Why a PalmPilot?
The PalmPilot is small, light, and focused in purpose, but those are only part of its appeal. It’s also a hit because:
- It’s inexpensive.
Older models can be found for $100 or less; the middle of the line remains around $250; and even the wireless high-end machine, the PalmPilot VII, costs less than a fraction of a laptop’s price. Everything is included: software, the cradle that connects the PalmPilot to your PC, and the synchronization software.
- The batteries keep going and going.
A pair of AAA batteries lasts most people a month or more of using the PalmPilot every day. Weeks? The average laptop battery won’t run three hours. Even black-and-white Windows CE palmtops conk out after a week or so.
- Syncing is simple.
A single press of a single button brings your PC and your PalmPilot up to date with each other. Every name, address, appointment, or note you’ve jotted into your PalmPilot gets transferred to your PC—and vice versa—literally with the press of that single button. You can even synchronize your data on the road, by dialing into your home computer with a PalmPilot modem.
- The software is elegantly designed.
For example, when you’re writing names and addresses, the PalmPilot capitalizes names automatically. And the day-at-a-glance calendar view concatenates empty hours, so that your entire day’s agenda fits on one screen.
- It talks to popular PC programs.
The PalmPilot comes with address-book, note-taking, and calendar programs for your desktop computer—software ...