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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
N30 Convert!, 2 Mar 2006
As a long-time Psion user (Series 3C and 5mx) I finally had to succumb to modern technology when the Psion began to be unreliable and I was given this as a gift. I have to say, I love it! Having looked into it, I think I probably would have selected this one myself, had I been buying.It’s small and lightweight and does everything I need it to do. I find Activesynch to be fine. I synchronise my N30 on a work and a home PC, using different settings for each and it’s unproblematic. I love the ease-of-use of ‘Pocket’ versions of programs like Outlook, rather than converting my old Psion applications to synch with Windows. I do miss the large keyboard and have had to recalibrate the N30 screen a couple of times since using a screen protector film, as it seems to lose some sensitivity, particularly when using the small on-screen keyboard. I was impressed with the accuracy of the handwriting recognition (anyone remember the Apple Newton, which was atrocious?), but have defaulted to on-screen keyboard entry (old habits…). Also bought the Acer leather case, which is very high quality – imitations available on the web looked shoddy. I was initially concerned about the manual’s warnings about losing data if the battery was exhausted, and thought I would need to regularly plug the mains adapter into the power socket on the supplied synch cable. Soon discovered that the unit recharges from the USB connection to a PC and, as I have mine connected at least once a day, low battery has never been a problem. The reminder alarm is loud enough to be audible when I’ve got this stuffed in a briefcase on the back seat of the car (which has been fortunate!) and the diary functions are great (standard Outlook stuff). Did have a minor panic when I thought I’d lost 80% of my contacts, but realised I’d accidentally selected ‘Recent Contacts’ rather than ‘All Contacts’ (Doh!) As someone who was initally cynical of the Pocket PC platform, I wouldn’t now go back to a proprietary system. Only four stars because of the screen issue. I like the flexibility and the add-ons (considering the SatNav), and it looks really smart.
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