Casio PV-400PLUS Cassiopeia Pocket Viewer Handheld Organizer

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5 x 3.2 x 1 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00003Q5HV
• Item model number: PV-400PLUS
• Batteries: 2 AAA batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
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• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1973

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

If you are looking for a hand-held electronic organizer but don't want all the bells and whistles (or the steep price) of a pocket PC, the Casio PV-400 Personal Viewer may be your solution. While it doesn't process data, the Casio PV-400 can synchronize with your desktop PC as well as store and display data.

The PV-400 offers 55 hours of battery life; 4 MB of flash memory; and a 128 x 128 dot matrix, illuminated backlight display. With these features, viewing important information while traveling or conducting business is literally well within your grasp.

What's in the box

• Cassiopeia PV-S400Plus
• PC Synchronization Cradle
• Hard Cover
• Stylus
• User manual

Software:

• PV Operating System developed by Casio
• World Clock
• Scheduler
• Contacts
• Memo
• Expense Manager
• Currency Converter
• Quick-Memo
• Pocket Sheet
• Secret Memory Area
• Quick Schedule
• 2 Calculators-Regular calculating mode plus scientific calculator
• 12 Games-Pocket Chess, Diamond, Floor Spread, Poker, Black Jack, etc.
• 9 Utilities-PV Number Convert: binary, octal, decimal and hex; Metronome: mark time by means of regularly recurring ticks or flashes at adjustable intervals; PV Clock, PV Exchange for rate conversion of currency, PV Shopper for a check off list for projects and materials. Pocket Viewer Timer, time, stop watch and count down timer, Tip Calculator, World City for world time plus
• 7 Reference Contents-Denomination code for linear measure, square measure, cubic measure, etc.; National Code, Piano Chords

Product Description

Casio Pocket Viewer PV-400Plus encompasses numerous features with a powerful 4MB flash memory. It provides one-handed access to your personal data, automatic PC synchronization and more. This slim unit provides storage for up to 8000 contacts, 8000 schedule items, 6000 expense and 1550 memo files. This ultimate organizer is the best, most reliable way to access your PIM data while away from the home or office.Another great feature is the quick data copy; you can copy text, spreadsheet, Internet and other data from a desktop computer quickly and easily. The pop-up tools include: clock (home time/world time), calendar and calculator, will only make it easier than what it already is. Other key features include: Scheduler, backlit display, contacts function, memo, quick-memo, expense function, conversion (Euro/General Currency) and multi-lingual messages (English, Spanish, French, German, Italian).

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

80 of 81 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A [value]!, October 13, 2000

By	anon - See all my reviews

I started looking for an inexpensive PDA to help me remember appointments and daily work schedule stuff. I intended to buy either a Palm III or a Handspring Visor, figuring that [it] was a good price compared to all the other prices I'd seen. Thank goodness I searched the Internet. I came across the Royal daVinci and the PV-400Plus, both cost [the same]. I bought the daVinci, and like what it offers, despite a minor glitch it had. You can get an optional mini-keyboard, you can upload new features into it, and it syncs with MS Outlook. Then I found a local store that had the Casio and decided I'd compare them. The Casio is half as thin, doesn't have a mini-keyboard (yet), you can't load new features into it, but it comes with what I needed. The one-handed dial is a bonus for looking up something quickly, and its size makes it easier to find a wallet case for (it'll fit into almost any Palm case). It syncs perfectly with MS Outlook at the touch of a button, using 95/98/NT, whatever. It comes with everything you need right out of the box. I kept the Casio and took the daVinci back the next day, and I've been loving it every since. Several of my friends are now re-evaluating their PDA options. As long as you don't need a PDA you can connect to the Internet with, I highly recommend the PV-400Plus.

79 of 80 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Product For Daily Life, October 11, 2000

By A Customer

I was looking for a PDA and found out how expensive they were. I first bought a Royal DaVinci and the sync program did not sync right and it crashed three times. So, I returned it and bought the Casio PV400 plus. Its is such a great PDA. If you are using it to retreive memos, contacts, and notes its perfect. If you want to cruise the net, buy a palm. It has a Data Copy program which is very useful. You can high light entire pages of texts online or a document, and it transfers the enitre text and splits it page be page on the Casio. This is useful because most PDA's will get only a number of characters an loose the rest of the text. Also, the software is not glitchy. I have had it for 7 months already, and it has not failed once. I even dropped it hard on a marble floor, and the screen did not break, data was not lost. It still works perfectly. Not even a scratch on the body. I recommend the Casio to anyone. Its very helpful in daily life. Casio really focusses on pratical use instead of the bells and whitles that most of the public does not use. Pro: 4 mb of memory, cradle, stylus, software, schedule, 5 memo sections, expense tracking, quick memo, todo, 7 phone files, secret area, back light, one hand use, games, and much more Cons: Backlight turns off every 15 seconds, but saves battery consumption (practical) Note: Has a bigger display than palm M-100

51 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent value and size, November 23, 2000

By	"thekopins" (Rochester, Michigan USA) - See all my reviews

I bought a casio pv200A last year and loved how user friendly it was to use. Two months ago, I bought the new pv400A. This PDA has several features that alot of buyers overlook. I wanted a PDA that I could put in my shirt pocket comfortably. Almost all of the other "palm" units were somewhat heavy and thick. I suggest that anyone considering buying a PDA try putting it into their shirt pocket for awhile as see how it feels. This is where you will in all likelihood carry your PDA for many hours during the day. This casio unit is VERY THIN AND LIGHT (compare them in the store), so having the casio in your shirt pocket will be comfortable compared to the much thicker and heavier palms. Believe me, this is important. Also, when in dim light, the WHOLE SCREEN BACKGROUND lights up very brightly just like the indiglo watches. Try this with the other "palms", and their screens almost vanish because the characters light up against an unlit background. In a dimly lit car interior (very common use for me), the casio is easy to read. I liked the FLASH MEMORY feature because if the batteries died, you didn't lose any data. I also liked the casio feature that remembered previously entered words, so as you typed, the screen AUTO-COMPLETED your words and sped up data entry. The casio features are very user friendly and logical. The scheduler appears uncluttered, and moving from screen to screen was easy. I don't know if other palms have secret areas, but this casio feature really helps me with passwords for websites, etc. All in all, a great value. Some of these issues may seem small, but over time they become very important to users.