From: Tom Trottier (TomATrottier_at_home.com)
Date: Sun Jul 09 2000 - 17:53:49 EDT
Hi Mike,
Well, I have an HP OmniGo rather than a PalmPilot/WorkPad, and I
gather it works more slowly than PalmPilot. But I did especially
find it useful for schedules, because I can just cut and paste
information from the emails, Web pages, etc. into the schedule.
I also find that the entry of repetitive appointments is much easier
with the device than paper.
Searching for names or bits of information is also much easier, and
even faster despite my impatient thumb twiddling while I wait. It
seems faster when you're actually fingering through papers because
you're doing something.
Graffiti, though, is slower than handwriting, and the screen is
small, especially compared to an 8 1/2 by 11 notebook. So I often
take my 701 along to meetings.
Tom
At 2000 July 8 - Saturday 21:15, <mlingen_at_attglobal.net>
spoke about *WorkPads -- are they useful?...* saying
> Sorry for the slightly off-topic post but I thought that I would question
> the group.
>
> I have been asked if I would like to shift my duties at work from Physics
> teacher to Network Administrator/Technology coordinator since our IT person
> left and the district for which I work is interested in more closely
> integrating technology to curriculum since we have a large amount of
> capacity but little use. My duties will revolve around network maintenance
> and coordinating technology with software, such as TI's "Interactive!" For
> those of you that use PDA's, do you find them useful (better than paper 1.0
> and pencil 1.3)?
>
> Our network is NT 4.0 based with everything from win 3.1 to 98 and (augh)
> Macs and yes Virgina, they are all networked together. I'm impressed with
> what MS touts can be done with syncing PDA's and Outlook-but does it work?
> By the end of the day I'm sure my brain is going to be fried, so I want a
> way to stay organized.
>
> Thoughts?
>
>
> Mike Lingenfelter
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