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Documents to Go 4 Professional Edition Average Customer Review:  CD-ROM (03 August, 2001) list price: $69.99 US | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France Editorial Review While it won't replace the desktop computer any time soon, the handheld PDA is catching up and is becoming rather indispensable. Documents To Go 4.0 Professional makes several popular document formats easily portable and even allows basic editing on the run. Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files synch between PDA and multiple computers quickly and completely, and can be viewed on the Palm screen with surprising readability. Users can edit Word and Excel files, though the range of editing options is necessarily more limited than on desktop machines, and some files (especially complex Word documents) are tough to work with. Installation is pretty simple; like all Palm software, there are several steps, but most users should find themselves synching files shortly. The interface is nearly transparent and the coders took pains to reproduce the look and feel of Microsoft Office. The Acrobat reader is a nice feature, even if the images are stripped to save memory. Despite this, RAM will be a problem for some users, who will undoubtedly have to make some tough decisions about which files to keep on the Palm. Minor memory and editing problems aside, Documents To Go 4.0 Professional makes on-the-run synching and file-fixing a snap. And while the PDA won't replace the desktop machine anytime soon, the laptop better watch out. --Rob Lightner ... Read more Reviews (9)
A must have item. ... Read more Asin: B00005MPQ5 |
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PalmOne Portable Keyboard for Palm m100/m105, III Series, and VII Series Handhelds Average Customer Review: Electronics US | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France Editorial Review It's always a wonderful feeling when gadgets work seamlessly and live upto their plug-and-play promise. The Palm portable keyboard is such a gadget.It's possibly the best hardware add-on for Palm devices currently on themarket--it installs easily and helps you increase your Palm productivity. Installation of the Keyboard application onto the Palm handheld is easilyaccomplished during a typical HotSync. (To prepare the app for HotSync, simplyadd it to the Install Tool on Windows, or the Install Handheld Files in the MacHotSync Manager.) Once the app was installed, we were ready for testing at a meeting. We saunteredin and unfolded the keyboard in a flourish--clicking it open from its foldedposition, laying it flat, sliding the keyboard parts together (it's broken intothirds for folding), and attaching our m100 in a matter of seconds. Theattendees at the meeting were suitably wide eyed and impressed with our JamesBondian device. (This model of the Palm Portable Keyboard also accommodates PalmVII and Palm III series handhelds--even the Palm IIIc. A separate model isavailable for the Palm V.) But the Palm portable keyboard is more than a flashy toy--it's a productivityjuggernaut that has some of the best keyboard action we've ever experienced. Thekeys are not soft and mushy like other keyboards we've tested for handhelds.Instead, they're a bit on the tight side but with a lot of give. Also, the morewe used the keyboard, the more we found ourselves shying away from tapping thescreen to navigate through a screen or perform actions such as switchingapplications or opening up the Details section of a Memo or Address Bookcontact. With the Palm keyboard, you can do virtually all your work withouttaking your fingers off the keyboard. The keyboard includes custom buttons for the built-in Palm applications (DateBook, Address, To Do List, and Memo Pad). Several keys have added functions, such as the ability to open up the Appsscreen, scroll through a screen, or turn on the backlight. You can also customize your own shortcuts list of applications loaded onto your Palm handheld. This is done using the Keyboard app, and you can assign the number keys 1 through 9 (but not 0). After making our designations, pressing Cmd-1 immediately took us to our favorite diversion--YahtC--during a lull in our meeting. All told, we have nothing but praise for the Palm portable keyboard, not justfor the ease of inputting text but also for changing the way we use our Palmhandheld. Since we started using the keyboard, we now often travel without anylaptop, confident that any degree of writing or note taking during meetings canbe handled by our Palm alone. (It should also be noted that we typed this reviewon our m100 while sitting comfortably at our local coffee shop.) If you are aheavy Palm user, the Palm portable keyboard is an essential and very cool tool.--Agen G.N. Schmitz Pros:
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I'm a journalist, so I'm using my Palm daily now and am always having to pull up the keyboard on the screen. This get's a be a pain when I'm writing a list of interview questions or writing down who I talked to or emailed in a contact log. The keyboard took less than 5 minutes to install, pop in the CD and add the keyboard will be installed next time you sync your Palm with the PC.I was shocked that it really was that simple. When I finally have to replace my Palm, I'm definitely going to get another keyboard.This one saves me so much time. ... Read more Asin: B00004WHF9 |
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HP DeskJet 990Cse Color Printer Average Customer Review:  Electronics list price: $299.99 US | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France Editorial Review The Hewlett-Packard 990c photo-quality color printer is ideal for small businesses or busy households. It produces sensational color documents at high speeds with HP's exclusive PhotoREt III color-layering technology. It can print black text at up to 17 ppm and blazes through color documents at 13 ppm, with up to 2,400 x 1,200 dpi resolution on photo paper. The 990c features infrared printing from PDAs, notebook computers, and other mobile devices. Plus, using the 990c with a mobile device couldn't be easier--just point and print. The highly versatile 990c is robust enough to handle your most challenging print tasks. It has 8 MB RAM, a 150-sheet input tray, and a print duty capacity of 5,000 pages per month. The 990c also has automatic two-sided printing and an optical sensor that selects paper size and type for you. The 990c comes with a power cord, reference guide, setup guide, software CD-ROM, and all the print cartridges you need to set up shop. It is compatible with Microsoft Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0, and Macintosh 8.1 applications.The HP 990c also has a 1-year Express Exchange warranty. --Megan Dugan ... Read more Features Reviews (18)
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Canon BJC-85 Portable Color Bubble Jet Printer Average Customer Review:  Electronics list price: $299.00 US | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France Editorial Review The Canon BJC-85 color bubble jet printer is an exceptional combination of lightweight portability and professional-quality desktop printing--a remarkably fast, commanding little printer, enabling you to produce letters, memos, and reports on all your excursions. The perfect companion to your desktop or laptop, both Mac and PC compatible, the Canon BJC-85 color bubble jet printer is practical for travel and use just about anywhere with its long-life battery (and optional battery pack) and the AC adapter. Plus, fast built-in infrared IrDA wireless technology lets you print without a cable connection. Sleek size is just an introduction to the printer: documents print in crisp 720 x 360 dpi black and at a surprisingly swift speed--for a portable printer--of five pages per minute in black and white and two pages per minute in color. These rates are supported by a 30-sheet paper feed for continuous printing. The crisp and vibrant colors delivered by the Canon BJC-85 color bubble jet printer on charts, graphs, and photos are necessity, not luxury, whether you are home or away. With the addition of the optional IS-12 color image scanner cartridge you can transform the BJC-85 into a sheet-fed color scanner, which is an outstanding opportunity to gain two compact and portable machines in one. Even with the AC adapter and optional battery included, the Canon BJC-85 weighs in at just 4.5 pounds. Printing while on the road or in the air is easy when you carry the Canon BJC-85 color bubble jet printer's impressive high quality with you. A universal power adapter, color and black ink cartridges, and a CD-ROM with printer/scanner drivers are included. Canon offers a one-year limited warranty on parts and labor with SelectExchange on the BJC-85 printer. ... Read more Features Reviews (18)
I have also gone through a power supply.Currently my power button is not operating and cannot turn on. I paid the high price of $300 for dependabilty thinking that it was reliable but the variety of mechanical failures have caused me to look for another brand name.I do love the portability design, but I guess design does not equate with dependability.
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SiPix A6 Black Pocket Palm Printer Average Customer Review: Electronics list price: $149.99 US | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France Editorial Review Offering you portable printing capabilities, the SiPix A6 Pocket Palm Printer connects easily to either PCs or Palm Pilots. While it may not be as fast as your in-office printer, this little gem weighs in at less than 1 pound and churns out documents at 2 ppm with a decent 400 dpi resolution. Overall dimensions are scarcely larger than some wallets (5.8 by 4.25 inches), and the thickness is less than 1 inch. The direct thermal printing method means the only consumables are the paper and the batteries; if you use the AC adapter, your only expense will be replacement paper rolls. Run time with the adapter is a full hour, while the batteries supply just three minutes of power. Included in the box are both the adapter and a starter set of batteries, along with a roll of paper, a power cable, and a convenient travel bag. SiPix offers a one-year warranty that covers parts, labor, and 12 months of free telephone technical support. ... Read more Features Reviews (4)
Thermal printouts are used all the time as TRANSITORY computer output on paper, such as ATMs, gas station receipts etc., to give users a copy of output.I've used 2 thermal printers since 1984, and these printers have outlived their CPUs. I use the printer as general output on a boat or a plane, often in transit to remote locations, exposed to high humidity and at times printing from within a ziplock bag.The IR signal penetrates the bag nicely, and allows printing in a water resistant container.Thermal paper doesn't run when wet, and when cold laminated, allows one to take printouts diving ... were water temps rarely exceed 90F. Competing ink jet printers, while capable of A4 size sheets, can have comparably illegible fonts, higher cost and maintenance and print horribly under humid conditions.A4 paper is more inconvenient to carry. The Sipix is very similar to a thermal printer engine released by Alps in 1998... A full spec sheet is availableonline... It has a rated life of 50 million print impressions and paper advance mechanism life of 20km.That's roughly 17,000 prints or 72,000 sheets advanced of A4 paper.Using A6 paper, that's substantially more sheets. Rolled Paper is Superior to Sheet Paper.Printouts rarely use the full length of a single A6 sheet, thus the unprinted area is wasted.In long printouts, type will span several pages, and sheet paper will be wasted on unprinted margins. What is wrong with the Sipix is the cost, its not worth [the price].....
The Sipix Pocket Printer A6 -- along with the Docs to Print and IR Print software programs (both available from doctoprint.irprint.com as either a free trial or to purchase) -- fit the bill quite nicely. The Sipix A6 printer is just a little bit larger than the Palm itself.It runs on AA batteries and receives its info from the Palm via infrared (IR), which makes it totally cordless.The Sipix also uses thermal imaging, which eliminates the need for ribbons or ink jet cartridges, which is convenient; but it does require the use of specially coated A6 size thermal paper, also available from Sipix (and Amazon) in either rolls or sheets.(I use the latter -- and carry a little stapler with me -- since it lays flatter and looks much neater.) The basic Sipix A6 software (also from IR Print) that comes with the unit, only allows one to print entries from the Palm Calendar, To Do, Memo and Address functions, which in itself, is only mildly useful. To do more, here's what you'll need to install on your Palm: Docs To Go (DataViz) + Docs to Print + IR Print* * The more enhanced version of IR Print available from their website. Once all three of these are installed, you'll be able to print Word documents, not only to the Sipix A6, but also to all of the IR capable models from HP (such as the DeskJet 990 series) and from Canon (including the BJC line of portable ink jet printers), which is really cool! Being thermal, the print quality of the Sipix unit is, unfortunately, rather crude; and the speed is rather slow (especially when compared to regular laser and ink jet printers).But the Sipix is still the smallest portable printer available today for my Palm.And I carry it -- along with a slim box of A6 paper -- everywhere with me in my briefcase. I use the Sipix to print rough drafts of my work (including product reviews such as this one), which is wonderful, since perusing a printed copy -- especially with multiple pages -- is still easier than scrolling up-and-down a miniature screen. The Sipix printer, as a watch-out, does have a tendency to drain four AA alkalines rather quickly.As a remedy, I've switched to the new AA size Energizer photo-lithium batteries, which cost a little more, but last many times longer. With my Sipix A6 printer, I can now print Word files directly from my Palm -- whenever and wherever I need it -- which is truly a dream come true! ... Read more Asin: B00005LDPI |
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Franklin MWD-1440 Dictionary and Thesaurus with Bookman II Average Customer Review: Electronics list price: $49.94 US | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France Editorial Review Why pull heavy books off the shelf when you can consult your lightweight, portable Franklin MWD-1440 dictionary and thesaurus? It easily fits into your pocket and includes games and spelling correction, too. The MWD-1440, an electronic version of a Merriam-Webster dictionary and thesaurus, is easy to set up and learn. Just insert two coin-cell batteries (included) to get the unit running. Operating the MWD-1440 is intuitive, but Franklin has also included a manual in English and Spanish, as well as condensed instructions that appear on the inside of the unit's protective cover. To look up a word, turn on the unit, type the word, and press Enter. For example, when we evaluated the MWD-1440, we looked up "iconoclast," and the unit displayed two complete definitions along with the word's Middle Latin and Middle Greek etymology. We pressed the Up and Down arrow keys to scroll through the information. For a list of synonyms, we pressed the Thes button, and the unit displayed six synonyms for the first definition and four synonyms for the second definition. While the unit is simple to operate, typing is difficult because of the tiny keys. In addition to dictionary and thesaurus functions, the unit has a crossword-puzzle solver, a calculator, and a metric/currency converter. There's also a searchable list of SAT words for those studying for the college boards. The Confusables feature marks words that are commonly confused with each other (for example: their, they're, and there) and clarifies them. The Learnables feature includes flashcards that display words and allow you to guess the definitions; you can press Enter to see if your answer is correct. The unit also contains nine games: Hangman, Anagrams, Word Train, Word Builder, Jumble, Link Four, Link Four (for two players), Tic Tac Toe (for one player), and Tic Tac Toe (for two players). With its low price, expandability, and portability, the Franklin MWD-1440 makes a fine pocket-sized dictionary and thesaurus. --Mike Brown Pros:
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The dictionary is very useful, I never read a book without this by my side anymore.(The expansion pack for an increased dictionary is a great addition.)It's detailed enough that I often look up words I already know just because I'm sure I'll find some new meaning to them.As a spell checker I've almost never been let down by this little toy, except for the few rare (but frustrating) cases where it just didn't know the word exists.I don't use the thesaurus much, so I can't comment on that functionality. The little games are great to play when you have a spare moment.They're a fun way to improve your vocabulary.Since I never leave the house with this thing, I'll always take it out whenever I'm in a long line or on the bus. An issue I have with this gizmo:There's a pretty low limit on how many words it can "learn" (remember for later use), around 20-25 I think.I often have it learn new words so I can memorize them more thoroughly later on through the flashcard game, and it's bothersome when I hit the limit. The flip case could be a bit easier to use, but that's a very minor complaint. (Note that I don't have a lot of experience with other handheld dictionaries, just a scarce half-dozen that I've played with that have been lying around.I'm giving this gadget 4 stars just based on general usefulness in my life.)
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PalmOne V Travel Kit Average Customer Review: Electronics list price: $39.99 US | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France Editorial Review When you're away from your home or office, you can charge and synchronize your Palm V™ handheld without a cradle! Just use our convenient travel kit--it has everything you need to get powered up and stay in touch quickly and easily. The kit includes: an AC recharger with a 3' power cord so you can recharge your organizer's battery from any AC outlet, a HotSync® cable that allows you to connect your Palm V handheld directly to your notebook computer to synchronize your data, and custom-designed plug adapters for UK, Europe and Australia that allow you to recharge your handheld from outlets virtually anywhere.Used with Palm V handhelds. Macintosh users require a Macintosh serial adapter to connect to a Macintosh system through the printer or modem port. Sold separately ... Read more Features Reviews (24)
The only quibble I have is that the kit has a lot of bits to keep track of. A more elegant design would have one cable that connects to the Palm device with the other end capable of plugging into the charger or a sync connector, depending on your needs. That would perhaps enable the charger to have all the various international adapters in one unit instead of loose. Still, it is a valuable accessory and has been worth the cost for me.
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Fellowes PDA Mobile Charger for Palm V Average Customer Review:  Electronics list price: $29.99 US | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France Reviews (1)
I was therefore happy to find the Fellowes Mobile Charger which has power cords for both the car -- and the plane -- which allow me to juice up my Palm whenever I travel by either mode. Although I've used the cords domestically, I haven't yet used the mobile charger on an international trip, but I'm guessing that the cigarette lighters in cars and the accessory power plugs in planes are fairly standard worldwide -- much more so than the wall outlets which I know to be different in foreign countries, so taking the Fellowes Mobile Charger on the road overseas may be more convenient than taking the traditional Palm (wall outlet) charger kit and attempting to use its various international adapters. My only dissatisfaction with the Fellowes Mobile Charger is that it can't plug directly into the Palm keyboard -- to enable me to charge and type at the same time. For those occasions when I need to do both, I'll revert back to inputting via Graffiti or the tap screen keyboard which are still both usable when the power cord is attached. Using the Palm with the mobile charger plugged-in is actually quite convenient since the cord is flexible and the connection at the base of the PDA is very small. (As a comparison, using a Palm while it is nested in its sync cradle -- due to the Palm's upright angle and the fairly immovable nature of the cradle's base -- is much more cumbersome.) If you're like me and you'd like to charge your Palm when its most convenient -- when you're traveling by either car or plane (and not at home or in your hotel room when other items are on your mind) -- the Fellowes Mobile Charger can be very handy indeed. I now take it with me whenever I drive or fly. But normally, I just leave it (in a storage space underneath the dash) in my car where I use it most! ... Read more Asin: B00005BHWE |
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Belkin Palm V Protective Screen (12-Pack) Average Customer Review:  Electronics list price: $16.99 -- our price: $13.88 (price subject to change: see help) US | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France Editorial Review Avoid costly and time-consuming PDA screen replacement with this 12-pack of screen protectors from Belkin. These protectors prevent scratches, minimize stylus friction, reduce glare, and give your stylus a smoother navigating surface. Thin and tough, each protector adheres instantly to the screen to form a layer of protection that lasts for a month. These protectors fit Palm V handheld screens. ... Read more Features Reviews (6)
These are definately a better buy than the WriteRights though: The overlay sheets are identical, and with the Belkin you get a little piece of cleaning cloth + they are much cheaper. ... Read more Asin: B000059Z8A |
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Franklin Planner 7.11 Average Customer Review:  CD-ROM list price: $49.95 US | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France Reviews (1)
I was somewhat disappointed in the product but do prefer it to the Palm software that came preloaded. ... Read more Asin: B00003IE4V |
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PalmOne V Slim Wallet Case (Black) Average Customer Review: Electronics list price: $29.99 US | Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France Features Reviews (6)
But the case still holds my business cards and the doctor's appointment reminders for my kids; and its padded exterior still protects my Palm from possible bumps and bruises in case I drop it (which still happens on occasion, I hate to say). The most significant improvement (in addition to the wallet feature), however, is that the attachment rail is now suspended from the case by a durable leather strip -- which is much stronger than the flexible TPE rubber strip used on the slim leather case, which was always the first portion on this carrier to wear out. But, best of all, the full-length (wallet-style) pocket -- which is great for holding cash, checks or receipts -- is virtually invisible (the two cases being almost indistinguishable from one another, except for the slight difference in size), so no one needs to know that my Palm case is also a billfold.I can now stash some extra cash -- that is easily accessible, since my Palm is always with me -- in a place where my wife won't discover it, particularly when she goes riffling through my wallet looking for lunch money for the kids.(Whew!) The larger size of the wallet case (versus the slim case) does make for a slightly larger bulge in my front pocket when I carry it (which isn't necessarily a bad thing, especially for one's ego).But the convenience of having a little extra legal tender with me (hidden with my Palm) more than makes up for it. As my new personal "teller machine," my Palm -- esconced within my new slim wallet case -- continues to become more and more versatile.
I am going to buy the aluminum RhinoSkin case for a better fit and more protection. I strongly suggest it. ... Read more Asin: B00004WHFD |
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