[HN Gopher] Casio Caleid XM-700 Mobile Navigator (1997)
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       Casio Caleid XM-700 Mobile Navigator (1997)
        
       Author : msephton
       Score  : 13 points
       Date   : 2023-08-25 21:59 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | neilv wrote:
       | Around then, there seemed to be a cottage industry of importing
       | electronics that were developed for and marketed only to Japan.
       | Japan had a lot of neat innovations that you couldn't otherwise
       | get in the US.
        
       | tpmx wrote:
       | What a delightfully weird product!
        
       | scorxn wrote:
       | Oh man, what a fun era of tech. I had a REX 6000 that I adored.
        
       | tiahura wrote:
       | What happened to Casio? In the early 80's they had some really
       | cool products and then decline.
        
         | AndrewOMartin wrote:
         | They achieved perfection and retired undefeated.
        
         | [deleted]
        
         | NikkiA wrote:
         | They're still around, still trundling on selling watches,
         | calculators and musical keyboards aimed mostly at learning.
        
           | msephton wrote:
           | This PDA was a product of their calculator division.
        
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