Philips Nino 300

This is a Windows CE powered device which came out around 1998. I bought one on the recommendation of a shop assistant in a well known chain store. At the time, I was considering a Psion 5, but totally fell for the "no keyboard; write on the screen" hook, line and sinker! Unfortunately, the machine is expensive to upgrade and the Windows CE 2.0 operating system is memory-heavy, using up the lion's share of the measley 4MB of RAM. After 6 months, I had to buy a new battery as my useage was quite erratic due to frustration with the machine. The machine has all the usual functions you would expect from a PDA: address book, calender, inbox program to ...  Read the complete review

I've owned my Nino since they first came out - in fact I paid full price for it at the time (near enough £500), with it replacing a Psion 3c as my PDA. My only gripes with it are that the memory is a little small for heavy duty work - although it had the largest amount of memory at the time of release - 8Mb would have been better than 4Mb, and the fact that if you let both the main batteries & backup battery run *almost* flat - it has a tendency to crash. Other than those caveats, it has been a very stable little Windows CE device. The built in applications are the standard Microsoft affairs, but lacking IE - since IE for CE only comes designed for ...  Read the complete review

Having owned both a Windows CE first-generation handheld device and a second-generation handheld device, I always suffered from what I called "Palm envy". Not that I was dis-satisfied with my handhelds, they did exactly what I needed them to do. But the allure of the Palm Pilot was strong and I felt myself giving in to its popularity. But then the new Windows CE palm devices came out and I was immediately drawn to one of them - the Philips Nino. The Nino is an attention grabber. It's shell, a metallic brushed-steel, is more than the typical boxed shell you see on the other palm-size devices. It's a little larger than other CE palm units, but ...  Read the complete review

I must admit I do like gadgets whether they are mobile phones, CD/MP3 players or personal organisers. Last year, I went through a phase of wanting to get a better grip over organising myself at work. Time for a gadget I thought & after a week or 2 of deliberations – I purchased a Philips Nino 300. The Nino is palm sized though it is quite a thick machine. You write on it using a plastic stylus supplied with it. There are a number of ways to write numbers or letters. One way is to ‘draw’ the character, which is then converted by the Nino into the required character. Another way is to bring up a little keyboard image at the base of the screen and ...  Read the complete review

I bought my Nino for 99 quid from BT. They were selling them off as they had been replaced with the battery eating color (sic) models. The Nino is a very nice looking unit, and has 8MB RAM and 8MB ROM. The operating system is Windows CE 2.1 and its pretty quick and easy to use. I use it for loads of things including writing small amounts of text (theres a great handwriting recognition program) for schedules, contacts, and for the internet. You can sync your desktop PC with it seamlessly, and it works well with the inbuilt modem of a 7110e. Full internet access is achieved by downloading a third party browser - or AvantGo. ...  Read the complete review