Apologies that this is a bit OT, but does relate into some areas that are of
interest to people on this list.
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: Hal Goldstein [mailto:hal_goldstein_at_THADDEUS.COM]
Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 5:01 PM
To: HPLX-L_at_UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU
Subject: Jornada 560 dies, takes Corvallis tradition with it
You heard it first here. We just got word, thanks to the merger, HP will no
longer produce its 560 series! (It will most likely continue the 720
Handheld and successors). They will product "HP iPAQs" out of Houston.
Frankly, I find it a total bummer as a long time HP watcher and supporter.
This marks the official end to the tradition started by the Corvallis
division, which invented the calculator. Yes, the division moved to
Singapore and it was never the same. Still there were brilliant, innovative
products that came from Singapore. With the new keyboard-cover HP Jornada
560, I finally, had no regrets leaving the HP 200LX.
In my mind the 560 with longest battery life, fewest bugs, and removable
battery was the best Pocket PC 2002. Now dead!
The HP 200LX -- no successor, and from this list's point of view the best
PDA ever. Dead.
The OmniBook 800 -- efficient design, built in mouse, truly portable. Dead.
The OmniBook 300 -- could actually run it on 4 AA batteries! OS in ROM.
Built-in mouse. Dead
The HP 110 and Portable Plus -- 1985 -- DOS portable with 9 hour battery
life. Everything in ROM. Wonderful machines. Dead.
Now we have HP Houston (who outsources the manufacture and much of the
design of the unit).
Good bye any sense of HP as we knew it.
YUK!
We will have info as we receive it at www.pocketpcmag.com
Hal at Thaddeus
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Received on Wed May 08 2002 - 08:18:56 BST