tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Aug 06 06:46:59 1999

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Re: Palm pilot advice

I have owned most models of the PalmPilot:

I bought a PalmPilot 1000, then upgraded to 1MB RAM.

I broke the screen and sent it back for repair.

I broke the screen again and decided to get a Personal PalmPilot 
so I could get the backlight. It only had 500K RAM, but I 
figured I'd scavenge the RAM from the 1000. Unfortunately, the 
system ROM is on the same card, so if I swapped in the 1MB card, 
I lost the OS that knows how to turn on the backlight. I endured 
low memory for a while.

In Denmark, I smashed the screen on my Personal PalmPilot and 
searched three cities before finding what may be the only 
PalmPilot in Denmark. It was a Professional PalmPilot and it 
cost about $100 more than in the US. I bought it anyway.

Back home, a coworker had a Palm III and changed his mind about 
wanting it. As a UNIX geek, it didn't quite suit his needs. He 
made the deal sweet enough that I couldn't turn it down.

When I got back from qep'a', I got a new laptop because my old 
one was old, and... well, I hurt it. While I was setting up my 
new laptop, I knocked my Palm III off the table and while the 
screen didn't crack, it also never came on again.

So, I got a Palm IIIx.

I love it. The screen is much clearer in a wider range of 
lighting conditions, so I very rarely need to use the backlight 
(which really extends battery life). It also has twice the RAM 
of the Palm III.

I've seen the Palm V. It is prettier and sleeker and uses the 
same bright screen, but it costs $100 more and it has half the 
RAM of the IIIx. My first choice would be IIIx (because of the 
bright screen and the 4MB RAM). Second choice would be V 
(because of the bright screen and sleek case, despite 2MB RAM). 
Third choice would be IIIe (which is not out yet, but has the 
new screen, the old case and the "normal" 2MB RAM). There's a 
special edition IIIe coming out with a translucent case. I guess 
that's for iMac users. Fourth choice would be a Palm III. Cheap, 
but useful. Old screen, 2MB RAM.

The old screen is still good. It's just that the new one is 
strikingly better.

DuQaH De'vam 'e' vItul.

charghwI' 'utlh

On Fri, 6 Aug 1999 03:44:53 -0400 [email protected] wrote:

> yIqIm ! I went to get a palm pilot ,but I was not sure what to get, and with 
> what features to look for,so palm pilot I purchase it not.(this klingon stuff 
> is messing up my thought paterns) I will probably only use it for a very 
> expensive dictionary,'ach it has to be more time saving that thumbing a 
> dictionary that has turned into a pile of loose pages(it's too late for duct 
> tape pI'lo). Any suggestions would be appreciated. trIQjoH

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