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Thread ID: 54405	2005-02-11 10:26:00	PDA	Cicero (40)	PC World Chat

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323921	2005-02-11 10:26:00	I have a chum,a land agent,not at all computer savvy. He writes notes that office find hard to decipher.Correct me if I am wrong,but cant you write with thingy on to screen and have it convert to typing? Thing is which pda would do the job for this lad.Pics appointments,that sort of thing.	Cicero (40)
323922	2005-02-11 16:29:00	I am sure that nearly any new pda he buys now would have the software to do that, however if his writing is that poor then i would guess that the pda would also have trouble converting his handwriting to type. Writing on a pda is actually harder than writing on paper I think anyway because there is very little friction from stylus to screen. When I use mine and I am on 'transcriber' mode then my handwriting has actually improved as I have to form letters accurately for this mode to work. He may still get benefit out of a pda if he uses keyboard mode but it would be painfully slow.	sam m (517)
323923	2005-02-11 19:36:00	My palm actually has a specific way it wants you to form the letters right down to stroke direction and timing, you get used to it after about a week though and it wasnt much different to the way I wrote before hand.	lagbort (5041)
323924	2005-02-11 20:14:00	My palm actually has a specific way it wants you to form the letters right down to stroke direction and timing, you get used to it after about a week though and it wasn't much different to the way I wrote before hand. Thanks Lag and Sam,I asked which one to get,am no wiser on if one is better than another.Have you tried others?	Cicero (40)
323925	2005-02-11 20:56:00	I have both Palm and PocketPC versions of PDA. Both will recognise handwriting, but the Palm is slightly better in my opinion. However, if his writing really is that bad, neither is recommended. It will simply be an exercise in frustration. They simply will not work unless some reasonable care is taken over both letter formation and spelling. Letter formation is a learned art on a PDA, there are significant differences to normal writing. Taking that same amount of care using a pen and paper would produce even better results of legibility.	godfather (25)
323926	2005-02-11 21:39:00	I have both Palm and PocketPC versions of PDA. Both will recognise handwriting, but the Palm is slightly better in my opinion. However, if his writing really is that bad, neither is recommended. It will simply be an exercise in frustration. They simply will not work unless some reasonable care is taken over both letter formation and spelling. Letter formation is a learned art on a PDA, there are significant differences to normal writing. Taking that same amount of care using a pen and paper would produce even better results of legibility. I knew you were good,but to operate two,one in each hand,now that is good. Different model toboot,amazing ;)	Cicero (40)
323927	2005-02-11 22:37:00	usually when i want to type hassle free i jsut tap the little 'abc' button in the graffiti area of my zire72 and a keyboard pops up at the bottom of the screen and lets me type quickly and hassle free. for general note taking I would recommend a palmone zire 31 or a tungsten E	lagbort (5041)
323928	2005-02-11 22:37:00	Two? Not likely. Palm Pilot Pro Palm VX Palm m500 Palm Treo 600 Toshiba PocketPC e540 More than ambidextrous.	godfather (25)
323929	2005-02-12 01:12:00	usually when i want to type hassle free i jsut tap the little 'abc' button in the graffiti area of my zire72 and a keyboard pops up at the bottom of the screen and lets me type quickly and hassle free. for general note taking I would recommend a palmone zire 31 or a tungsten E Thanks lag,no mention of Ipaq what's the word on them?	Cicero (40)
323930	2005-02-12 01:16:00	Two? Not likely. Palm Pilot Pro Palm VX Palm m500 Palm Treo 600 Toshiba PocketPC e540 More than ambidextrous. Surely not the feet as well,that would be to much to behold :o	Cicero (40)
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