Fellowes 98032 PDA Travel Portfolio

by Fellowes

Product Details

• Item Weight: 0.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004WHR6
• Item model number: 98032
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Product Description

Fellowes 98032 PDA Travel Portfolio

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty handy but size is odd, October 22, 2001

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atmj (Rochester, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fellowes 98032 PDA Travel Portfolio (Office Product)

I struggled with the usefulness of this PDA holder versus the smaller one also made by Fellowes. What opted me to purchase this one is that I found it on a "sale" table at a local Office store for 1/3 the price here. In the worst case, I waste a little money, try it out and then buy the smaller one.

The reason I was looking at the Fellowes cases is because I wanted a case besides the one provided by @migo that would protect the screen of my PDA without having to slide it out of. I also wanted a means to carry a pen and either a pad of paper or batch of post it notes. This case came with a pad as well as a pen holder.

CASE WILL HOLD THE FOLLOWING:
10-15 business cards
1 pocket pc or palm PDA by using a velco tape on the back of PDA
1 stylus for PDA
1 Pen or pencil
Pocket for passport or smaller envelope or plane
Separator that can hold 9 credit cards
Pad of 3" wide x 5" long paper. Paper could be up to 7" long.
Under the PDA area and not too obvious is an area that you can put receipts and the like as well.

Considering the size of this case it would be nice if it had a spot for money or a zippered section for additional security.

CASE SIZE:
You can get this from the description, but I wanted to note it here as well. It is 5" wide by 8-3/4" tall and 2" deep with the PDA in it. I have the @migo 600c, Pocket PC that I'm sure contributes to the thickness. I'm sure an Ipac with the sleeve would fit in here, but it may wind up even thicker.
You can't put a letter sized envelope in here. It is too short.
As I tend to keep my plane tickets in the envelope, this would not work for this. You definitely can put just the tickets and a passport in this PDA case. I can't put this PDA case in my purse. The purse I carry is a medium size bag and this PDA case would be way too big. This PDA case will fit in my briefcase (A Land's end standard attache) with no problem however.

QUALITY:
As this is an artificial leather case, quality should be noted. It is a very nice looking case. Few people would question that it was not real leather. On top of that the plastic zipper seems to be decent quality and it has a nice metal tang which makes it easy to grip.
By having the PDA screen face the separator that would hold the tickets or passport it is well protected as well.
The exterior of the case is padded with a hard (cardboard) core that feels well made.

All in all this is a decent product but, I'm not sure its size meets my needs for the long run. It is too small for travel and too big for day to day.