Re: Spreadsheat Capability/Compatability with Excel

Brian Smithson (brian@eitech.eit.com)
Mon, 18 Dec 1995 13:09:37 -0700

>
> I use Excel on my PC and would like to exchange data
> with a PDA. I have searched the digest and talked to
> salespeople about this, but have not received a definite
> opinion. How compatable is the Zoomer with Excel?
> Are there aftermarket spreadsheats for the Zoomer?
>

The Zoomer didn't come with any spreadsheet program. It's possible to
use the GeoCalc spreadsheet (from the Geoworks Ensemble package) on a
Zoomer, but it runs very slowly. I use it with predefined templates for
simple things like business travel expense reports. I believe that
GeoCalc has some import capabilities for Excel format, or at least for
Lotus 123 format (which you could export from Excel). Generally
speaking, however, the Zoomer hasn't been a very good platform for
spreadsheet uses.

The OmniGo 100 might be a better bet. Between it's built-in spreadsheet
and the Clip-n-Go software package, you might be able to do some useful
spreadsheet work, depending of course on your particular needs.

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