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General Discussion / 860 questions - looking for help

« on: February 14, 2004, 11:19:26 am »

I saw Hancom Presenter, but didn\'t connect it with Powerpoint.  I\'ll go back and look again.

Does the 860 come with a full Japanese manual?  In that sense, I may be real lucky.  In one company I do work with is a Japanese woman, who did her undergraduate in the U.S. in computer science, and I can get her to translate bits for me.  If I do get any portions translated (which may be a while until I get the 860), I\'ll post them here.

Thanks,
Leo

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General Discussion / 860 questions - looking for help

« on: February 13, 2004, 02:32:34 pm »

Raybert:

Well, I will frequently be using this outside the U.S. -- so I\'m looking for one that\'s both 110/240v.  I went to the Hancom site but didn\'t notice anything about PowerPoint, so I\'ll try it again.  I\'m not really wanting to create PowerPoints on the 860, just read them.

I\'ll also need to find a CF network card and CF modem soon.

As far as I could tell, there doesn\'t seem to be any aftermarket cases for this, so I guess I\'ll order the Sharp case for it.

Thanks for the responses from everybody.

Leo

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General Discussion / 860 questions - looking for help

« on: February 13, 2004, 09:36:10 am »

Great.  I won\'t be getting it from a European dealer -- I\'ll order it from Dynamism who gets them directly from Japan.  From what I understood, they\'re only available with Japanese Kanji software.  If I could get it in French, I wouldn\'t have to have anything converted.

Thanks for taking the time.  Now I\'m off to find the PowerPoint software.

Leo

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General Discussion / 860 questions - looking for help

« on: February 13, 2004, 06:55:51 am »

Just recently my Tungsten T3 decided to do a hard reset (static most likely) and I just have had it.  I\'ve been searching for a new PDA, but was real frustrated with a WinCE device a couple years ago and still see colleagues fighting ActiveSync.  In my search I found out about the 860, and I LOVED my old Sharp 5800.  I am really leaning to order one through Dynamism, but there\'s some real basic questions I have that I just cannot find answers for in any forums.  Also, I know squat about Linux, although I\'d love to if I had time (or was home more than three days between trips) to learn.  I\'m hoping that some folks will take pity and shoot me answer or two.

1.  Is the charger supplied with it 110/240v?

2.  Can you move Word docs, pdf\'s, and jpeg\'s from a laptop onto an SD card, plug the SD card in the 860, and read/use them?  And then vice-versa?  Or do you have to some form of conversion?

3.  Is there any form of note-taking you can do on the screen?  I would like to take handwritten notes in meetings and just read them later.

4.  Is there an on-screen tap keyboard in tablet mode?  How do you enter information except via the keyboard?

5.  Any easy support/software to view PowerPoints?  Can you just copy a PowerPoint to an SD card and then open it on the 860?

6.  Does it have a NIC?  How could I log onto a broadband connection from a hotel?

7.  Does it have a modem for dial-up connections?

From what I read on this site, it reminds me of some of the early Zaurus boards on CompuServe that I really enjoyed using.

Thanks in advance
Leo (from Amman this week)