02-06-2003, 07:00 AM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 29,160
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HP Jornada 430: Holy Retro Gear Batman!
"The HP Jornada 430 Palm-size computer is a mobile computer running the Microsoft Windows CE operating system. It allows you to store your business and personal information, manage your appointments and contacts, and check e-mail while on the road. 16MB RAM/8MB ROM, Expandable CompactFlash slot."
Anyone remember these? You can pick one up for $65 - I'd almost get one just for the nostalgic value! Ah, the memories of Windows CE 2.11...it's amazing how far we've come!
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02-06-2003, 07:09 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 797
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I remember being in awe of how advanced it was!
Now I have a Toshiba E330 that makes that thing look like a cinder block 
Truth be told, I really do remember that bad boy, and as was the case with most of the handhelds at the time, HP was not only ahead of the curve, it was creating the curve. Funny how that never really changed.
My first two handhelds were HP:
HP 200lx (can someone say DOS?)
HP 320lx (still one of the best I've ever owned)...
Ah.... Those were the days...
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02-06-2003, 07:17 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 134
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I'd get another e105 if Casio sold them for only $68! I mean, they can play music and with PocketMVP they can play movies pretty good. It'd be kinda cool to like have a whole bunch of e105s to play with...
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02-06-2003, 07:18 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 134
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Hehe... HP had to buy Compaq in order to still be ahead in the PPC arena!
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02-06-2003, 07:20 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 134
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Casio was ahead of HP for a while, there, with the e10x device. I mean, no other Palm-sized PC came close. Built-in stereo CD quality sound, integrated CF card, STILL the best screen... not to mention the then-amazing 131MHz... The 32 MB of RAM of the e105 (16MB for the e100) was what told me that I HAD to get the Casio one. I was right. Still a decent PDA.
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02-06-2003, 07:56 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 67
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I opened mine up a month ago. It was packed nicely for it's time. Compare that to the new toys we have today. 1910 comes to mind.
Man...
wanna see something else. How about the old HP Omnigo 100?
It is still working and sitting on my table.
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02-06-2003, 07:59 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 67
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My list of toys in the last few years (not in order)
GEOS : HP OmniGo 100
PALM OS : Palm III, Palm IIIX, Palm v, Palm IIIC, Visor, Visor Dlx, Visor Prism, Clie T415, Clie T615C
HPC : Velo1, Velo 500, HP320LX, HP620LX, NEC Mobile Pro 450, NEC Mobile Pro 700, Sharp Mobileon HC-4100, Sharp Mobileon HC-4500
HPC Pro : Hitachi HPW-600ET, HP Jornada 680
PPC : HP Jornada 420
PPC 2k2 : Toshiba e310, Toshiba e740, Toshiba/Audiovox (e570/Maestro), Toshiba Genio 550g, Viewsonic V35, HP Ipaq 1910
AutoPC :Clarion AutoPC 310c
I like the Hitachi Eplate(9 hours batt. on a tablet???) and Mobileon 4500. It had everything in it.
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02-06-2003, 08:11 AM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 7
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Let's go for somehting even futher back...
Cassiopeia A-11A using the mother of all winCE --> V1.0 
just took it out of hibernaiton chamber, and still runs perfectly.
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02-06-2003, 08:13 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 72
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Originally Posted by Robotbeat
Hehe... HP had to buy Compaq in order to still be ahead in the PPC arena!
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Don't misconceive that it is far easier to improve a technology after the fact it has been invented rather than invent it, or contribute a substantial amount of engineering resources to invent, manufacture and spearhead the marketing of a emerging technology. :lol: Not many companies can successfully undertake such endeavors, much less for 40 years and running as hp continues to do. Not to understate compaq's contributions to the current state of the pocketpc, however, competition is good. Especially now with more power players in the market to "one-up" eachother. With strong competition, we all benefit with more advanced units to do more things with. :grab:
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02-06-2003, 09:17 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 215
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I'd get one just because it contains the magic word: JORNADA!
Long Live Jornada!
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