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Subject: Re: Non-traditional Sight Reduction
From: Robert Eno (enoid@XXX.XXX)
Date: Sat Dec 14 2002 - 02:26:23 EST
Hello Jared,
Ok, you got my attention. Tell me more. Is this the same as a "Palm Pilot"?
I take it that you can load some kind of program into this? Do you know of
a website where I can have look at one of these?
Now I am salivating ;-)
Robert
----- Original Message -----
From: Jared Sherman <jared.sherman@XXX.XXX>
To: <NAVIGATION-L@XXX.XXX>
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 10:23 PM
Subject: Re: Non-traditional Sight Reduction
> Robert-
> I love computers best from a distance, I've spent too much time making
them work for myself and others.
>
> But if you like the Celesticomp computer, you really owe it to yourself to
look at the Palm. Even the cheapest $100 Palm now has 20? 100? times the
brains and memory of the Celesticomp. Anything the Celesticomp can do, the
Palm can do--but it can do a WHOLE lot more. Like give you a free skymap,
that shows stars and planets according to time and position. And be very
effective for email if you find a phone line. Or keeping an inventory of all
the spares on board, and the contact numbers for the makers.
>
> All that and it easily will run for a month or two on two AAA cells, which
can be rechargable or a LiOn battery and a 12V ships power adapter for
little more.
>
> You need to spend a half hour with someone who HAS a Palm, let them show
you what it can do, and the half hour becomes an afternoon or an evening and
then you start shopping for one.<G>
>
> And unlike "computers", Palms tend to be rock stable. Fits in your pocket,
won't mess on the rug, waterproof cases and neck straps all readily
available. 1/3 to 1/5th the price of the Celesticomps, same price if you buy
a real high end Palm, and boy can any of them make the Celesticomp look like
a fossil. (A nice fossil, but a fossil.)
>
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