Registered: Jan 2001
Location: Seattle, WA USA
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Traveling abroad w/ Edge - Power & Other Issues

Hi All,

I'll be going to the UK, France, Spain, Italy, and the Philippines in about a month.

I'd like to bring my Edge with me so that I can type my journals of my trip. Here are some concerns that I have:

1) Where can I get power? Since I will not be hotsyncing at all (not going to bring my laptop - gotta travel light - going to bring a backup module, however) how will I get power to the edge? Do they make an AA battery pack? If so, how much power will that suck up? How many batteries will I have to bring on a 6-week trip?

2) Stowaway - I remember reading that now make stowaway keyboards for the edge, finally. However, I read somewhere that there is an ADAPTOR that I can buy for the edge and and use a stowaway built for the vdx, etc...true? false? If so, how much is the adaptor - I'd like to buy someone's used stowaway to save money.

Thank you!!!

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Registered: Sep 2001
Location: Singapore
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Hi
Hope I can help

For power on the go, you might wanna check out this:


link here

OR this:


link here

A whole list of travel chargers are available @ here

As for Stowaways, I've read in the forums that you have to contact Targus' Customer Service and the cost is like around US$15.
The article can be found @ here

Cheers pal
/andre

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Registered: Feb 2002
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Originally posted by Zip-Zilla
Hi
Hope I can help
As for Stowaways, I've read in the forums that you have to contact Targus' Customer Service and the cost is like around US$15.
The article can be found @ here

Cheers pal
/andre

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Schrader,

I checked out that q-pad - and it says it's availiable after "Jan 15,2002". Well it's way past that date - howcome we cant purchase it yet?


Zip-Zilla,

Anyidea how much the edge "eats" in AA batteries?

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Registered: Sep 2001
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Originally posted by MitzEclipse
Schrader,

I checked out that q-pad - and it says it's availiable after "Jan 15,2002". Well it's way past that date - howcome we cant purchase it yet?


Zip-Zilla,

Anyidea how much the edge "eats" in AA batteries?

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The Q-pad looks a little ugly, I have to say...

And MitzEclipse, nope, I don't know how the Edge eats those AA batteries... but it's stated in VC's review that each set of AA batteries can last 4-5 charges....

Maybe you should contact GadgetGuru (VisorSolutions.com) He's also from VC

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Registered: Jan 2002
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With regard to power, you should be able to use the cradle with suitable plug adapters (the UK has completely different plugs from the Continent). I emailed Handspring UK before I travelled to Italy from the UK, and got a reply saying that the cradle works fine with a variety of different voltages. It worked fine for me. I suggest you try an email yourself, specifying the country your cradle was designed for. The cradle doesn't take up too much space in your luggage.