Re: New OmniGo

GadgetMstr@pop.gnn.com
Tue, 20 Aug 1996 21:59:46 +0000

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> Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 09:34:15 +0000
> From: mspeckhardt@attmail.com (Martin P Speckhardt)
> Subject: New OmniGo
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> I have recently (few months) purchased the hp omnigo. I am now using both my
> zoomer and omnigo to decide wich I like better. I plan on upgrading the
> zoomer to get its performance in line with the omnigo. I will let all know
> which I end up picking and why.
>
> My question is that I was in a service merchandise recently (Middletown NY)
> and saw a new omnigo. It physically looked the same with one exception. The
> screen was easier to read in less light. It had a slight greenish color that
> reflected the light better. I played with it some and found 2 software
> differences. It came with pocket quicken and clip and go pre-installed. It
> was selling for just under $350 and called the omnigo 120. I read on the omni
> go page that there was a blurp about a possible new omnigo using geos 3.0
> coming in september. I was wondering if anyone knows if this is it.
>

Well, actually, a GEOS 3.0-based OmniGo was *supposed* to have been
introduced earlier this year (according to announcments made when the
OmniGo first came out). Unfortunately, that didn't seem to
materialize.