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Elisabeth Liddell
I am one of the judging panel for the 2004 PocketPC Magazine Awards. This is the fourth year that I have sat on the panel of judges. I've been a Pocket PC user since the arrival of the very first Compaq iPAQ, and before that I used the larger HPC Pro machines such as the HP Jornada 820. So I've been following the development of the Windows-Powered range of handheld PDAs for quite a while! A bit about me I am Elisabeth Liddell, and I created and webmastered the FoxPop website for over 5 years, until it was forced to close in April 2004 (see more here) But I still want to write about PDAs, mobile computing, and the computer-related gadgets that interest me. So I invited the old team who helped me run FoxPop to join me in a new venture - @FOXPOP. Until the mid 1980s I was a teacher and college lecturer, helping to establish the study of the mass media in Scottish schools and colleges. Then CFS / ME struck, and the course of my life was changed. Forced to retire, I began to teach myself to draw and paint, something I'd always wanted to do but never had the time for! Since then I have specialised in pastels, doing mainly portrait painting. I came to computers relatively late - the first OS I experienced was Win 98. I soon found myself becoming engrossed in what the computer
could do, and quickly got myself online. But the need to sit at the desktop
console limited the progress could make, and also the enjoyment I got from
the new world of computers. But everything changed when I discovered PDAs, and
realised that I could have a functioning computer that I could carry with
me in my pocket, or use when I was too tired to sit at the desktop. And
I've never
looked back It all began with Watchdog! I first heard about palmtops when 'Watchdog' (a TV consumer affairs programme here in the UK) featured the early problems with the Psion s 5. I had been dreaming of being able to work with my computer without having to sit exhausting hours in front of the monitor. I thought it was just that - a dream - until I saw 'Watchdog'.
Then I discovered the Geofox One - Internet, email, and fax could be mine, with a neat slot-in modem, a huge screen, a larger keypad, and 16 MB of space to play with. I had to have it!!
The FoxPop website
My own PDA preferences? I spend more time on my laptops than on the my PDAs these days. As smaller, lighter laptops have come onto the market I've found that there are big advantages in going small! I have a Sony Vaio r505, and an NEC Versa s260 - both have 12" screens and are highly portable while offering me all the advantages of desktop PC. My latest acquisition is a tiny Fujitsu LifeBook p1000, which is almost exactly the same size as my old NEC MobilePro 770! I do still use PDAs every day, and I currently have two iPAQs - the H2210 and the H4350. I also refuse to be parted from my old NEC MobilePro 770. I don't use it much, but it is the one I can't part with!
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My first
purchase was a Psion 3c. The big attraction for me was to have the Word
Processing capability, and to be able to write in comfort, then transfer the
text to the PC. When I began to discover just how much more my palmtop could do,
I was quite amazed! I was soon uttering the cry of every palmtop owner ... "How
ever did I live without it!"
