From: "Robert Comer" 

> Workpad z50?

I still have one of those -- it never proved to be all that useful to me.

- Bob Comer


"Randy"  wrote in message news:42164fbf$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Workpad z50?
>
> "Don Hills"  wrote in message
> news:UgcFCtgaXK5e092yn{at}attglobal.net...
>> In article ,
>> Ellen K.  wrote:
>>>
>>>Last time they did at least give me extra batteries, only because I
>>>screamed about all the time I wasted on the plane the time before.   The
>>>laptop was a little Gateway and the batteries didn't weigh much so it
>>>was OK.  The time before it was a   h e a v y   Dell.
>>
>> It sounds like you'd like a machine with the battery life of a PDA but
>> the
>> form factor of a small laptop. I have just such a machine. It gets at
>> least
>> 10 hours on a charge (15 hours on the optional extended battery). It only
>> weighs 2.5 pounds. It has a 90% size keyboard with a good feel, a
>> touchpad
>> and a full VGA screen. It has a full set of ports (serial, printer,
>> modem,
>> VGA, USB, PCMCIA, CF) so you can "plug in" in the
office. It runs WinCE
>> and
>> has built-in Pocket Office (IE, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Access and
>> Excel).
>>
>> There's just one catch: You can't get one. It's an HP Jornada 820
>> palmtop,
>> a discontinued model. And apparently they didn't sell well, so they
>> dropped
>> the whole palmtop line in favour of handhelds. Now the only choices are
>> an
>> ultraportable laptop (heavier, and only 3 to 4 hours battery life) or a
>> handheld such as an iPaq with an add-on keyboard (screen too small for
>> serious work.)
>>
>> I can understand why WinCE palmtops weren't popular. They were considered
>> a
>> cross between a PDA and laptop with the disadvantages of both. I used to
>> think that way too, but when I found one in a scrapyard in perfect
>> condition
>> for US$7 it was just too good a deal to pass up. Now that I've used it
>> for a
>> while, I've realised that the right way to look at it is as having the
>> advantages of a PDA and laptop, not the disadvantages. I lose
>> pocketability
>> and the ability to run "standard" Windows apps, but I
get PDA-style
>> "instant
>> on" and long battery life plus laptop ergonomics (keyboard, display,
>> ports).
>> I'm really going to miss it when it eventually dies (it's almost 8 years
>> old)
>> because I don't think there is anything on the market that can replace
>> it.
>>
>> HP Jornada 820:
>> http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/abouthp/histnfacts/museum/personalsystems/0038/
>>
>> --
>> Don Hills    (dmhills at attglobaldotnet)     Wellington, New Zealand
>> It's ironic that people who are too smart to engage in politics
>> are governed by people who are not as smart.
>
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