My impressions of a 540:

Very elegant appearance with it's matt finish aluminum casing. A

Removable flip-up visor is very nice with inovative stylus holder on inside
of visor. A+

Smallish screen lacks brilliance and contrast. C

Fast. A+

 Slimmer than others, but surprisingly heavy for it's size. B-

Compact Flash slot cover very ackward. C-

Very sturdy, heavy, and futuristic looking cradle. A+

John


----- Original Message -----
From: "Moises Cambra" <mcambra@pcremotecontrol.com>
To: <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 12:19 PM
Subject: Re:[EE:] Cmments on Jornada 545


> source=Russell McMahon  says:
> > >
> > Summary: Comments from past or present Jornada 545 or 548
> > owners sought.
>
> Kind of old thread, but I have one 545 so I can share my experience with
> it.
>
> I mainly use it with a WiFi card to check email without having to use
> the desktop and wherever I am in the house. One advantage of doing it
> before checking email with Outlook is that I get rid of the viruses and
> spam easily.
>
> I have a GPS CF card working fine, but I have found three problems when
> using it with the Jornada:
> - the metallic case seems to filter out the satellite signals. If I want
> a decent reception I have to use the external antenna. I have tried the
> same GPS CF card in a Dell Axim and it worked without the externall
> antenna really well.
> - the screen is not visible on sunny light.
> - the memory is too low to load any commonly available bitmap based map.
> Vector streets maps might be okay.
>
> I thought I could use it to take notes on talks, but I'm too slow
> compared to hand writing on paper. Then I got the Stowaway foldable
> keyboard, which is a nice thing, but haven't used it much really since
> you need a flat surface to put it on. It could be a nice replacement for
> a laptop to send/receive email on trips, connecting through the cell via
> a Bluetooth CF card.
>
> Sadly, the majority of the latest software/drivers is for ARM based
> CPUs. Something important to check before buying add-on cards...
>
>
> Regards,
> Moises Cambra
>
>
>
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