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Summary: This is my first PDA/Organizer
Review: (...)Most people are probably wondering what makes this better than a palm or visor. First, the mako has a whopping 16 MB of memory. The only visor or palm that can match that is the Visor Pro. All those others have a mediocre 8 megs. Next, how many palm or visor handhelds do you know of that have a built-in keyboard? I certainly cant think of any. It is rather small, so you cant touchtype, but if graffiti annoys you, then this is the cure. It is easy and can still write about 3-5 times faster than graffiti. Oh, man ths thing must be huge! But its not. It can easily fit in your pocket or the palm of your hand. What else? How about a word prosessor AND spreadsheet. NO palm or visor has that. Also, unlike most of the palm speadsheet apps (which you must buy) do not have the ability to produce graphs from the spreadsheet. Also, the shape of the mako makes wod prosesing sooo much easier than palm. The wider than tall screen make typing docs much more natural. Not enough? The graph from sreadsheet can be transferred to your word docs. How about online capibilitis? Try the OperaO web browser. If the horribly limited "web-clippings" for the palm handhelds erks you, you will luv the Opera's ability to access virtually any website available. STILL not enough? Software you say? How about the most amazing selection of free software available. (...)
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Summary: I want one of these!
Review: (...)Most people are probably wondering what makes this better than a palm or visor. First, the mako has a whopping 16 MB of memory. The only visor or palm that can match that is the Visor Pro. All those others have a mediocre 8 megs. Next, how many palm or visor handhelds do you know of that have a built-in keyboard? I certainly cant think of any. It is rather small, so you cant touchtype, but if graffiti annoys you, then this is the cure. It is easy and can still write about 3-5 times faster than graffiti. Oh, man ths thing must be huge! But its not. It can easily fit in your pocket or the palm of your hand. What else? How about a word prosessor AND spreadsheet. NO palm or visor has that. Also, unlike most of the palm speadsheet apps (which you must buy) do not have the ability to produce graphs from the spreadsheet. Also, the shape of the mako makes wod prosesing sooo much easier than palm. The wider than tall screen make typing docs much more natural. Not enough? The graph from sreadsheet can be transferred to your word docs. How about online capibilitis? Try the OperaO web browser. If the horribly limited "web-clippings" for the palm handhelds erks you, you will luv the Opera's ability to access virtually any website available. STILL not enough? Software you say? How about the most amazing selection of free software available. (...)
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Summary: A real computer, not just an expansive toy!
Review: A perfect combination of a personal organizer and a computer. It is very compact, slides easily into your jacket pocket, won't weight you down.
It has a large screen, where you can fit a normal page across for reading and writing. The large screen is also very good for the organizer, as you can easily fit a whole week on a single screen. The screen is very clear, it is easy to read even in very dark conditions like cinema or night on the street.
The keyboard takes some time to get used to, but it is very good then. I can easily write a long email or a page or two in the Word. It is fast enough to make notes during meetings. The applications built in are good. The OS is very stable. Crashed at most 5 times during 2 years!
The internet connectivity is easy to set up. The e-mail app is simple but sufficient. I use it for sending SMS messages as well. I like that I not only can read my mail, but I can write a serious answer as well immediatelly. Other internet apps like FTP or Telnet are available as well. The Opera browser is good, the large screen again pays off.
The only major drawback I see is the lack of any expansion slots. On the other hand, honestly I can't think of any expansion I would like to buy.
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Summary: Exceptional product / value
Review: After thorough review of similar products, the Mako was by far, the best product for the money. It has an interface, that anyone remotely familiar with a PC would be comfortable with. It accomplishes things that the other devices would require additional software or hardware to accomplish. I highly recommend this product to anyone in the market for an extremely functional PDA / Palmtop.
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Summary: I'm sorry Visor, I just don't have time for you anymore....
Review: Don't get me wrong, I love you, my blue Handspring Visor, but, I'm sorry honey, my new toy has a screen 3x the size of yours (480*160), with 16 grayscales, and unbelievable sharpness. Yes, I enjoyed all the good times we had, spending time learning Graffiti and taking 10 minutes just to scratch out a quick note, but my Mako has an actual QWERTY keyboard that I can use to type out the same message in seconds. She has double your memory (16MB) and all her built in apps in another 8MB of ROM, and an OS known for its flexibility and stability, and a processor twice as fast as yours (36MHZ). I'm sorry honey, really I am. Maybe if you had only had built-in versions of Word and Excel, and a rechargeable battery, it might have worked out between us, but I have to move on.
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Summary: I thoroughly tested iPaqs, Palms, and the Revo/Diamond wins!
Review: For those who really and truly need information at their fingertips all day long - the Diamond/Revo is hands down a better and more powerful machine. IT IS IDENTICAL AND MADE BY PSION! This is actually the Revo PLUS since it has 16mb of ram and much more software.I have tested in the REAL world the iPaq 3650, the Palm m500 and the Visor over the past year. All are really nice but none are as user friendly. The fact is that writing with the pen is just plain cumbersome, slow and downright dangerous when you're driving. The Psion/Diamond software offering is outstanding and let's face it THE KEYBOARD IS INCLUDED FOR ONLY 1 INCH TALLER THAN A PALM M500! While the Palm Platform has more software in-total - the Psion/Epoc library has everything you could ever want. THE ONLY THING THIS THING COULD HAVE IS BACKLIGHTING. BUT THEN YOU MAY AS WELL HAVE THE PSION 5MX. I opted for the smaller and sleeker size of the Diamond/RevoPlus over the 5mx, which by the way I also owned and tested. Synchronization is a breeze and having real world Excel, and Word documents with you make sense when you have a keyboard. The Diamond is priced incredibly, watch this one take off. It's funny because Psion has been around for 20 years and they just keep on developing better and better units. Hope this helps those who are undecided. I promise this: I don't work for Psion/Diamond. If you use this unit you will ALWAYS come back to it even when the slightly smaller size of the Palm sways you away from time to time.
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Summary: What about the battery?
Review: I agree with all the features what the others are saying. I agree with the drowbacks as well. What disturbed me the most is the battery is not replaceable and the voltage monitoring circuit is not very strong eather.
I went to Europe for four weeks and recharged the battery using voltage converter recomended for turists. The chager died and my Mako doesn't work since. You can send it back for a flat repair rate of US$100 plus shipping.
This is a nice little machine until you have battery problem. It can happen in one year or later, but no battery lasts forever.
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Summary: Wow! What a great device
Review: I asked for this for Christmas to replace my aging Palm Personal w/2MB upgrade. Essentially, I was disappointed with the cost and features of the new Palms and Visors and wanted more stability than the Windows CE/Pocket PC devices could offer. Plus, I really don't need a color screen for what I do. I started looking around for alternatives and found the Psion Revo/Revo Plus. When reading about it, it almost seemed too good to be true. I found out that Diamond (er, S3 or SonicBlue or whatever) is selling the Revo Plus as the Diamond Mako. I finally found one I could play with at my local Worst Buy, and I was hooked. The 8MB of ROM/16MB of RAM are perfect for me, and the EPOC O/S blows the CE and Palm O/Ses away. It multitasks and has keyboard shortcuts for just about everything (although you can still used the included stylus). I have found that by holding the keyboard in both hands and thumb-typing, I can enter data at least 2-3 times faster than with Graffiti on my Palm. The included apps are also amazing. In addition to the standard organizer (Agenda, Contacts, etc.), the Word and Sheet (MS Word/Excel equivalents) applications blow the Word/Excel viewers and editors that I have used for Palm out of the water. Plus, you don't have to pay an extra $40-$60 for them. Additional great features are the rechargeable batteries and the EPOC Connect software. I can drag and drop files to and from my Mako when it is docked. I could go on and on, but I highly recommend that, if you are in the market for a new PDA, you check out the Psion Revo or Diamond Mako.
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Summary: Quantity or Quality?
Review: I compared the Mako to the Revo (the equivalent PDA with 1/2 the memory). The two machines were identical except for the memory (Mako 16 MB, Revo 8MB) so if that is the most important factor, the Mako may be the best choice. For me, the quality of the Revo was better and noticable enough so that I had to go with the Revo. The Revo was studier, the speakers louder and the screen a bit crisper. The Revo is made in Taiwan while the Mako is made in China. Other than that, everything else was the same. These minute differences may not matter if you are trying to decide between let's say a Palm and the Mako but if you are like me and had to choose between the Mako and Revo, I recommend the Revo.
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Summary: Nice Little Computer with a Great Operating System
Review: I got my Psion Diamond Mako in January 2002 and have been happily using with it ever since. Closed, it is the size of an eyeglass case. I wanted a handheld which did word processing and spreadsheets and the this one does both. I use it to write on and re-read portions of my novel-in-progress during my child's gymnastics class. The Psion operating system offers everything a desktop computer should offer, but does not. I programmed my Mako to turn off when I close it, and guess what? When you turn it back on, one tap of the stylus takes you back to where you were when you turned it off. I can pull my Mako out and do something on it while I'm waiting for my desktop to boot up. Mine came with an old-fashioned serial port interface, so I didn't have to upgrade to USB to use it. It doesn't play music or have an expansion card slot. Yes, it is true there is no back light for the black and white screen, and the screen is not the state of the art, but it one tap can enlarge the size of the typeface on the screen to make it larger and more readable. The screen is wider than most PDA's, which increases readability. I move word processing documents between the Mako and Microsoft Word 6 for Windows 95 and Word for Office 97. I sometimes have to re-boot my desktop computer after moving files between Mako and the desktop, but then my Windows 98 system seems to looks for excuses to crash. My Mako never crashes. This week, at lunch, without the benefit of the manual, I learned how to use the IR port to exchange contacts information with a friend's new Palm MC505. Nine months of use and still my favorite toy. The Information Technology Corporate Gestapo at my place of work have not allowed me to try to interface it with Windows XP, so I can not report on XP compatibility. I use Windows XP at work, Windows 98 at my home desktop, and I watch my husband suffer with the arcane artistry of Linux. This little computer seems so much easier to use than the big machines with their big and hardware intensive operating systems. If you think computers should make word-processing and spreadsheet use truly portable, this is the hand-held to try.
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