Casio Cassiopeia E-200 Pocket PC Review
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Manufacturer: Casio
Model#: E-2
Weight: 1lbs
Height: .69" | | Width: 3.18"
Length: 5.13"
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Average Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars
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Features:- 64 MB of RAM
- Two expansion slots: one for CompactFlash and one for Secure Digital/MMC cards
- Microsoft Pocket PC 2002 Software
- 3.5-inch TFT active matrix display with over 64,000 colors
- What's in the box: Cassiopeia E-200, Stylus, USB Cradle, AC Adapter, Li-ion rechargeable replaceable battery, CR-2032 backup battery, Pocket PC User's Guide, Hardware Guide
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User Submitted Casio Cassiopeia E-200 Pocket PC Reviews (cont...)
Date: 2002-09-16
Wife loves it!
My wife is an RN/Supervisor. Many days she complained about the postit notes all over her desk. Many meetings she had to remember, contacts and so on.I personally bought the palm V when it first came out to help with my job duties as a Network Engineer. The casio BE-300 by far, exceeds what I used and is great for what it does. Don't always take opinions from others about putting this device down. Some base their review on wanting a ($$$$)PDA for less than half the price, and it does not do what the most expensive PDA does. With the casio be-300, you get EXACTLY what you pay for, and much more. It can store your contacts, appointments, and memos. Play games and listen to MP3 songs! Its not slow at all and worth every penny!
Date: 2002-09-08
I like it
Its a wonderful first time pda to use. Im still gettin familiar with it but im gettin to take a liking to it. I recommend it to anyone who doesnt really demand a lot of performance but still wants good features.
Date: 2002-09-01
Okay for the money, but it's too restrictive
At first, I loved it. But I slowly discovered that the daily planner was not very customizable. 1) You can't choose the color of the fonts in the planner(they are pre-determined) and some of them are too faint to see. 2)It automatically scrolls down your appointments, and there is no way to turn this feature off. 3) You can't download just any Windows CE software...It only accepts Casio software. 3) It's slow. 4) There doesn't seem to be any way to jump to different dates. You can only jump to today's date. 5) I miss the "find" feature that palm OS machines have.
Date: 2002-08-30
Casio Be 300
I purchased the unit a few weeks ago, so far it has been great. I would highly recommend it. I have used it for contacts, task, calendar and photos. I read some of the reviews before I made my purchase, and they had some problems with connecting to the computer, I have not had any problems. I am running Windows 2000 ( I did have NT, it will not run on NT with the USB cradle provided, because NT does not support USB connections). I have also used the photo viewer, which work great. I use a Sony digital camera that rcords the images at 640x480, which I believe is the max. resolution for the Be 300. I have not tried to use the internet or email funtions at this time. The only downside to the unit is the 16MB storage, I had to purchase a 128 MB flash card. So if you are going to buy the BE 300, go ahead and get a flash card.
Date: 2002-08-29
A Surprisingly Good Unit at a Great Price
I previously owned 2 Casio Pocket planners, and had to get something new after I damaged my last unit. When I surveyed what was out there, I was disappointed to find that the typical Electronic/Appliance and Office Supply stores around town carried mostly Palm devices, with only a miniscule assortment of Treo and Sony models, in addition to a few wildly expensive "Pocket PC" type devices.
Then I found the info on the Casio BE-300.
I was somewhat concerned when I read the mixed nature of the buyer reviews, but decided that I could work with the kind of negatives that were mentioned.
Once I received it (3 wks ago) and started using it, I was very happy I bought it.
--Beautiful color display, great resolution;
--16MB RAM is one of the larger standard memory capacities around
--Using a modified Windows-CE OS (instead of the Palm OS) frees up display space for easier use and beter viewability.
I had only one minor problem synchronizing with Outlook. I followed the bundled PC Connect software instructions, and ran into only one issue - the program wouldn't accept the Mail synchronization settings. I later realized the reason was probably that my business mailbox exceeded 200 MB at the time, and would have crashed the Sync process anyway.
It took me a half hour to get through that problem, and when I went to sync folders, it took just a short while to sync my tasks, Calendar, Contacts, and folders. I guess I'll have to delay setting up e-mail until I can trim my mailbox.
I also synchronized a folder of very complex, large Excel files. I downloaded the PTab program from Casio's website, and can now edit and manipulate large, formula rich business spreadsheets. I was amazed to find that I can work directly with fully functional formula entries on a pocket unit this small.
Speaking "small", the BE-300 is actually a bit smaller than my previous 64k(!) planner.
The only two disadvantages that I can see are the fact that I had to buy it over the net, instead of trying one out "in the flesh"; and I wish the expansion slot had room for a cover that would fit with a flash card in place. (Just concerned that pocket lint could get into the connector area and cause problems.)
I'm looking forward to the future when I can learn and start to use some of the Internet type functions of this unit.
I am tremendously pleased with the unit, and think that anyone who's interested in excellent value for a bargain price should buy from AMAZON and try this unit out.
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