08-12-2004, 10:00 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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pocketnow Reviews Brother's MW-140BT
If you're looking for a total mobile printing solution along with your Pocket PC, there's not a lot of choices. However, Brother's Bluetooth-enabled MW-140BT is one to look at. Russ Smith, over at pocketnow, gives it an extended look.
"One of the great things about a Pocket PC is that you can carry it with you almost everywhere. When someone asks for a piece of information, you can call it up quickly and show it to them. But what if they'd like to take a copy of it with them? Wouldn't it be nice to have a printer, almost as small as the Pocket PC, that you could use to create hard-copies when and where you need them?...The latest in the MW-100 line is the 140BT Mobile Printer. Like its siblings, it prints in black at 300 dots per inch on specially-sized thermal paper. Unlike its siblings, it can connect to your Pocket PC via Bluetooth."
The review has lots of pictures as well as screenshots of the bundled Pocket PC software, so head on over and take a look.
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08-12-2004, 10:38 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 1,911
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Dang that thing's small. Don't really have a use for it though. If it was cheep I'd get it.
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08-13-2004, 12:26 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 110
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So expensive, yet so desireable! Has anyone tried the Sipix portable infrared printer? It's old and compatibility requires investigation, but sells for a lot cheaper.
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08-13-2004, 01:15 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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If it printed on 3x5" cards I'd be more likely to get it. But specially-sized thermal paper? Somehow I'd be concerned that if this doesn't become so popular as to become a common device, there would come a time when the paper would no longer be available. Same trouble with anything proprietary.
That being said, the paper/print method was probably a sacrifice that needed to be made to get the printer that small.
On the other hand, if I'm traveling, I might be spending a lot of time in a rental car... and if I'm somewhere HOT, that's not good for thermal paper. What if I print out directions or a phone number for someone and THEY stop somewhere and leave it exposed to the sun on a 90 degree day in the car? Do I have to provide warnings when I print stuff out? I mean, it's no big deal when it comes to Burger King receipts, but a print-out of directions?
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