Handheld comparisons

The March/April '97 issue of The HP Palmtop Paper was yet another job well done! Thank you. I especially enjoyed the article entitled "Comparing the Windows CE Handheld PC to the HP Palmtop," which was well written, informative and unbiased.

I do have a few comments about the article, however:

  1. 1. Under the 'Specifications Comparison,' Mark omitted Memo in the included applications and also neglected to note that the HP 200LX can support even the latest IRDA specification with an optional driver, as he noted in the case of EMS Support.

  2. 2. In the 'Phone Book vs. Contacts' he said, "No" to custom fields in the 200LX. This is odd because the phonebook is fully-customizable. The user is free to change the entire format of the phonebook, if desired.

  3. 3. In the "Spreadsheet Comparison" Mark also says "No" to Undo in Lotus, and "Yes" to Search and Replace! I believe that he may have got his wires crossed here. There is an Undo feature on my HP 200LX, but I have been unable to locate the Search and Replace function! (Undo can be found by using: "Menu/ Worksheet /Global/Default/ Other/Undo/Enable".)

Ian Melville

ianmel@opus-networx.com