TUESDAY - NOV 19

Sunny morning with crisp air warming, cup of coffee in hand and off we go into day 2 of the Las Vegas Comdex show. Hoping to make a find of the century…, and find I did!

The show was said to be the smallest yet. With only 80,000 in attendance, and only the convention center hosting the event, it’s still a pretty good show. I can’t remember a time though when I actually got through the whole thing in two days though.

PDA’s & 6035 Accessories have been the focus of my search, probably not the right show for it, but, I have managed to come across some good contacts I think some of you will appreciate.

For starters…

A company called Genovation , they make all sorts of PDA accessories. Namely one item in particular, this Mini Keyboard.



My contact is Christophe Fructus, (Director of Marketing & Sales).

When I inquired about the product for the 6035, he said the keyboard's dongle (for 6035), will be ready for release in about 30-60 days. Also, there will only be one cable going from the phone to the keyboard, not the two you see in the pic.

I also inquired about the 7135, and he said it will be in production after the first of the year. Once more, I through the pitch of being part of the largest (And Best) forum supporting the KY line and asked about a discount, his reply was he’s sure it could be done! So, when the item becomes available, he will email me and I’ll post it here. So if your intrested, send me an email 6035@lbocean.com and i'll add you to the list so when it becomes available I can tell him what the approx. order count will be.

Staying with the theme here, another MFG of keyboards I found was Flexis (http://www.flexis.co.kr/home/ehome.htm), makers of the portable, flexable keyboards. I know some of you were interested in the past about this particular item. They have lots and lots of styles and sizes. Unfortunately, nothing for the KY line. But, can come in handy for those days you don’t want to get the ole portable dirty, or, for the kids with those messy candy bars.




Stepping over to the power side of things, I found a company called Huan Guang Technologies that makes USB Power adapter cables.



Although they had nothing on the board for the KY line, Huan Guang himself was interested in getting a Travel Charger for the 6035 so he could get started on one. So, I hooked him up to the KY site and showed him what to order, and yes, specified that the voltages accuracy was Extreamly important. Once again, spreading good words about SPS, I hope to hear from Huan by early next year on this item.

I could’nt resist this next shot. Some of the bigger companies will hold little parties, for just the Exclusive Members, but usually they don’t hold them until in the evening. Being close to lunch time, there taking a pretty big risk of attack!



Moving along, we’ve all been trying to find that one solution for a better handsfree solution with fewer connections as possible, and not that the KY version isn’t great, but personally I would want to tear it apart and build it into the console so I didn’t have this large dongle like device sticking out of my cig. adapter. Not to mention, my cup holder can't be used in such case. So, in the past I’ve attempted this before, using a FM transmitter to send sound through the car’s sterio, and wasn’t to successful, but this one company, ATO, seemed to have a fairly good working device.



It’s called the Audio Bug (go figure). It’s small, simple to configure and is said to go for around $39.00 retail. None were available for show purchase, but I was told that I could find them on www.buy.com website.

Saving the best for last folks, I picked up a early copy (Dec Issue) of Handheld Computing. Grab a copy and turn to page 46, to feast your eyes upon the best article in town. Not to keep you in to much suspense… When grading products, they usually put the top rated ones in front, and yes Boys & Girls, the 7135 smokes the competition with a grading of A. I wouldn’t be doing the article justice by typing quotes here, so get up of your (ah hem) butts! and head down to the local book store for this one. One the front cover you will see the new line of Palm units, all three, side by side. Also in this issue is a ton of other good articles like on Palms OS 5.

Which reminds me, I goofed alittle in yesterdays posting about the TUNGSTEN, officially called the TUNGSTEN T. There are actually two units. The standard Palm version, that has the pull down, reveal Graffitti area (TUNGSTEN T), and the wireless version called TUNGSTEN W, which has a built in thumb keyboard right on the front. Rather cool looking unit actually.

It’s actually Wednesday morning, (sorry for the late update), I’m off once again to seek out some more goodies.

OK, ok… perhaps one little tidbit… The article show’s a retail price for the 7135 of… $499.00

Now can I go

Even the gas pumps are going video!