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HP OmniGo 100: A Recollection...from the archives (circa
early 2000's)
The HP OmniGo 100 was my first handheld that had a
clamshell design and was pen-based. It was also my first
modern organizer with a PIM, etc. I was very excited when I
purchased it. I was working at ChumpUSA at the time and
spent most of my paycheck on it. I was surprised that it ran
GEOS for its operating system because I used to run GEOS on
my Commodore 64 back in the day.
It had standard PIM apps but the thing I really dug was the
database application. Definitely a nice feature. The Pocket
Quicken application was cool too, but that was a third-party
app that did not come with the unit (I think). After I
bought it, I found out that you can synchronize the OmniGo
with your PC with the seperately sold cable and connectivity
pack. I thought that was really cool and hi-tech back then
but it's included with most handhelds these days, even the
ones <$100US. There were even some DOS programs out on the
net that let you work with the file system. Rawkin'!
I was very happy when I discovered that there was a community
of OmniGo owners online. I didn't realize that there was so
much information and third-party apps out there. Back then,
the World Wide Web was still pretty much in its infancy and
very new to me. I remember always going onto usenet and
looking for articles about the OmniGo. Just being able to do
that kind of research, finding so much information, and
asking other users questions from different parts of the
world was so exciting to me. And I didn't even have any toll
charges or anything. This whole innaweb thing, just
incredible ;)
I eventually sold the OmniGo and picked up a handheld that
ran some Windows OS, codename: Pegasus.
