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Product Requirements: Device: All touch screen PDAs The Rotring Trio Pen Essential is a budget priced multi-pen, available from Stylus Central. With a list price of $15.99, it is difficult to be too picky about this multi-pen’s performance; but because every dollar you spend should count, I’ll give you my impressions of the pen. The […]
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Product Requirements: Desktop: Windows 98/95, Mac OS 7.5 or later USB Port It looked so cool, I had to check one out. So I got my hands on the Cat Eye FinRing from BossWave. (Well, actually I got my finger on it). The idea of being able to control my computer’s mouse remotely from my
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Product Requirements: Desktop: Windows 98/95 or NT 4.0, 8mb RAM minimum, One available serial port, CD-ROM drive Macintosh Machines: PowerPC Processor, System 7.5.3 or higher The latest offering from Palm Computing is the m100. As in the past, this new device doesn’t have any major improvements, or compelling new features. Basically, it’s a Palm IIIe
Product Requirements: Device: Palm IIIc The Extreme Limit Palm IIIc “Body Suit” is a pebbly black leather, wallet style, play through case. This case is a belt clip model, with a removable clip. I had never heard of Extreme Limit before I was presented with this Palm IIIc case for review, so I was pleasantly
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I’ve recently written detailed reviews of all three new generation Pocket PCs: Casio E-115 Compaq iPAQ 3650 Hewlett Packard Jornada 548 In this review I’ll compare all three and help the buyer decide which (if any) is their best choice. Physical Hardware Comparison: Size wise the Casio E-115 is the largest Pocket PC followed by
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In the words of the guys from Monty Python, “And now for something completely different!” Different in the world of PDA carrying cases, that is. Just take a look at these flashy zipper cases by IncipioTechnologies. If you think that the standard black leather or rugged khaki nylon styles are not for you, perhaps one
Product Requirements: Device: Palm IIIc The Slipper 3C, made by E&B Company, is a black napa leather case, designed so that you can insert your Palm IIIc and basically never take it out again. I am reviewing the non belt-clip model. There is also a belt-clip version available. I admit that in the past I
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The HP Jornada 548 Color Pocket PC from Hewlett Packard is probably the most overlooked of the current crop of Windows Powered Pocket PC devices. The cloud of hype surrounding the Casio E-115 and the Compaq iPAQ seems to have totally missed the HP which was actually the first Pocket PC available. I’ve already reviewed
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The Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC is the most unique Pocket PC available today. What makes it unique is its sleeve expansion feature. The iPAQ can be expanded by purchasing various sleeves such as the Compact Flash Expansion Sleeve, a PC Card Expansion sleeve, or even a Dual PC Card Expansion sleeve. This feature is very
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Program Requirements: Device: Palm III / IIIc / IIIe / IIIx / IIIxe / V / Vx / VII, IBM WorkPad series, Handspring Visor, or other Palm OS-compatible device; OS 3.x; B&W Version uses 710K, Color version uses 1690K Are you ready for an engrossing tale? SkeNext has one to tell you, and it involves
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The Wallet Pen is a 3in (2.54cm) long solid sterling silver pen crafted by jewelry designer Timothy Grannis. This pen was originally designed to be used just as a pen. But, since the Wallet Pen uses stock sized ball point refills, a stylus refill tip can also be used in it. The Wallet Pen that
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Product Requirements: Device: Palm III and Palm V series PDAs The Stabo Stylus Q, from Simple Com Inc., is a visually appealing aluminum stylus that hides two practical items in it’s otherwise playful exterior. As I am sure you are aware, there is no shortage of functional styli available for the Palm brand organizers. However,
Product Requirements: Device: Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC The Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC is a terrific PDA. It is really fast, and at the same time is really compact in size. After switching to the iPAQ as my main PDA, the only thing I really missed was a CF slot. So, when the CF Expansion Pack
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Device: Handspring Visor Get ready for a sneak peak of what is arguably the Cadillac of PDA cases! I’m talking about the Flip Top Case for the Visor from Vaja. These cases are made in Buenos Aires, Argentina from the finest leather. I’m only reviewing 2 of the Visor cases, but all of the PDA
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Frank McPherson has just written a 602 page book entitled: How to Do Everything with Your Pocket PC & Handheld PC (published by Osborne McGraw-Hill). This huge book contains lots of information about Microsoft Windows Powered Devices such as those from Compaq, Casio and Hewlett Packard. The book starts with a detailed history of Windows
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The Yafa Trio Pen is a multi-pen stylus that has three different tips (black pen, 0.5mm pencil and a stylus). This pen is made from brushed aluminum. The bottom part of the barrel of the pen is round with grooves cut into it to give you the ability to grip it better. The upper portion
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Device: Palm V/Vx Vaja, a relatively new Palm PDA case maker has created another high quality leather case for the Palm V/Vx. This new case allows you to sync and charge the Palm V/Vx while it is still inside the case. The case comes in a variety of color combinations including: Dark Green All Weather
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Program Requirements: Device: Device running Palm OS 3.0 or later 150 K free RAM Desktop: Windows 95/98/NT/2000 10MB Free Disk Space Since this review was posted, there have been many updates to this software. You can view the changes here. NS Basic Corporation has done it again with their new NS Basic/Palm programming development environment.
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For some time now I have been hearing all the hype about the DigitalWriter Duo pen/stylus from Cross. Most of the hype has been focused around the stylus tip. On the packaging, they call it the “Ultimate Writing Instrument For Your PDA”, so we had to check one out. Their patented polymeric stylus tip is
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Product Requirements: Device: Palm V/Vx The Bridge V-Clip is a new version of the popular Palm V Bridge accessory from Midwest PCB Designs. This small connector allows you to use older PalmPilot or Palm III series accessories with the Palm V and Palm Vx PDAs. The Bridge V-Clip plugs onto a PalmPilot accessory and then the Palm V/Vx plugs
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