Re: Palm devices

[Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be>]

At 9:53 AM -0500 2001/1/2, Jay Sekora wrote:

>  If you decide on a PalmOS device, you might want to consider the TRGpro
>  (http://www.trgpro.com/).  It's basically identical to a Palm III,
>  except that it takes CompactFlash cards (like many WinCE devices and
>  digital cameras), and the speaker is loud enough to dial a phone with
>  and you can hear the alarm from inside your luggage in the next room.

	I've been thinking long and hard about the TRGpro versus the 
Handspring Prism versus the Compaq IPaq.  I'd like very much to be 
able to use standard CompactFlash cards and PC Cards, and I'd like 
very much to have a fast and full-color handheld, but I really don't 
want to have anything from anyone remotely related to Microsoft -- if 
nothing else, the connection possibilities to Macintosh will almost 
certainly suck.

	I have Lucent WaveLAN cards here in the house I'd like to be able 
to plug into whatever handheld I have (or otherwise be able to make 
use of 802.11b 11Mbps wireless networking), and I'd like to be able 
to simply connect it with a cable to a GSM phone with a built-in 
modem (over here in Europe) or a tri-mode CDMA phone with a built-in 
modem (when I'm in the US).  Of course, I'd also like for it to have 
a decent amount of storage, which is why I'd like for it to be able 
to run everything directly from CompactFlash cards (or other kind of 
memory expansion).


	Sigh....  Does anyone know when Psion is planning on coming out 
with their handheld that is supposed to be something like a Series 7 
(or maybe even a Netbook) without a keyboard?

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