Overseas Travel Options

[donk0yote]

with the increased security now days, has anyone any advise on travelling with a
c860? i will be flying from US to europe in december and want to keep the zaurus on my person during the flight.

[kopsis]

I wouldn't expect that to be much of a problem. I've flown to Sweden a few times in recent years with a whole briefcase full of gadgets (including a SL-5500 and SL-C760) and it's never been a problem. You'll have to subject everything to the x-ray machines at passenger screening and you may find your bag singled out for closer inspection, but it's really no different than carrying a laptop. And since the C860 has no built in wireless, the flight crew shouldn't object to its use in flight.

[akpoff]

I wouldn't expect that to be much of a problem. I've flown to Sweden a few times in recent years with a whole briefcase full of gadgets (including a SL-5500 and SL-C760) and it's never been a problem. You'll have to subject everything to the x-ray machines at passenger screening and you may find your bag singled out for closer inspection, but it's really no different than carrying a laptop. And since the C860 has no built in wireless, the flight crew shouldn't object to its use in flight.

I recently flew out of country (US) and found the bonus of Zaurus is since it's a "PDA" you don't even have to take it out of your bag, unlike a laptop that usually has to be x-rayed separately. I even had a full size keyboard in my pack and they let me send the whole kit through with no separate search. Just had to take my shoes off.

[yzord]

Having flown with PDAs many times, the worst they'll ask you to do is to turn the PDA on (to make sure it really is a working PDA and not a shell for something more nefarious). As such, make sure it's charged and in good working order.

Yz

[donk0yote]

thanks guys, i'm looking forward to watching movies and listening to mp3s on the flight, which will drive my wife crazy, (jealous).
i know it used to be no problem, but i haven't flown since before 9/11...
and it will be the first trip out of the country.
thanks again

[dfisher]

A word of warning -
if you go and change your time zone, and you have recurring appointments in your calendar, there's a good chance that they will get messed up. It's happened to me every time I changed time zones.

[lek]

A word of warning -
if you go and change your time zone, and you have recurring appointments in your calendar, there's a good chance that they will get messed up. It's happened to me every time I changed time zones.

I have this problem too. I travel between Aftica, Europe and North America, and I would love to find a work around. Is there one? How about the KOrganizer?

lek

[dz]

I have this problem too.  I travel between Aftica, Europe and North America, and I would love to find a work around.

Cooool, I wanna visit Africa. I've done Europe and live in America. I've also done the Middle East. When I was younger, my parents went to Egypt, but I was too young to even realize it.

Anyways, to stay on topic, I've flown many times between Philly and Orlando and had no problems. I was asked to turn it on a couple times, but that's about it.