I do not know whether to blame in the hunt to change places, or is the basic desire for a little shiny gadgets (say, every adult was once a child, although we have not checked), but all the time peeping on a portable computing. Well have a laptop, well - a pocket computer. But even better to have it both, plus all sorts of prichindaly allegedly facilitating the work ("allegedly" - because no work on my knees really can not be a single self-indulgence). Let's talk specifically about prichindalah. Of electronic devices designed to expand the use of laptop computers - handheld and those that are more ... The fact that the "pack" digital assistant under the very outset, to approach the display case with laptops meaning seems to be no. And the shop still pulls. That had to find something curious - so as not to lose their zest for life (and the incentive to earn good money, because all of these toys are even very few).
Dream of repeaters
Young people today ushlaya and technically very competent. On the exams are so many things that the poor teacher has sadly come to terms - still write off. In the course of going electronic notebooks, digital voice recorders, PDAs, cell phones and even digital cameras. (I was recently told about a young amateur photographer, who brought on his father's school exam camera, the display is trying to blow the essay on "Katherine - a ray of light in the darkness"). Of the same breed - electronic cheat sheets - and the thing about which would be nice to once again remind you. This is a portable text scanner C-Pen 600MX. It is designed as a plastic token with an LCD screen on the side surface, is able to scan the text line by line, how to recognize it, to translate into computer format, and simultaneously translated from Russian into English and vice versa. Moreover, the number of dictionaries much more - that proinstalliruete, then will have.
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| C-Pen 600MX |
Pen scanner sold long ago and not very successfully. The reason - the high cost ($ 260) and, probably, is not quite obvious applications of this thing. A handle, among other things, great. Quite frankly - a miracle pen. About the scanning and recognition of already written, rewritten. Less talk about organizational talent C-Pen. A scanner that in some cases can replace a PDA, especially when dimensions of the device and a long (about four weeks) the battery life. The first and most simple application of C-Pen (not counting the actual scanning) - address book. Capacity programs from C-Address 250 contacts, each of which can fill in name, last name, phone number, home address or email address. It is possible to overtake the information from MS Outlook synchronization C-Pen with a PC. Or to suffer a bit and take information directly from business card (the same scanner). By the way, as a scanner C-Pen works so-so. In the sense - do not read graphics and a slightly bungle with reversing (white letters on a black or colored background - a unique feature built-in light bulbs). But the pen and is not intended for scanning schedules. This crib, electronic "perediratel" library tomes, which under normal scanner does not give out (surprisingly, to what we are librarian-fisted).
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But "raspoznavalka and translator working perfectly. Using C-Pen can read any overseas newspaper, with only a very rough knowledge of English - say, at the level of system messages Windows (this is life itself will teach). Another new feature - a portable digitizer. Using the pen can write on paper, though not "free" style, as close as possible to a set of coded symbols in the memory stick. Epic canvas, thus, of course, do not carve, but put in an electronic document ornate signature - easily.Or make a small comment. Or anything else - as suggests the fantasy and the harsh dictates the need. Finally, the screen C-Pen with a certain dexterity and good eyesight can read the book. Facilities are not so hot, but if such a function is, why not use it? Memory C-Pen to 6 megabytes is enough for storing 2,000 scanned pages of text. Ah, yes pen ... For me personally, the acquisition of C-Pen is problematic for one sad reason. In my laptop has no serial or infrared ports. And in the PDA - no infra-red (the most unforgivable flaw Casio BE-300). So that connect C-Pen is simply not what. Unless, of course, does not adapt to a laptop computer external power adapter.
Infrared port
No, it is also not new. Adapters IrDA produced and sold a long time ago. With regard to notebooks, they are of two types - connected to the serial COM-port and connected to the bus USB (for desktop machines available modules - "comb", connected to the connector on the motherboard and fitted with an infrared transceiver - LED, which should be strengthened on the outside of the computer Corps). Since the COM-port on my computer is missing, had to choose an adapter for the bus USB. Describe any particular model is hardly worth all the adapters are about the same (for me - Tekram IR-210U). Plastic head with integrated transceivers, the base, tightly let into the adapter cable USB. Everything is quite ordinary. Installation under Windows XP went without problems. True, we had to use the CD as a Windows distribution is the only driver for the adapter, IR-210 for serial port. If I had a COM-port, we could try to install a standard driver, which seems to be rising without any problems. But cope and USB. Knowledgeable people warned - infrared adapter for the USB bus sometimes naughty. It creates a virtual COM-port, and this leads to resource conflicts. I do not know, yet I have no conflicts befall. All the works on time, all synchronized, rewrites, pumps and so on. Moreover, the communication distance - twenty centimeters - quite "cabinet." PDA and cell phone is not necessary to attach too close to the laptop and the printer can move up and the laptop itself. Sorry, very sorry that the BE-300 is not equipped with an infrared link. Synchronization Palm `a (more precisely - Sony CLIE first, even three hundredth of the model) is very funny and without connecting any wires. Honestly, though Come over to Palm. Well, take some m100, they are now quite cheap ... And spare my eyes to it, because the monochrome m100 displeychike little I can see. Books I read with difficulty, that's for sure. Although ... Is it too bold for the person writing - and even read it?
One for all
And here - a real novelty. And even some new! Is a universal keyboard that easily connects to any handheld computer (well, not much to anyone), any notebook and any desktop computer, if it belongs to the family PC. External keyboard MDC-8231 TWINkey production unknown to me Maxmars resembles compact keyboards Genius (one of them I take a long time and very pleased) ... No, perhaps, TWINkey even less.
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All the keys of this TWINkey merged into one unit. Separate numeric keypad not, the cursor keys are located under the press Enter, a series of function keys (they reduced size) are placed on top and nothing from the main part are not separated. In the upper part of the body are the usual lights on number three, as expected according to the established canon. In general, similar to the "notebook" keyboard - someone may not like it. But - Dimensions ... In the standard step size keyboard keys do not exceed the discharge the same in a portable keyboard Go Type! (Exclamation mark here - part of the name). Technologically, the keyboard - the usual "band" (which clearly indicates that it is relatively inexpensive).Tightly integrated cable with PS / 2 is designed to connect the keyboard to the PC ... This is the "hard" - not very good because it reduces the portability of the device. Well, okay, all normal keyboard cable is built tough and is not detached. A near full-time cable on the back of the keyboard case, there is a connector to connect the PDA. To him is short (centimeters twenty or twenty-five) cable to sync pocket machines. To connect all this economy, and - went to type texts ... What kind of handheld computers TWINkey compatible? With many "Pocket." Namely - with Palm `Amami and their clones, with the iPaq (support for other Pocket PC also announced, but as something casual, not obviously) and ... for now. In the Palm `s third and fifth series (series m1hh absent), and Sony all modifications. Apparently, the only difference is the connection cable and plug that connects to the PDA. Well, certainly in the driver support. If there are no drivers for the m100, then this keyboard would be useless - in a very short time, as the owners of machines series Palm m1xx enterprising people (and Maxmars, presumably to catch the crows will not) ... How easy to solve long-standing problem of entering the information into a PDA! It would seem - to design the controller, providing a normal keyboard and earn the appropriate connector. But somehow it does not go. That is a niche market seemed trifling, or lacking intelligence. Universal Keyboard TWINkey buy even those who still do not have the CPC for the same reason that the future car owner buys a first alarm and a set of tools. And only then - the car. The authors, translation: