Re: [NTLK] iPaq wielding Bottled Water Guy

From: Gregory J. Wayman (gwayman_at_mac.com)
Date: Thu Jun 06 2002 - 10:19:21 EDT


I could have, but I'll bet he had no knowledge of the device other than what
he was told to do
with it. My first sign was when he handed it to me upside down :)
I have beamed notes to iPuc's before and It does see the NEWTON (even says
NEWTON on the
Puc's screen.......nice being "recognized"

Victor Rehorst wrote:

> On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Gregory J. Wayman wrote:
>
> > The bottled water guy came to deliver some water to my office today.
> > He comes in and instead of sighing a piece of paper and getting a
> > receipt as usual, He thrusts his iPaq at me to "sign" in a designated
> > box. He then beamed the info to a tiny printer he had on his belt and
> > out it spits a perfect little receipt with my sig on the bottom I
> > thought that was a pretty nifty use for a hand held. So I, of course
> > take out my 2100 to show him. This surprised me, He liked the size of
> > the Newt, he said the iPaq was a little to small for him. Usually is
> > all you get is "That's Huge" comments from Paq-Palm people.
>
> So, did you use BackTalk to beam a note to his belt printer? That woulda
> wowed him.
>
> Mental note: build IR range extender, follow Crystal Springs delivery
> trucks around :)
>
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