Casio PV-200 Pocket Viewer PC Companion

The Casio Cassiopeia PV-200e model is a wonderful machine that will keep an unorganized techie in-sync with their home or office PC while on the road. The PV-200e features all the PV-200 model advantages except the backlit display and desktop cradle. The serial cable sync operation is one-touch and will update information on both the Casio and home or office computer's operating systems. The included software is easy to use and free downloadable software makes the unit compatible with Microsoft Outlook 2000 and before. One exceptional feature that the PV-200e has is the clarity of the on-screen writing in the Quick-Memo function. In short, Casio provides a lot of power in their PV-200e!

The Casio Cassiopeia PV-200e model is a wonderful machine that will keep an unorganized techie in-sync with their home or office PC while on the road. The PV-200e features all the PV-200 model advantages except the backlit display and desktop cradle. The serial cable sync operation is one-touch and will update information on both the Casio and home or office computer's operating systems. The included software is easy to use and free downloadable software makes the unit compatible with Microsoft Outlook 2000 and before. One exceptional feature that the PV-200e has is the clarity of the on-screen writing in the Quick-Memo function. In short, Casio provides a lot of power in their PV-200e!

I spent the last month researching PDAs. The Casio PV-200 is a great value! If you want or need e-mail function, this product is NOT for you. However, for keeping track of your appointments, business/personal contacts, this item is great. I've read some of the negative comments...they must be referring to the PV-100 model. Be sure to purchase the PV-200A (with the silver colored screen protector). The on-screen key pad makes entries very easy. It defaults to capitalize the first word of each sentence and "remembers" frequent words you've entered. So, after you type "Bir" the word "Birthday" will appear--simply tap the word and save time. One touch shows your next scheduled appointment. It has a daily alarm, reminder alarms, etc. This is a great product for the money. I do not use the PC Sync function, so I cannot comment on it. This product is advertised on the internet anywhere from $99.99 to $149.99.

It seems to be a reasonable buy but it has serious drawbacks: - hard to move from one screen to the other, - hard to search for something, - almost impossible to syncronize with the PC

The manual is confusing and GARBAGE! (1) Can't match the manual description and Sync software and what you see on PV-200 and Serial cable adaptor. For example, the manual does not describe sync procedure clearly. On the PV-200 no option for Sync. On software there is option for Sync between casio and pc. (2) No clear (matching) procedure described to send, receive, sync data between PV-200 and PC. The procedure does not clearly tell which button to press from where PV-200 screen or serial port or pc? (3) The adrress book is not compatible to excel or oher standard software for address. Or the procedure is not described. (4) Sometimes the Data-Sync works and sometimes does not. (5) Illuminator auto shut-off time cant be selected, it is fixed. (6) No direct icon for calculator. To use calculator three steps of key operations are required ! (7) Manual does not reflect what is seen on PV-200 screen (8) Search operation is case sensitive. If you are looking for stored data under name Kevin, and if you search for kevin, you get "item not found" mesage.