man
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks Darren, I do not ember Phil's item, or his
microdrive......
> > > > Phil has too much kit to remember it all!
> > > >
> > > > They certainly are a good bit of kit.
> > > >
> > > > What sort of things can you do with these things that
make them so
> > > > desirable, apart from the fact that they are gorgeous.
> > > >
> > > > I know you can access the web, sent email, has
calendar,
> > schedule, phone
> > > > databases but what sets it apart from the others?
> > > >
> > > > B.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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