Re: Pilot: Should I buy a Pilot?

[Neil Weisenfeld <weisen@xxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 3 Nov 1996 David_Raftery@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>         Questions:
>         1. When you put an address into the address book on the Pilot and 
>      you don't use all the fields, do you use less memory than if you 
>      filled out all the address fields? I assume it does not pad the empty 
>      address fields and take up memory.

Yup.  The records are packed in memory.

>         2. How do the Pilot touch screens hold up to wear? Does USR have a 
>      repair policy where they will replace your screen for a fee? (Atari 
>      had a policy that if your Portfolio was broken you could return it to 
>      them with a check for $100 and they would send you a replacement.)

Mine's been fine for four months or so.  Some people have cracked their and
some have scratched theirs.  I believe (and I'm sure someone will speak up
if I'm wrong) that USR will fix broken Pilots for $100 for out-of or
non-warranty repairs.

>         3. In appointment application, can you enter appointments at say 
>      9:30 or 12:15? The demo just shows whole hour appointments like 9:00 
>      and 3:00.

The appointments have a 5 minute resolution, so 9:05,9:15,9:20,9:10, etc.
are all possible.  

>         4. I understand memos can be attached to appointments, to do items 
>      and addresses. Is this correct.

Yes.  There's a 4K limit to them, though.

>         5. What is the response time; is it really fast? I read the USR 
>      technical memo where files and applications are executed from RAM (in 
>      place) so it should be very fast.
> 

I find it very fast.


Neil

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