http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/eholster-review.html

You walk into a federal building wearing one of this e-holsters and carrying your pdas and cellphones, lets say under your coat, since you are in Chicago :-). You reach under your left arm to get your pda out, in order to walk through the metal detector gate. There is a 99% chance of all the guards have seen the Matrix, there will be n+1 guns pointed at you, before you even look up.

Sounds like a good intro to my next 12 step program. I used a holster for a while. It was really nice to carry both my Visor and my keyboard around with me. I found that it was a bit too geeky when I wasn't wearing something over it. When I had a vest or jacket over it, no-one noticed it.

I used Landware's burro pack which I just unclipped before getting in site of the security folks at any of the federal buildings I work in. I probably wouldn't use the e-holster because you can't easily unclip it without taking off your jacket.

It really is a geeky thing to wear and I don't use it as often as I used to. I'm actually looking for an alternative. I'm not really a belt clip kind of guy and I'd like to have a way to attach my Visor and stowaway keyboard without geeking out too badly.

Peace!

If you carry that much stuff, use a shoulder bag or briefcase. If you want the military look, get an LBE with some pouches. You could even use a pistol holster to carry your cell phone or PDA!

"The PalmIIIc fit was a bit snug, so you may have some trouble getting bigger, less useful (i.e. WindowsCE/PocketPC) devices to fit."

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Originally posted by TheCritic:
Remember his/her whole "Why I choosed the IIIC over the iPaq" Thing?
Of course what the reviewer has said was purely out of spite and jealousy.
I dont want to start a war( not yet, or this soon), but I think that Palm would be the "Bigger, Less Useful(IIIC, IIIxe, M100) devices"

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Originally posted by TheCritic:
Remember his/her whole "Why I choosed the IIIC over the iPaq" Thing?
Of course what the reviewer has said was purely out of spite and jealousy.
I dont want to start a war( not yet, or this soon), but I think that Palm would be the "Bigger, Less Useful(IIIC, IIIxe, M100) devices"

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Originally posted by Dan Parsons:
I said what I said because I honestly feel that CE is useless.

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It wasn't stated as your opinion in the review, though. That context wasn't expressed. That's people's beef.

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The eHolster reviewer made it sounded like it was universally accepted that WindowsCE/PocketPC devices are less useful than Palms. May be he meant to state his personal opinion, but it did not read so.

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Originally posted by Dan Parsons:
I am the author of this review... I said what I said because I honestly feel that CE is useless. There, you have it.

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Later (after moving to the US and getting a Palm III), I picked up the BurroPak....and while I got some strange reactions from people at work. I didn't encounter any resistance to having it. Including international air travel.

During the summer I switched to an e-Holster, because I liked the look and it seemed better suited to holding my growing collection of e-gadgets. I mainly wanted to move the cellphone (that I had at the time) off of my belt. There wasn't as much reaction to using the e-holster at work, probably because people have become accustom to seeing me with a holster of some kind.

Recently I just got back from a cruise of the Western Caribbean (Sea Princess). And, I didn't have any problems clearing security with the holster on. I wore the holster pretty much continuously the whole trip. I had one pouch for glasses and a pen and the neoprene pouch that I normally have my Palm Vx in....I used to carry around my Canon ELPH 370Z. Found it to be a perfect arrangement, better than having a camera dangling around my neck or other usual arrangements.

Sure I got lots of questions about it from passengers and cruise staff. One of the head waiters commented that he checked out information on the eHolster....don't know if he'll be getting one.....