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- From: lfil@athos.az.stratus.com (Lonnie Filbrun)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
- Subject: Sharp Wizard 9600
- Date: 17 Dec 1992 11:30:55 GMT
- Organization: Stratus Computer Inc, Marlboro MA
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- Greetings & Hello fellow palmtop/handheld/pen computer users...
-
- I recently went to the local Biz-Mart and lo and behold a Wizard 9600
- was on display!!! Quickly I asked the salesperson to let me see the
- creature.
-
- To get to the point.....
- I felt I would post my overall opinion of the beast.
-
- Physically the 9600 is just a tad bit thicker and wider that my
- Wizard 8000.
- I could not put it into the shirt pocket that barely can fit my 9600
- either.
- (yes I did try!)
-
- Almost the same keyboard layout as my 9600.
- (Minus the application keys which are on the screen as labels)
- same "chicklet" keys as the OZ-8000.
-
- I think it ran on 4 X "AAA" batteries with easy no screwdriver
- access,
- and one "organizer" battery for merory protection.
-
- The unit has 256K of memory, one Sharp card slot, and an IR transfer
- port (OZ 9600 to OZ 9600 or OZ 9600 to PC).
-
- As to the use of the organizer, I spent maybe 30 - 40 minutes playing
- with all of the applications in which I found very easy to use.
- The graphical user interface is very quick and robust, If you can
- imagine a small LCD version of a Macintosh's (powerbook?) GUI you got
- it.
-
- And Now in my opinion the pluses and minuses....
-
- + IR Port
- + "AAA" batteries instead of a million "organizer batteries"
- + Graphical User Interface Quick!
- + Software LCD contrast control
- + Very easy to navigate after a few minutes of use.
-
- - Same keyboard as my OZ-8000
- - pen only used for starting applications then pretty much
- useless....
- (except in the scrapbook application)
- - only 256K of on-board memory.
- - Price.. Bizmart is selling the 9600 for approximatly $500.00 :-(
-
- The major problem I thought was that the pen was used just to start
- applications and exit them. then I would lay the pen down to enter
- information.
- (not that I have any better way of entering text with a pen!
- (recognition maybe?))
-
- I found it better to not use the pen and just point with my finger,
- ie
- I have no use for the pen.
-
- How about a meg or two of system memory?
-
- Else: this is a very nice peice of work, but I will wait for the
- evolution process to continue for awhile before I trade in my
- OZ-8000.
-
- Hopefully there is a Sharp person who will read this and can pass it
- on to whom ever does research for the next release.
-
-
- Hope I did not bore you...
-
- FROM a satisfied OZ-8000 user, and developer wanna-be!
-
- Lonnie :-)
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