The Ultimate in Handheld Genealogy?

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A friend emailed me about an interesting alternative to PDAs for genealogy that’s been around for a while – the model 01+ from oqo. This is a fully functioning Windows XP computer that is small (probably the smallest that has a built-in keyboard). For some genealogists, having all of the tools they normally work in this small of a package would be interesting. model 01+

The price is very steep (although ebay may have some for less):
* $1499 USD for the base model – 1 GHz processor, 20GB HD, and 256MB RAM.
* $1899 USD for the Plus edition – 1 GHz processor, 30GB HD, 512MB RAM.

Pros:
- 5-inch, 800×480 indoor/outdoor LCD Display (that doubles as input – it’s a touchscreen)
- Runs Windows XP
- 20GB+ Harddrive
- Integrated Wireless (WiFi, Firewire, USB
- Just less than an inch thick, and 4.9 inches long by 3.4 inches wide and weighs just 14 ounces (not bad for a Windows XP computer).
- Slide-down keyboard 		Cons:
- Price
- Battery life is not that great compared to a PDA.
- According to the reviews, the bootup is a little slow
- May run warm

Review from LAPTOP Magazine – December 2004.

Handheld Computers: A Genealogist’s View – Part 1

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Dick Eastman has another article about mobile genealogy at Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter that is part one of a series. This is a plus edition article – for plus edition subscribers only. It’s another good article about handheld computers in genealogy.

Handheld Computers: A Genealogist’s View – Part 1

Best of all, a PDA organizes my genealogy data in a way that is easier to use, more flexible, and much faster than attempting the same thing on paper. For instance, when I want to find all occurrences of the name “Washington Harvey Eastman,” I can do so in five or ten seconds with the handheld computer. Doing the same on paper might take a minute or two, assuming that I have manually created a top-notch index. Given my indexing skills, such a search through the three-ring binders more likely would require a half hour.

Pocket Genealogist 2.96.2

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A new public beta/pre-release of Pocket Genealogist is available – version 2.96.2

This update contains two new fixes:
* When adding a child to an individual with no spouses, you will be prompted if you wish to create a family record in order to add the child. A fix was made to make the new “unknown” spouse the “preferred” spouse so that the child will be properly displayed in Legacy when doing a 2-way sync.
* Change to the Find screen for the German translation to remove a truncation issue.