.KEYWORD letstoed1198
.FLYINGHEAD LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
.TITLE MacPac attack and what case to pack
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.SUMMARY Every day, we get mail from our readers. Most letters are posted on the PowerBoards, reachable from the PalmPower Home Page. But there are some letters that we think would be better served in a monthly letters to the editor column. This month: a letter praising last month’s editorial, an important letter from 3Com and the case of the missing airline ticket pocket.
.EDNOTE Every day, we get mail from our readers. Most letters are posted on the PowerBoards, reachable from the PalmPower Home Page. But there are some letters that we think would be better served in a monthly letters to the editor column. This month: a letter praising last month’s editorial, an important letter from 3Com and the case of the missing airline ticket pocket.
.H1 Last month’s From the Editor-in-Chief column
AMEN! Finally someone who really gets what this life is all about! Actually I have heard the story before, from someone who I have a great deal of respect for, but the forum was much different. It meant a great deal to me to be caught off guard by the story in an environment where I would never have expected it. If more people understood how small our world truly is and how much influence we can have on so many people or how much good we have the ability to do, this would surely be a much different planet.
Thanks again!
Keith L. Morey
Payson Utah
Chief of Staff
Congressman Chris Cannon (UT-03)
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.H1 Letter from Douglas Wirnowski, 3Com’s Macintosh product marketing manager
It has come to our attention that many of you have questions regarding the delay of the Palm MacPac version 2 that was previously scheduled to ship by the end of summer. We apologize for any inconvenience this may be causing, and we are working hard to make the product available as soon as possible. We ask for your continued patience while we finalize the new product, which will be available as a free Internet download to all Palm Computing customers.
We believe it’s more important to ship a product that will deliver complete customer satisfaction and the best possible user experience than to rush a product to market. To be honest, we underestimated the time it would take to finalize this new software, which will offer many unique desktop features available only to Macintosh users. Because it is being built from the ground up for MacOS, and is not simply an update of the previous version, there is a great amount of engineering involved in addition to a long and arduous quality assurance testing process.
Current expectations are that the product will be available in time for Macworld Exposition in San Francisco in January. An unsupported public Beta version will be available to all Palm Computing customers in November. For more information on participating, visit http://www.palm.com/macintosh/index.html.
As with our other Palm Computing platform products, you can expect the best possible performance available from the new Palm MacPac version 2 as we strive to bring world-leading handheld computing solutions to Macintosh users.
Best regards,
Douglas Wirnowski
Product Marketing Manager, Macintosh solutions
Palm Computing, Inc., a 3Com company
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.H1 The case of the missing airline ticket pocket
I rather enjoyed Bob Freud’s article about travelling with Palm Pilots. However, I think he missed an important detail, information I’ve been wanting for some time. I do a lot of business travel and my Palm computer always comes with me. I have yet to find an all-in-one carrying case that meets all my needs. Many cases feature credit card holders, paper pad slots, change pockets, etc — all great ideas.
However I have yet to find any case that feature an airline ticket pocket that can accommodate the longer length that tickets require, nor one that supports passports in a clever fashion.
If I could find one designed for Palm organizers that also zipped up, I would be in hog heaven. Can anyone at PalmPower point me in the right direction?
Stefan Kallweit
skallweit@hotmail.com
.H2 Fredlet responds
Hi there. The nice editors at PalmPower mailed me since they thought I might be able to help you.
If you want a big listing of cases, I have a lot of them on my PalmPilot site (visit http://www.fredlet.com/pilot/pilot.htm). There’s a search engine for the cases I have listed there along with reviews from people who use the cases, when available.
Just off the top of my head, here are a couple that would be good for travel:
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.BULLET Go to http://www.i2iuk.com and check out the Travel Wrap Case. Be forewarned, however. We found this site extremely slow to access.
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.BULLET You also might want to take a look at 3Com’s Deluxe Leather Carrying Case. It’s long enough to hold a checkbook, so it might also do for airline tickets (but it doesn’t hold a modem). Check out http://www.palm.com and click Accessories.
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It might be helpful for you to check out some travel tips I have posted on my site. Visit http://www.fredlet.com/pilot/6.htm for more information.
Let me know if you have more questions. I was thinking about making a section for traveling with your Palm device and you have convinced me it’s a good idea to do so!
Fredlet
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.H1 Product availability and resources
For more information about Macworld Exposition in San Francisco in January, visit http://www.palm.com/macintosh/index.html.
Visit Fredlet’s page, containing a lot of imformation about cases, at http://www.fredlet.com/pilot/pilot.htm.
The Travel Wrap Case is available at http://www.i2iuk.com.
3Com’s Deluxe Leather Carrying Case is avaialble at http://www.palmpilot.com.
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