Palm in a laptop. (new products).AlphaSmart Inc., www.alphasmart.com, Hardware, $399 (bulk pricing available) Dana is a laptop alternative device created to combine the affordability of a handheld with the ergonomic benefits of a notebook computer A laptop computer that weighs in a range from five to seven pounds. The term originated when laptops were routinely more than 10 pounds, and those that became lighter were placed in a special "notebook" category. In practice, notebook computer and laptop computer are synonymous. . It includes a full-size keyboard and a screen 3.5 times wider than the typical handheld screen. Users can type on the keyboard or write with the Dana stylus stylus: see pen. (1) A pen-shaped instrument that is used to "draw" images or select from menus. Styli (the plural of stylus, pronounced "sty-lye") come with handheld devices that have touch screens, such as PDAs and video games. directly onto the screen. It features Palm OS 4.1, and all Palm applications are compatible with Dana. The device can print directly to a USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. or IrDA-enabled printer. A MultiMediaCard or SD (Secure Digital) card can fit on Dana's two expansion slots. File exchange between many popular PC applications, such as Microsoft Word A full-featured word processing program for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. Included in the Microsoft application suite, it is a sophisticated program with rudimentary desktop publishing capabilities that has become the most widely used word processing application on the market. and Excel, is also possible. The unit, which weighs two pounds, is approximately 12 inches wide, nine inches deep and one inch high. Dana comes with eight megabytes of memory and a CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). with Palm software optimized for Dana's wide screen. CIRCLE #527 FOR INFORMATION [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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