More on comparison article

Just received the latest copy of The HP Palmtop Paper, read it from cover to cover as usual, and it was a great read! Learned more tips from this one than ever before!

Illuminating article by Mark Scardina comparing the HP 200LX with the new Windows CE Handheld PCs, but where is the database comparison? One of the main strengths of the HP 200LX is that it is built around an excellent database engine.

The phone book comparison doesn't mention that the HP 200LX phone book is fully 'customizable' using the database application.

I have three phone books:

  1. 1. People with fields for spouse and offspring, a check box for sending a Christmas card, and many other personal fields. The name field is split into two: forename and surname, to allow flexibility with subsets, clips, sorting, etc.

  2. 2. Companies obviously laid out differently from the above.

  3. 3. Internal company list again laid out differently.

This flexibility is much more important to me than any synching ability found on the Windows CE Handheld PCs.

Roger Law

100045.1000@compuserve.com