> But I have seen a few dayplanner-like cases for the Newton
> that may work if you don't mind carrying something around rather than having it
> hang from a belt. I tend to just use my briefcase since all of the above will
> fit besides my Leatherman, any extra cables, disks, books and/or papers I need
Hmm a normal day planner or a special one? I dont carry a briefcase since I
am a lowly tech at a isp =)
> for a trip(short - to the office, long - vacation, I know it's sick but I feel
> naked without some sort of computer access!). For day to day use I will just
> carry it as needed. BTW, if you're using your Zoomer alot a bit of
> "transparent" (pardon the pun) protection over the screen by using a piece of
> an overhead transparency film is very recommended!
My Zoomer came with some clear soft plastic stuck to the screen that never
scratches or peels/falls of, Dont know where it origionaly came from but
it works great. I also cat get by without my zoomer thats why I need a
easy way to carry it.
To tell the sad truth I value my zoomer over my wallet at the moment.
Some Days it feels like I need a holster for it because of all the use it
gets, At the moment I have stopped taking any cables or modems with it
and since I am cardless I dont have to worry about that, but I do keep a
spare set of batt's because I dont know how good those watch batteries are
anymore.
> The Newton cases I have seen were advertised in the back of Mobile Computing
> magazine.
I will check those out and see if they will fit my need, Most newton users
I have seen just carry it by hand but they look to be a bit stronger case
wise than the zoomer( I have broken the card latch on mine and
the hinge snapped off a few days, I was able to clip it back on without
any problems though)
> I tend to think of the whole Zoomer carrying matter in relation to a Star Trek
> tricorder(just bare with me for a moment), where as the Zoomer is something
> like the original series tricorder and really doesn't work well with our ideas
> carrying it like the new improved tricorder from STNG. It seems the Zoomer
> really wasn't designed as a belt or pocket utility in mind like maybe the newer
> PDA's like the Pilot.
I dunno to me the Zoomer is more like a PADD from TNG for all the use it
gets yet I wish it was as easy to carry as a TNG tricorder or a phaser on
one of the neat clips.