Veitch Speaks: Handhelds Up For Grabs
News In 1997, after a year using one of the best products in the category - the US Robotics Pilot - I swapped back to the redoubtable Ladbrokes Racing Diary. US Robotics' Pilot really exemplified that overused phrase, paradigm shift.
[October 24, 1998, 8:02]
Guy Kewney's Weekend Diary, From Chicago, Las Vegas
News The invite came from US Robotics. They're licensing the US Robotics "times-two" or "X2" technology, they say; fascinating stuff on how to link videoconferencing from modem to LAN, LAN to ISDN, ISDN to modem.
[November 23, 1996, 7:00]
Demo '97: Actioneer Cures To-do Note Stress
News Smiga's company regards US Robotics' Pilot as a key element in its plans. Once you have noted the details of what you want to do, and KeyNote has added the links to diary and e-mail and phone numbers, it can be sent to that person, and to everybody...
[February 12, 1997, 14:55]
Rupert Goodwins' Weekend Diary
Blog First, we find that IBM hasn't so much licensed the Pilot technology from 3Com as bought a big box of the things, sandpapered off the words 'US Robotics Palm Pilot" and written "IBM Workpad" on in blue crayon.
[September 27, 1997, 9:36]
Rupert Goodwins' Weekend Diary
News First, we find that IBM hasn't so much licensed the Pilot technology from 3Com as bought a big box of the things, sandpapered off the words 'US Robotics Palm Pilot" and written "IBM Workpad" on in blue crayon.
[September 27, 1997, 8:36]
Rupert Goodwins' Weekend Diary
Blog Ask US Robotics when the next version is coming out. One of Santa's reindeers stepped on my US Robotics Pilot, and the display is broken. Dream that Bill Gates is planning to send over 800 satellites into space and set up Internet Of The Air, thus...
[January 18, 1997, 7:00]
Rupert Goodwins' Weekend Diary
News Ask US Robotics when the next version is coming out. One of Santa's reindeers stepped on my US Robotics Pilot, and the display is broken. Dream that Bill Gates is planning to send over 800 satellites into space and set up Internet Of The Air, thus...
[January 18, 1997, 7:00]
Guy Kewney's Pre-Easter Diary
News It goes like this: once upon a time, I had a US Robotics Courier, and it stopped working. So I rang my friends at US Robotics 3Com, and said: "Can you replace the non-working part of this? Where's your diary?
[April 11, 1998, 7:00]
Guy Kewney's Weekend Diary
News Oh, not that boring old Rockwell stuff, no; this is US Robotics' own version. The low point of the evening was the visit to US Robotics, who did a late-night launch of 56Kbps modem technology. At the point where his minder chuck us out (on the...
[October 19, 1996, 9:00]
Rupert Goodwins' Saturday Diary
Blog Of that 168 messages, 121 are the weekend's outpouring of the US Robotics' Pilot mailing list. Email addresses: seven. E-mail messages: 168. Not good. Muse miserably about being "Technical Editor (Online)"; everyone sends you free accounts for...
[July 27, 1996, 10:07]
Rupert Goodwins' Saturday Diary
News Of that 168 messages, 121 are the weekend's outpouring of the US Robotics' Pilot mailing list. Email addresses: seven. E-mail messages: 168. Not good. Muse miserably about being "Technical Editor (Online)"; everyone sends you free accounts for...
[July 27, 1996, 9:07]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Ask US Robotics. Down in Plymouth, dropping Number One Son off with his grandparents for the last blast of the summer holidays. Also attend to my father (the West Country Vicar)'s modem, which has received a direct lightning strike up the interface...
[August 23, 1997, 9:00]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News Ask US Robotics. Down in Plymouth, dropping Number One Son off with his grandparents for the last blast of the summer holidays. Also attend to my father (the West Country Vicar)'s modem, which has received a direct lightning strike up the interface...
[August 23, 1997, 8:00]
Guy Kewney's Weekend Diary
News Off to Circuit City, where the plausible salesman talks me into buying a US Robotics Sportster PC Card for $200. And each time, I pat my shirt pocket reassuringly to check that I actually still have my US Robotics Pilot.
[February 15, 1997, 7:00]
Guy Kewney's Diary
News US Robotics may have announced its X2 technology slightly after the K56 design was announced, but it hit the headlines far, far harder. First amongst these awkward truths is "the hazard of using the sidewalk" as they say in the US.
[June 14, 1997, 8:00]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Meanwhile, finally flash-upgrade my US Robotics Courier to X2. Hear from a pal at the Burning Man festival in the US. Strong pound hurt us", says Psion. Watch the announcer on BBC try and fail to come to terms with what he's saying.
[September 6, 1997, 9:00]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News Meanwhile, finally flash-upgrade my US Robotics Courier to X2. Hear from a pal at the Burning Man festival in the US. Strong pound hurt us", says Psion. Watch the announcer on BBC try and fail to come to terms with what he's saying.
[September 6, 1997, 8:00]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog There's a fun round-up of the 56k modem market, where the company says that the year-long fistfight over the standard lost them some money but lost US Robotics a lot more. 9:30 AM. A taxi turns up at Goodwins' Heights to take me away.
[February 14, 1998, 6:00]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News There's a fun round-up of the 56k modem market, where the company says that the year-long fistfight over the standard lost them some money but lost US Robotics a lot more. 9:30 AM. A taxi turns up at Goodwins' Heights to take me away.
[February 14, 1998, 6:00]
