Help answer a question for a confused college student
Mike
I am looking for peoples opinion on which model to buy, if at all. I
really want to be able to take notes while in class on the Palm so
here are a few questions I have, 1. is the handwriting recg really
good enough to keep pace with me if I am writing at a fast pace? 2.
Am i wasting my money on the IIIx for the extra memory or would the
III suit my needs. Honestly it will be used mostly for note taking
which averages about 10pgs a day. My final question is how many
programs will the III hold with my other demands, Okay here is the
final question, honestly what is the difference between the IIIx and
the V, besides size and a regarchable battery?
THanks in advance,
Michael
Dave Reece
Much though I love my Palm I wouldn't use it for serious note-taking. I
certainly can't get enough accuracy at anything like the speed I would have
needed in the far-off days when I was in your situation - it really isn't
intended to be used that way. Maybe others have achieved this, though. I
strongly recommend you try any handheld you are considering for something
like this before spending money.
If you do decide on a Palm, though, regarding your other questions:
The screen is more readable on the IIIx than the III, but I'm sure either
would be acceptable. You can add memory later to a III if you need to. The
number of programs you can get on any Palm obviously depends on their size.
My palm IIIx is not half-full with over 40 apps and a large number of
appointments and contacts. My wife has an original Palm Pilot 1000 with only
1MB and has about 20 progs on it. Most Palm programs are very small! For
detailed info in all the different Palm models you should take a look at
Products & Software at www.palm.com
HTH
Dave Reece
da...@reece.de
D-50189 Elsdorf
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Piet De Booser
Mike wrote in message <38200140....@news.pacbell.net>...
>Thanks for taking the time to read this.
>I am looking for peoples opinion on which model to buy, if at all. I
>really want to be able to take notes while in class on the Palm so
>here are a few questions I have, 1. is the handwriting recg really
>good enough to keep pace with me if I am writing at a fast pace? 2.
>Am i wasting my money on the IIIx for the extra memory or would the
>III suit my needs. Honestly it will be used mostly for note taking
>which averages about 10pgs a day. My final question is how many
>programs will the III hold with my other demands, Okay here is the
>final question, honestly what is the difference between the IIIx and
>the V, besides size and a regarchable battery?
>THanks in advance,
>Michael
For handwriting recognition you can also try add-on software such as JOT
from CIC, for me this recognition is better than what's built into the palm
(graffiti).
You should not only consider the IIIx for the extra memory but also for the
better screen.
If you don't need more than 2MB memory I would go to the V otherwise
consider the IIIx or the Vx (8Mb and faster chip than the V).
Regards, Piet
Victor Hastings
(snip)
i doubt that you could accurately take 10+ pages/day of notes using
graffiti or any other handwriting enhancement.
if you are a decent typist, the gotype keyboard might speed up your
data entry.
b...@ripley.alien.nols.com
In article <38200140....@news.pacbell.net>, Mike wrote:
>Thanks for taking the time to read this.
>I am looking for peoples opinion on which model to buy, if at all. I
>really want to be able to take notes while in class on the Palm so
>here are a few questions I have, 1. is the handwriting recg really
>good enough to keep pace with me if I am writing at a fast pace? 2.
I'm a grad student and I use my Palm IIIx & GoType! to take notes
in lectures, as well as when I'm doing library research, or writing
drafts for my thesis. It hasn't let me down yet!
I'd forget about getting the speed you need out of Grafitti or
Jot, though. The necessity to write each letter as a separate stroke
is really crippling. Its OK for small things of course, but I wouldn't
dream of trying to take good notes using it. FYI, I use SmartDoc for
notes and DiddleBug for any illustrations I need to do. I have them both
mapped to function keys on the keyboard so my switch time is minimal.
>Am i wasting my money on the IIIx for the extra memory or would the
>III suit my needs. Honestly it will be used mostly for note taking
>which averages about 10pgs a day. My final question is how many
The memory probably isn't an issue, but the *screen* is. The IIIx has
a much better screen than the III, and is reason enough to upgrade (I went
from a Palm Professional to my IIIx, basically just for the screen.)
>programs will the III hold with my other demands, Okay here is the
>final question, honestly what is the difference between the IIIx and
>the V, besides size and a regarchable battery?
IMHO, the only thing the V has going for it is its smaller size. The
rechargeable battery is a flaw (IMHO!), not a feature -- I far prefer
being able to drop in a pair of AAA's when I need to, rather than worry
about whether or not I remembered to leave the Palm in its cradle over night.
Add to the fact that at a student's income, a IIIx is a heck of a lot
cheaper than a V or a Vx and the answer becomes pretty clear.
I've ordered a Visor but I won't be giving up my IIIx until LandWare's
Visor-GoType! is released (probably next summer).
To sum up, my advice would be to get a IIIx and a GoType. It's compact,
(relatively) inexpensive, and easy to set up & maintain (unlike a laptop).
--
Ben Steeves; BCS (Soft. Sys.) -- bste...@unb.ca
Faculty of Computer Science -- University of New Brunswick
http://www.cs.unb.ca
"The Internet is so big, so powerful and so pointless that for some
people it's a complete substitute for life."
-- Andrew Brown
Mike Matthews
would make your typing much easier!
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Mestizgo
I used to think that too, untill I mastered Graphity ---once you learn that
you'll me writing messages at least as fast as through the key board.
AND, you won't have to carry around a keyboard.
Larger memos can be done through your PC and synced to the Palm.
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