RE: Re: PAQ Man

["Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

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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