Palmtop PC

hobchi

Hi all...
I would like to suggest to y'all the use of the small nifty
HP-LX 200, an obsolete palmtop computer. However
it is the best I've found on the mkt to date. About $2-300.

It has a data base engine, spreadsheet and word
processor. You NEED it to keep your diary, budget,
and the hundreds of files for reading and reference.

What reading? All those treatises from the Sunday Times
or from the net about terroism, medicine, and about the
cities around the world that you may stop at. Don't forget
the innesting articles on history, geography, science,
philosophy, psycology, and others.

Then theres data files on travel medicine, what to dos
with what medicines, when, where, when yu kant get
to a western doctor immediately on the Silk Road.

Ever stop in a town at dusk and not know which way
to go? I have files of most towns in SE Asia, GHs, sights,
eats, hang outs, etc.

Oh yes, it will hold/dspy maps and pictures too for show
and tell. of snakes, flowers, girls, guys, etc. Yu can swap
yor CFs from camera to LX. Neet huh?

This little HP-LX 200 will hold all yu want to carry on
220-440 MB ATA flash or CF cards.

I will be in SE Asia Nov 01 to Spring 03 if yor in the area,
do look me up. I'll show you mine, if you show me yours.

yor pal al...................

Heraclitus

As a rule, I love traveling with a PDA (in my case these days it is a Pocket PC.) I can usually stuff so much data on it (including much travel info and advice) that I can dispense with a guidebook or two. However, I'm not taking my Pocket PC to India. I am taking quite a few internal flights and have been warned that Indian airport security is totally paranoid about batteries on carry-ons. If they force me to remove or surrend my batteries, I lose all my precious data! Therefore, I have opted to go low-tech for this trip with good old-fashioned paper. It's a pity but what ya gonna do?

barbara

Myself & my boyfriend are heading off in Feb for 3 mths in India, followed by a variety of other locations. We'd really like to bring a pda/mini laptop with us for the reasons you guys have described & also to maintain a website as we go.

BUT, I'm concerned about

• weight (obviously)
• looking like a complete target with flashy technology
• sheer practicality - getting data on and off in internet cafes, recharging etc.
• If we had something very expensive then I'd also be concerned about losing it, but we'd hope to get something 2nd hand and not too pricey

Any advice?