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| For School...
Something that I can use for notes/writing papers on the go at school and connect to the internet with my PCMCIA WiFi Card.
Does anyone anything for sale that would fit this bill.
I would prefer something that is reliable and has decent battery life that is not beat to hell. |
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H/PC Elite Posts: | 566 |
Location: | Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom | Status: | |
| A HP Jornada 720 would be good fo you, look for my thread about 'Recomended H/PC running H/PC 2000'
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H/PC Elder Posts: | 1,712 |
Location: | New Mexico, US | Status: | |
| Agreed on the 720 although I own a NEC MobilePro790 (short 790 or MP790 ). The J720 is smaller and handier than the 790, and in retrospect, I would have fork out a bit more for it. 
If price is an issue and size is not, the 790 is something to look at.  |
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H/PC Elder Posts: | 2,294 |
Location: | Sunny California | Status: | |
| 720, nice and compact, with a great battery life and keyboard.
But if you have plenty of money and buy TextMaker, you can get the new SmartBook G138
EDIT: H/PC Sensei Edited by ProgramSynthesiser 2005-04-04 7:18 PM
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H/PC Elder Posts: | 1,953 |
Location: | BC, Canada | Status: | |
| Anaya, YGPM!
(Any regulars on the forums who can take a hint would know what I'm trying to sell, lol) |
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H/PC Elder Posts: | 1,712 |
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| ProgramSynthesiser - 2005-04-04 5:12 PM
720, nice and compact, with a great battery life and keyboard.
But if you have plenty of money and buy TextMaker, you can get the new SmartBook G138
EDIT: H/PC Sensei
All hail the new Sensei! Konnichiwa Sensei! |
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H/PC Vanguard Posts: | 2,579 |
Location: | The Lone Star State | Status: | |
| Anaya - 2005-04-04 3:54 PM
For School...
Something that I can use for notes/writing papers on the go at school and connect to the internet with my PCMCIA WiFi Card.
Does anyone anything for sale that would fit this bill.
I would prefer something that is reliable and has decent battery life that is not beat to hell.
The Jornada 680 would be ideal for your needs, although it is not a HPC2000 Device, but for what you need, it may fit the bill. It is a lot less expencive.
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H/PC Elder Posts: | 1,953 |
Location: | BC, Canada | Status: | |
| Hi, Anaya, I see you still haven't received the private message from me.
Please click on the "inbox" link (which should be in red) near the top of the page. |
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| Anaya - 2005-04-04 4:54 PM
For School...
Something that I can use for notes/writing papers on the go at school and connect to the internet with my PCMCIA WiFi Card.
Does anyone anything for sale that would fit this bill.
I would prefer something that is reliable and has decent battery life that is not beat to hell.
Hi, Anaya. Well, all the recommendations you've received will work, no doubt; but some will work better than others. If you intend to use your H/PC for text a lot, and if you touch-type (I define a touch-typist as someone who can type 60 wpm or more without looking at the kbd ), then you may want to consider the MobilePro line. I have had a 720 for a few years, I've been using a NEC MobilePro 900 for a bit over a year, and I can tell you that I would NEVER go back to the smaller HP 7XX keyboard. Anyone who tells you that they can touch-type on an HP72X is either using the wrong definition of "touch-typing" or is not being objective. That being said, if portatbility is a big issue for you, the HP 72X's are a lot more portable than the Pro's. That's my two cents, period, over and out!  |
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| Uncle Ben - 2005-04-08 3:50 AM
Hi, Anaya. Well, all the recommendations you've received will work, no doubt; but some will work better than others. If you intend to use your H/PC for text a lot, and if you touch-type (I define a touch-typist as someone who can type 60 wpm or more without looking at the kbd ), then you may want to consider the MobilePro line. I have had a 720 for a few years, I've been using a NEC MobilePro 900 for a bit over a year, and I can tell you that I would NEVER go back to the smaller HP 7XX keyboard. Anyone who tells you that they can touch-type on an HP72X is either using the wrong definition of "touch-typing" or is not being objective. That being said, if portatbility is a big issue for you, the HP 72X's are a lot more portable than the Pro's. That's my two cents, period, over and out!
hehe ... could not resist the "challenge" ... so here's a short video showing my "less-than-perfect" touchtyping on a 680e ...
http://www.geocities.com/direct2system/tt.wmv
It is really tricky trying to aim the webcam at the keyboard and screen while touchtyping!  ... hehe ... but I managed to scrap through ... more or less ...
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ok ok, I confess. This was like my 3rd try or something. The first few tries, the camera was totally off. And I sometimes made mistakes ... ... So ... while one can touch-type on the 680e, albeit slowly ... it is definitely less comfy than doing it on a full size keyboard!
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H/PC Oracle Posts: | 16,175 |
Location: | Budapest, Hungary | Status: | |
| Uncle Ben, by this definition, i can touch type, but by mine, i cannot not the usual fashion at least. but it works on the jornada too so i'm almost as fast with the 728 as with my PC. |
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H/PC Oracle Posts: | 16,175 |
Location: | Budapest, Hungary | Status: | |
| Snappy: nice video |
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H/PC Vanguard Posts: | 2,579 |
Location: | The Lone Star State | Status: | |
| Yes snappy nice! good use of the thumbs. |
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H/PC Elder Posts: | 1,712 |
Location: | New Mexico, US | Status: | |
|  .... *bow* *bow* ...
I want to thank my 680e, the webcam, the sturdy 3yr old PC (running on C3 1Ghz /w 512MB ram (pc100! ) ) and Microsoft MovieMaker ... without them, the video clip would not be possible ... THANK YOU!! hehe |
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