Re: Sync & Go (forwarded)
Warren H. Minix (minix@inet.net)
Thu, 12 Sep 1996 17:33:48 -0400
>Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 16:54:52 -0500
>From: Man F Wong <Man.Wong@internetmci.com>
>Subject: Re: Sync & Go
>To: "Warren H. Minix" <minix@inet.net>
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>-- [ From: Man F Wong * EMC.Ver #2.3 ] --
>
>Hi, Warren.
>
>> When I talked to HP they said that they were unaware of any Upgrade
>offer.
>> The software was due out "sometime this fall", the catalog with the
>OG120
>> states November. The description of the Sync & Go didn't sound like it
>> really did anything more than the current Hot Sync feature (probably has
>to
>> do with Palm being the competiton now). I couldn't manage to find out
>what
>> "formats", the transfer software would actually be capable. Hopefully
>it
>> will be worth the wait, but frankly after HP's claim that Clip n' Go
>comes
>> with OG120 I'll beleive it when I see it. ;)
>
>I have info from the SPAM Palmtop User Group that Sync & Go is developed by
>Intellilink and will be marketed as an HP product. Presumably, Sync & Go
>will be similar to, if not exactly the same as, the current available
>Intellink solution. SPAM's newsletter editor, Conrad Cox, obtained the
>info from a recent HP Handheld Conference in Anaheim.
>
>The 3rd (new) issue of OmniGo World lists the following PC PIM apps as
>compatible for synching:
>
>* HP OmniGo Phone Book and Appointment Book [from the old HP Connect
>Pack??]
>* Schedule+ 7.0
>* Lotus Organizer 2.1
>* Net Manage ECCO 3.03
>* Sidekick for Windows
>* Sidekick 95
>* Daytimer Organizer
>* Now UpToDate
>
>OmniGo World also lists the following as compatible for import/export:
>
>* Act! 2.0 for Windows
>* Schedule+ 1.0
>* HP Desktop PIM [again, from the old HP Connect Pack??]
>* Microsoft Cardfile
>* Microsoft Calendar
>* Polaris Advantage
>* Paradox
>* dBase
>* ASCII
>
>Also, it lists the following PDAs as compatible for importing (only):
>
>* HP 100/200lx Palmtops
>* Casio Boss
>* Sharp Wizard and Zaurus
>* Psion 3 and 3a
>
>_Man_
>
>PS: I sent this directly to you because my ISP's mailserver cannot send
>mail to the OGO mailing-list. Feel free to forward this to the list, if
>you see fit.
>
>
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