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User Submitted Casio Cassiopeia BE-300 Pocket Manager (Color) Reviews (cont...)Date: 2003-09-30 BE-300, It was a GOOD one, until....... It was a GOOD one until I tried to buy a new battery for it. It took me a week to get ahold of someone at Casio to order a battery. When I finally did, it was on backorder. They refered me to another supplier that gets them from Casio. When I asked "how much?" they said $63 plus freight ($71 total). I decided that was too much. I only paid $140 for my BE-300 new. I have checked online for other sources and no luck. So, off to the "electronics bone pile" it will go.... Date: 2003-06-13 Exellent PDA, with good features I have a BE-300, and Its great. I recently installed a new FREE OS for it called Expod (...) (now called PP3x), which takes TOP-MENU, the default OS off. It gives the BE PPC2000 compatability. I just wished that it had a GPS adapter for it, that is one reason I purchased it. I dont know of anywhere that sells one. Even though, I can hook my celular phone into it, and connect to the internet, I can also connect to E-mail, and I can even listen and watch movies and music. You can also emulate, old computer consoles, and old game consoles such as nintendo, and Atari. I think it is a great value at a great price. Even though there is no GPS adapters available. Date: 2003-05-04 E-200 Rules (almost) I love this PDA, however, one glaring problem exists, the backlight does not always come on (apparently a problem with early production units only). This is an acknowledged issue with Casio, and they have a special telephone number (toll call) to arrange for resolution within the warranty period (I have had it recently repaired under warranty and it works OK now.) That said, I especially wanted a color screen and the two memory card slots (one CF and one SD/MMC) are useful as I keep all the data files on the 128M SD card and could still use the CF slot for something else (wireless modem, for example). External memory (CF or SD) is essential if you plan on using extensive additional software or many data files on this device as the embedded 64M isn't much. The speaker is too small to be useful for music, so plan on using earphones for mp3 or wma playback (Microsoft Media Player is included.) I also used the Cassiopeia as an E-Book reader for my commuting. Microsoft has a Pocket PC version of their reader available (free, but requires registration and activation.) Also, I found it was useful to buy an extra rechargeable battery and keep it charged. Happy with it overall. It's reasonably sturdy, plastic instead of metal, but that also makes the unit lighter to carry. I have equipped my unit with a keyboard, several 128Mb CF cards and a plethora of applications that makes it totally functional for use in the office or on the road. While not a Pocket PC, there are enough applications available to suit the needs of most users, and more software is promised in the near future. The cost also makes it a an attractive buy. The cost of the software is also reasonable. My advice, try it, you'll like it if you don't need to do large projects like building massive databases on the fly. The only compliant I have is that currently, there is not a full featured Word Processor for the BE 300, but I'm told by Casio that one will be available in a couple of months.
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