From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <79db0b44d214dd202bc8729693d3f054@vitanuova.com> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu From: rog@vitanuova.com In-Reply-To: <1054830809.1365.50.camel@pc118> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [9fans] handheld computers Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 19:36:39 +0100 Topicbox-Message-UUID: c57c2d44-eacb-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 my problem with all the devices i've seen is battery life and robustness. my old sharp personal organiser lasts for >8months without changing the batteries, and it's been through hell without a murmur (it's over 8 years old now and only a few dead pixels to show for it). it seems a pity that these kinds of characteristics seem inevitable casualties of the progress in other areas.