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« on: November 03, 2004, 01:00:36 pm »
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.
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« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2004, 04:00:41 pm »
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.

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« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2004, 10:33:30 pm »
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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.  

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« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2004, 11:26:32 pm »
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.

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« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2004, 07:55:50 am »
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
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« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2004, 08:02:38 am »
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.
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« Reply #6 on: November 27, 2004, 08:51:57 pm »
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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?

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« Reply #7 on: November 27, 2004, 10:27:18 pm »
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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.
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