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From: silvert@cs.dal.ca (Bill Silvert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: Portfolio, HP-95, M-100 &
Message-ID: <1991Jun10.143012.4275@cs.dal.ca>
Date: 10 Jun 91 14:30:12 GMT
References: <1991Jun9.152710.20556@lsuc.on.ca>
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Organization: Habitat Ecology Div., Bedford Inst. of Oceanography
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In article <1991Jun9.152710.20556@lsuc.on.ca> jimomura@lsuc.on.ca (Jim Omura) writes:
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>     Both the Portfolio and the HP-95LX are, for the most part, "sucker bait." 

I don't see the point of this kind of putdown.  So they don't meet Jim's
needs, what of it?

My Portfolio offers features that I find useful.  The calendar has a
repeat feature which makes it handy to use, etc.  As for the
spreadsheet, I agree that someone with "power" applications may not find
it suitable, but I find the ability to pull a spreadsheet system out of
my pocket or briefcase during a meeting (I'm a scientist) very handy.
The spreadsheet alone is worth the price.

How about more constructive comments about handhelds and fewer putdowns
of systems that certain individuals don't like?


-- 
William Silvert, Habitat Ecology Division, Bedford Inst. of Oceanography
P. O. Box 1006, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, CANADA B2Y 4A2.  Tel. (902)426-1577
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