IR link...
SFC::H38775 (bboxwell@sikorsky.com)
15 Jun 95 09:48:00 EST
I know this has been tossed around before- does anybody know if there
is any status on development of an IR link for use with the desk top?
I hear there is one available for the Newton...
IMHO, the ease of use that an IR link would provide would do a lot for
the market, I'm surprised that it hasn't hit the street a long time
ago. I'm sure most of us have the cables, and are familiar with hooking
up our Z to our P.C.'s, which is great, but when you are going out to
market a PDA to someone, as something he should integrate into his system
(business or personal), it seems that the more painless it's made, the
better it would be recieved. Lots of people don't want to be bothered
with backing out of everything, shutting down the P.C., to hook a cable
between that and the PDA. (If you've never transfered files to another
Z via the IR port, try it once and you'll see where I'm coming from)...
And then, why stop at that? Have you seen the ad for the Zaurus, with
the guy at the dataphone sending a fax? The dataphone should have an
IR connection...(and, being a cell-phone user, I think that I would be
more comfortable with that than a wireless modem)
thanx for your time
Blaine