Art,
I wanted to let the thread know that I used my NEC MobilePro 770 on vacation. I used it to view web pages that I had downloaded before the trip (which I can retrieve off-line with active links if the links were viewed while on-line), to take notes at the meeting, to read e-mail off the AOL NetMail site, and to read/post to SI. This is a dream machine in 65K color.
I wanted to show the device to some of the SNDK folks, but the receptionist made most of us wait like 20 minutes to a half an hour in the lobby area so there was no time for schmoozing before the session began. (Rex had a better lay of the land and reported directly to the site of the meeting.) I also wanted to show off some of the Windows CE software that I downloaded, but several of the trial versions expired the weekend before. I wanted them to see my mp3 program, the Sierra Image Expert photo editing software, and Windows CE Internet Explorer. I had also intended to download the audio software from Audible.com which is designed for palm PC's (I actually have a H/PC) and some language translation software (dictionaries), but did not have time to download them before leaving home.
I firmly believe that Windows CE and content providers such as Audible.com could be a big boon for SNDK in carving out a niche for removable memory in the portable computing market. This will only be a matter of time...then Dr. Harari can add PDA's to his list of potential megamarkets.
BY THE WAY, THE MEETING WAS IN THE EMPLOYEE CAFETERIA WHICH HAD BEEN REARRANGED INTO AN AUDITORIUM-LIKE SEATING CONFIGURATION. WE COULD NOT FIND THE BULLETIN BOARD WHERE ALL THE INSIDE INFORMATION IS POSTED FOR EMPLOYEES TO READ. YOU KNOW, THE BOARD WHERE ALL THE "SAFE HARBOR" DISCLAIMERS ARE LEFT OFF THE RELEASES (wink, wink). SEEMS LIKE THEY TOOK THAT BOARD DOWN JUST IN TIME FOR THE MEETING OR MAYBE THEY ADDED ANOTHER SANDWICH VENDING MACHINE AS A PROP JUST TO COVER IT UP. NEITHER REX NOR I HAD THE GUTS TO ASK THE QUESTION..."By the way, where is that little board just for employees?" (WE JUST COULD NOT THINK OF A TACTFUL WAY OF SLIPPING IT INTO THE Q and A SESSION, ALTHOUGH WE BOTH TOYED WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF JUMPING IN AFTER THE "When are we gonna see a billion in annual revenues."-volley.) ALTHOUGH WE BOTH LOOKED HIGH AND LOW, IT WAS TOO WELL CONCEALED. NOT EVEN AL SHUGART COULD FIND IT. HE DID HELP US LOOK FOR IT, TOO. THEN HE EVEN BOUGHT EACH OF US AN EGG SALAD SANDWICH (THE KIND IN THE SQUARE PLASTIC BOX WITH A SARAN WRAP WINDOW) AND A DOCTOR PEPPER. ALL IN ALL THE TRIP WAS WORTH IT EVEN JUST FOR THAT HANDSHAKE, THAT SANDWICH, and THAT SOFT DRINK.
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