Hi Kenny,
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Peter, why is your mail identified as Steve Weyer?
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I don't know - I can only say I'm honored!
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Yes, I would be interested. You have always given a Newton user's view of other hand helds and I think on this list, it makes perfect sense. BTW, are you able to transfer or share any Newton info with your Psion Revo?
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Depends on what you mean by information. One of the key issues facing anybody with more than 1 PDA is how to manage data on both and avoid unnecessary duplication. After struggling with this issue for a few months, I've come up with the following solution which works for me:
The Revo (which I always have with me) is where I keep the master copy of all my Names and Dates info. I back this data up to Outlook 98 on my desktop, and using Outlook, then copy the updated names over to the Newton. I don't keep any Dates info on the Newton, since I find the Revo Agenda is much more flexible, and has an alarm volume that will knock your socks off (I missed a number of appointments in the past either because I didn't have my Newton with me or didn't hear the Palm's anemic alarm - these things just don't happen with the Revo).
I love the power and flexibility of Newt's Cape, and the Newton's bigger screen, thus prefer the Newton for off-line web-browsing. As much as I like InkSpot, it can only download about 15 articles per minute from a newsgroup. Revo downloads them 4 to 5 times as fast (60 - 80 articles per minute), so as long as I have to pay for phone time, I use the Revo to read newsgroups. (Revo can also download mail about 4x faster than Newton, but I still like SimpleMail because there are so many ways it lets me manipulate data).
I do most of my brainstorming on the Newton, and all my financial and database stuff on the Revo. The built-in spreadsheet is a dream (print-outs look fantastic).
Right now I can shift texts back and forth between the Newton and Psion over the desktop or via email, and I'm eagerly awaiting a version of BackTalk that will let me beam stuff using only the IR ports. That will be a major improvement. If you're interested in more details, I found a Revo review on PDA-Buzz:
http://206.245.177.32/Reviews/Detailed/Psion_Revo.html
I'd also be interested in hearing how others on this list deal with more than one PDA.
Peter
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