pocketnow Reviews Brother's MW-140BT

[Janak Parekh]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://pocketnow.com/index.php?a=portal_detail&t=reviews&id=454' target='_blank'>http://pocketnow.com/index.php?a=po...=reviews&id=454</a><br /><br /></div>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.<br /><br /><i>"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."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/parekh-20040812-PocketNowBrotherMPrint.jpg" /><br /><br />The review has lots of pictures as well as screenshots of the bundled Pocket PC software, so head on over and take a look.

[dean_shan]

Dang that thing's small. Don't really have a use for it though. If it was cheep I'd get it.

[Willmonwah]

So expensive, yet so desireable! Has anyone tried the Sipix (http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=sipix%20printer&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&sa=N&tab=wf) portable infrared printer? It's old and compatibility requires investigation, but sells for a lot cheaper.

[Kati Compton]

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?