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And racists are easy to spot (you guys give yourself away all the time)

I thought "learn english" and "pissing in the wind" were pretty funny
and appropriate. Still do. But somone else will have to take credit for
ass. That wasn't me.
-Terry
"SanDisk Memory Card"

I said the long term cost is higher due to potential proprietary sleeve
(which you have never been able to justify for me) and factory-only
replaceable battery. You provided the current cost which I freely admit
looks appealing.

I will not be tossing my PDA in two years. I hope you are in the minority.
PDAs are supposed to be ready for general consumer consumption. Only early
adopters throw away a $500 devcie in two years. Nobody is going to get rich
selling to early adopters. Recognize that Palm is no longer targeting early
adopters. If PocketPC is targeted at only early adopters, it will fail.

You know we're giving Yuri a LOT of attention. And the more we give him the
more he complains. Could it that is all he is really after?

etc. etc.

Yuri,

You complain about iPaq users having to lug sleeves around yet you don't
have a problem lugging around extra batteries. You also say the MicroDrive
saved you money over CF cards, yet the reason you need all the extra
batteries (which aren't cheap!) is because the MicroDrive uses so much
power.

I'm going to recharge my iPaq over night and (maybe) once at the office and
I'll be fine. No spare batteries needed. My CF sleeve ways far less than
your spare battery and MicroDrive and the total size/weight of my unit will
still be less than your Casio / MicroDrive.

Too each his own. I can get by with a 128meg CF card. You need 340megs of
god knows what (oh yea we all know now. We all know way more about you than
we ever wanted :-) (cool it I'm just joking). I would rather carry a CF
sleeve, you would rather carry a spare battery. What ever.

John H.

Non-Replacable Battery - The battery in my cell phone IS replaceble and my
cell phone stays with me where ever I go. Guess what? I don't even own a
second battery. I don't need it. When I travel I take the cradle
charger. When I go camping or forget to charge it I use the car charger.
It has never been a problem. And the batter life on it is far less than
it will be on the iPaq. Also the battery in it is 3 years old and not even
starting to show signs of age (and the iPaq uses even a newer technology
battery than my cell phone). Replaceable battery's are not the least bit of
an issue with me (though the cost of the car adapter bothers me)

Sleeves - I need wireless ethernet for the office. Try that on the HP or
Casio. I want the future GPS sleeve (no cables). I might even consider
the proposed TV sleeve. Yet most of the time I'll probably use it without
a sleeve. Why have the extra bulk of built in CF+, PCMCIA, wired GPS, etc.
when you aren't using it. My PCMCIA sleeve will stay at the office. My
GPS sleeve will only be used when I travel (better than lugging a separate
GPS and cable). My CF+ sleeve will probably be used a lot but I always
have the option of leaving it behind. I think its a great idea.

Display - Get over it. Everyone agrees that the iPaq has a great screen,
inside and out. Is it as good as the Casio indoors under perfect lighting
conditions? Probably not. But I want something readable under all
lighting conditions, not just perfect ones. When I'm driving a car and
I'm using my GPS sleeve I don't want to waste time trying to juggle my
handheld so I can see where I'm going. As far as being "milky" it might
look a little milky side by side with the Casio under Casio's favoriate
lighting conditions. And 4096 colors is all *I* need.

EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT. For me the iPaq meets my needs. For my game
enthusiest son (who would break one if he brought it outdoors) the Casio is
probably a better choice. For those looking for a good all around simple
business unit with built in CF the HP might be the better choice. (I'm sure
there a lot of other reasons to buy each unit. These are just examples).
We really need to stop maligning the other units. The Palmheads are really
getting a kick out of this. We all have our opinions but it really is best
to only state them once. It gets really OLD hearing the iPaq has a "milky"
screen and non-replaceable batteries, over and over, over and over,over and
over,over and over,over and over.