The OmniGo 100 price dropped when the OmniGo 120 came out, making
it even more attractive. Granted, the OmniGo 120 is probably better,
but if you've never used a pocket organizer before, you probably
don't really know what you're going to need. So a less expensive
version gives you a chance to find out what features are really
useful before you make a really big investment. And for many people,
the less expensive products are all they need.
The OmniGo 100: An affordable PDA - Feb 1996
[1996/12/18]
Also in the Nov/Dec '96 issue of Pen Computing they still list the
Casio Z-7000 as a current product. I expect that they are correct.
The last time I spoke with Casio was early last year, and that was
the case. It seems that they will keep it "current" until they are
sold off. The sad thing is that if they would bring out an updated
product it might still find a market. It would need a better processor,
a more recent version of Geos (based on Execute In Place technology
like the HP Omnigo 100/120), more RAM, and improvements to the
applications. I would probably get rid of the AOL client and include
a PPP/TCP/IP stack, or perhaps a spreadsheet. But the concept is
still a good one.
[1997/01/23]