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User Submitted OmniSky Minstrel V Wireless Modem for Palm Vx Reviews (cont...)Date: 2000-12-27 Get it NOW Anyone that has a PALM Vx and uses it a lot and is constantly e-mailing or getting information should have one of these. Date: 2000-12-02 Omnisky Defines Wireless Connectivity This product is a great leap forward into the next realm of wireless connectivity. If you are considering on buying the Palm VII, don't. The Omnisky unit give you a lot more content to make you web browsing more enriched. It's speeds are definitely more reliable than than a standard at home 56K modem speed. If you're and avid user of eBay, are constantly guarding your stocks, or just don't have time to check you e-mail at your office then this product is perfect. The only drawback is that you will only get a strong connection areas surrounding major cities since the company is still in its initial stages. You will not be let down if you purchase this. Date: 2000-11-17 Great device! (but watch out for the low battery life) This is a great complement to your Palm Vx. I don't recommend getting this with a Palm V - it consumes a full megabyte of memory on your Palm, and if you have any other big applications, you'll run out of room quickly. (On my old Palm V, AvantGo took up 400k by itself, and my contacts and calendar were another 150k or so each... meaning that I had very little room for any additional data - like e-mail from my OmniSky device.) With that in mind, you'll find that this makes your Palm Vx a true road warrior tool. The sheer convenience of checking your e-mail from the back of a cab, getting flight updates, searching phone books, or getting realtime driving directions makes the Palm Vx a tremendously useful PDA. One reason I prefer the Palm V/OmniSky combination to the Palm VII is that OmniSky operates more like a true ISP, where the Palm VII requires you to use palm.net as the connectivity provider. With OmniSky you get more control over what you do with your connection. Also, it's nice to be able to remove the modem when you're not using it and return to the small, sleek Palm V. The battery life is a concern. If you're traveling often, you'll want to bring the charger with you - you won't get much more than a day of casual use out of it without requiring a recharge. The recent upgrade to OmniSky 2.0 makes e-mail download a lot faster (I check my corporate account in addition to my personal account without any trouble), and their e-mail client gives you great control through the use of filters. If you're already comfortable with Grafitti (the Palm handwriting "shorthand" for text entry), you'll find composing quick e-mails to be simple. Otherwise, you'll want to invest in the collapsable keyboard. I've found that each of the .pqa (the Palm "clipping" applications that were originally designed for the Palm VII) applets work perfectly on my Palm V with the OmniSky modem. Check out http://www.handango.com/ for a list of useful PQAs. If you're already a Palm loyalist and you are away from a computer for long stretches, you'll find that the OmniSky modem is truly a great extension of your existing PDA. I left the fifth star off because of the battery performance and the memory consumption... but for those two issues, this would be a no-brainer for 5 stars.
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