FS [Global]: SmartBook G138

Ladies & Gentlemen

It's the moment that none of us ever thought would happen - the batteries HAVE ARRIVED!

OSCAR speech: I'd like to thank Clint, and the very shocked DHL woman who got a hug, Tetley tea, British Customs for not holding it up...

so what was the trick?

Spend a lot of money and put them in a large box.

Anyway, all my remaining G138 units are new units and have brand new 2200 mAh cells in them Better still they are available imediately to ship anywhere!

Yay! I hope this batch will give the Smartbook a better reputation it deserves. After all the negative publicity with the battery, I was starting to feel unjust for the device. It is still the HPC that gave me the best computing experience.

I ran 6 devices on new cells over night for a prime cycle.

I set them all rolling at about 3:45pm, set power management to turn off the screen and keep the unit on.

With the screen off the entire time, they were still running up to around 9/10am the next morning.

Collected my smartbook today
Big thanks to C:Amie for putting up with me wanting to collect the unit in person.

Been playing with it all afternoon since I arrived home and im smitten by it. The smartbook being my first HPC (previously a psion user) I was a little aprehensive over the OS and its ease of use compared to Epoc systems however im yet to have a problem.

How units like this are not still produced and sold to the public is beyond me. Had it connected via ethernet. Very impressed with the speed of loading pages . Will over the weekend try out GPRS using a spare sim card as untill i purchase a CF Wi-Fi card ill be without a data connection away from home.

One thing i wasn't expecting was the level of interest generated by it (the guy in the canteen being one).Some of the family came round this evening and they were all amazed by it, showing far more positive reaction compared to my vario 2 (get one in for HPC's hehehe) even though they had no idea what it was.

Aware that im staring to write an essay ill leave it there and go play some more

Hey, how many of us here can say they've actually met C:Amie in person?

It's always good to meet a fellow/prospective user/convert in person. Don't take my illusive once in a lifetime surfacing as the rarity though - the fact that I was buying, that was the rarity!

The individual in the canteen certainly caught me off guard. I have absolutely no idea who on earth that was though!

Welcome to the delights of the Handheld PC, welcome to mobile freedom and, as we say. Welcome to HPC:Factor

Thanks for the welcome, Looking forward to becomming more active in the community as I lean more of HPC's

I had no idea I was part of such an exclusive group meeting C:Amie

Getting the smartbook has re-ignited my interest in HPC and Psions (Am I allowed to mention them here lol)

Only the Netbook Pro. (Just kidding. )

Any SmartBook G138's left? I've been looking all over on ebay and stumbled onto this. Thanks...

Yup, and a second hand one too.

As the man said Fully primed with new batteries and raring to go.

I have been experimenting and am pleased to announce that I have found a way to get the G138's to talk to Windows Vista. You can drag and drop files across but unfortunately there is no compatibility with Sync Cenntre. It can read the CF/PC card storage adapters too.

See: CESDH0040

Devices are still available, so if you're interested please get in touch and have a chat

Hi

I am new to HPC Factor, forums and HPCs having previously used Psions (Sorry). I find the Jornada very good and have just bought a new 728 (still awaiting delivery). I have a NEC 900C but I find this slower and less user friendly than the Jornada apart from the brilliant keyboard of course. I am intersted in a Smartbook G138 and have sent a couple of enquiry emails from your website but have had no response. Not suprising since no doubt you've been extremely busy getting this site up and running again. Thanks very much for that, I missed the site when it was down.

Have you got any Smartbooks left? If so do they have functioning batteries and how much are you asking at the moment? I may sell my 900C to part fund the purchase. I am located in East Yorkshire in the UK.