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Manufacturer: Yafa Price: $20.00 Pros:
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Yafa 4.Palm Stylus
May 31, 2000
The Yafa 4.Palm stylus is a trendy iMac styled translucent 4 in 1 multifunction pen that is available in 5 colors: Green, Blue, Orange, Grey and Clear.
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Each 4.Palm pen has a black ink pen, 0.5mm pencil, neon
highlighter and a stylus tip. To select a tip, you hold the pen at about
30 degrees and rotate it till the icon for the tip that you want is on
top. The icons are printed around the top of the pen near the plunger.
Then you press the plunger and that tip extended. This method works
surprisingly well and I rarely had the wrong tip selected using this
method. The black ink pen and pencil tips are pretty much standard. The ink pen has a medium point and writes as smooth as any regular ballpoint ink pen. The 0.5mm pencil also works fine although to refill the lead, you have to unscrew the pen, pull out the pencil tube, and insert more lead. If you plan to use the pencil a lot, this could be an annoying chore. |
| The neon highlighter tip is actually an orange ballpoint ink
pen that has a heavy point (just a little thicker than the black ink tip).
As highlighters go, I'd rather have a felt tipped version...
The other tip is the stylus which is black. I'm not fond of black colored stylus tips because they don't stand out enough from the other tips. It would be easy to think you had the stylus extended only to have the black pen instead...eek, wouldn't want to use that on your PDA display! That said, this tip is smooth and easy to write with. Using it with my Palm IIIc and Casio E-115 felt just fine. This stylus is worlds better than the stock styli that come with the PDAs. |
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A small white eraser is housed under the plunger cap.
When no tip is extended, the pen does rattle quite a bit if you shake it.
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The only real negative aspect of the 4.Palm stylus is its
size. It is really thick. As you can see by the picture to the left,
it is almost twice as wide as a regular BIC pen. But, the Yafa 4.Palm
didn't seem to be uncomfortable for me to hold and use. Its size and color
makes it seem more juvenile than corporate. I can't really picture an
executive with one of these pens clipped to his shirt pocket.
Other than that, the Yafa 4.Palm is a nice inexpensive stylus / pen combo. |
Price: $20.00
Pros:
4 tips in one pen.
Smooth stylus tip.
Interesting colors.
Cons:
Too thick.
Black stylus tip.
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I must admit, when I received email notification of this review I was ecstatic. Tons of pictures, great in-depth review, typical for the-gadgeteer...or so I figured! While I am glad to see a Shap C700 review, it truly could have been more in-depth. This seems to be one of the most revolutionary Linux PDAs in a long time, yet its review is half the size of those for new Pocket PCs with a mere two or three new features! What gives? I would really like some more pictures, from every angle possible, and if possible maybe a longer in-depth version over the period of the next month. Is that too much to ask?
No disrespect here...just constructive criticism.
Everyone's a critic! Well I didn't write any of those other
LONG reviews. But I'll be glad to answer any questions
(provided I have figured the answers out). If you found
a gadget (say, an astrolabe) with the instructions written
in Etruscan how long would the review you wrote two weeks
later be?
Jeff
I once had an ancient egyptian sarcophagus which come with sumerian instruction tablet. It didn't take me 2 weeks to write a review. :P
PS. nice review:
uhm..can you run all Linux software written with QT in mind? what is the situation with softwares? thanks.
I am amazed that devices with keyboard and wide aspect screen have been so eclipsed by the palm top format.
I love my palm 500, and I am rarely without it, including whilst on holiday, which is the only time I do not also have a PC close at hand. Now I like to keep a daily account of the holiday, and have used the palm for that purpose, but I much prefer to use my son's LG Phenom. (long since discontinued) Long battery life, instantly on, fair keyboard, not pocketable but certainly portable, and 640x240 screen though not brilliant, does present an A4 width of page.
Here are a few questions that come to mind from the C700 review:-
What is the screen resolution?
Does the Word handling program cope with tables?
Is there a hotsynch program? Which interface does it use?
Does your replacement contacts program synchronise with outlook?
does the application or the OS control the screen aspect (portrait or landscape)?
Have you seen anything of the Samsung Nexio? http://www.samsungelectronics.com/pda/index.html
Pocket PC 8.8oz 800x480 screen and keyboard
Best Wishes
Mike
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