Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Off topic: Palm Pilot
From: david place <dvplace@top.net>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 22:10:47 -0500

If you are looing for something you can touch type on look at the Philips Velo 500 ... it has a built in modem ... and a good typist can touch type on it ... I am on my second Velo
I havem't connected it to the web [yet] but may before a trip this summer ... good imaging [typing], dp

srlondon@ibm.net wrote:

> In terms of portability and price, the Palmpilot is a great machine for replacing a Day Runner or other organizer two which you refer often for addresses, but do not have to enter information frequently.  A pilot is okay for reading email, but is a major pain for anything more than one line emails.  The handwriting recognition itself is good, but it is tedious.  I use a HP 620lx (handheld, color display).  It is more expensive, but even a halfway decent touch-typer can work faster with two fingers on a miniature keyboard than with a pen on a little slippery screen.  Plus, the standard VGA width screen of the Pilot's larger competitors is better for reading email and web browsing.
>
> ----Original Message-----
>    >From:       Carl Socolow <csocolow@microserve.net>
>
>    >Is anybody using a Palmpilot or similar palmtop for sending and
>    >receiving email during their travels? I'm considering buying the new
>    >Palm III and was wondering how it handles the daily traffic this group
>    >generates. Your thoughts, opinions and rantings are always appreciated.
>    >
>    >--
>    >Carl Socolow
>    >
>    >Sometimes the wrong thing is exactly the thing you should do.
>    >
>    >