Re: Fwd: Re: Connectivity Pack (was: Re: Organizer)

Derick J.R. Qua (dqua@earthlink.net)
Mon, 19 Aug 1996 08:43:51 -0700

Someone wrote:
> I guess I started this with my opinion about the organizer. I likewise
> bought this product because of the HP name and found the software a severe
> disappointment. (Maybe HP should do something to make this right???) or
> maybe they would like to defend this software as the type of value they
> will be offering in the future. But I guess one poor product out of what
> has been a great company isn't too bad but anyone who bought the
> connectivity pack is out $100.
>
> Dan

The HP OmniGo never appeared to have been marketed as a more general
purpose
computing device like the 200LX; it seemed to have been aimed against
the
pocket organizer market---e.g. Pilot, Casio BOSS, etc.---as opposed to
Psion
3a, Zaurus, and friends. The couple of disappointments in software? Not
even
a simple project management tool (integrated with appt and phone book;
this
may change soon :-) ). They should have included a simple report writer
into
the "database". More spreadsheet functions. Oh. They could have bundled
IZL!

Hardware? More RAM. Maybe a user controllable backlight. Bigger screen.

Other than this, it's quite suited for what it was intended to be.
Something
to manage to do lists, phone book, checkbook/credit card (quicken),
etc.,
not as a platform to do C++ development or run Unix on (although I hear
that
the IBM PC-110, which lacks pen input, and is a trifle bigger (read: you
must
have a rather largish palm and pockets))

Best regards,
Derick.

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