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Subject: Re: How to go portable?

Author: John Wrenn

Date: 10:03:41 05/23/05

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On May 22, 2005 at 18:02:32, Ray Rogers wrote:

>On May 22, 2005 at 17:50:57, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>
>>On May 22, 2005 at 17:40:45, Ray Rogers wrote:
>>
>>>On May 22, 2005 at 15:10:00, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>>
>>>>On May 22, 2005 at 15:03:50, John Wrenn wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Hi All, First post for me here and looking for advice on how to go portable. The
>>>>>options as I see them are Saitek Maestro or Navag Star Ruby/Sapphire  -  or buy
>>>>>a pda and load mini-Fritz etc.  Grateful for thoughts of owners of each and
>>>>>advic eon best way forward.  I don't need a pda, thanks.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>A Palm Zire 71 with Hiarcs might be the best.
>>>>
>>>>Jorge
>>>
>>>Did you intend Zire 21? Simple device, no multi-media stuff, with good battery
>>>life compared to other PDA's. Some who post here have the 21. I would include
>>>Genius as a "must-have" as well as HIARCS.
>>>
>>>Cheers.
>>>
>>>Ray.
>>
>>I meant to say Palm zire 31 or 72.
>>
>>Jorge
>
>OK. As a matter of interest I have a mag here that says battery life of 7 hrs
>and 4 minutes for a Zire 21 and only 2 hours 49 for the "31"! If you ONLY want a
>chess opponent this may be the most important factor as there won't be many
>Elo's in it.
>
>Cheers.
>
>Ray.

Thanks everyone - the message is loud and clear: go pda!  It is just a case of
deciding if I want any other features with my pda.
John



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