Hi…there are two types of Lamy 4 in 1 pens…one black like the one you once had and stainless steel version with rubber grip…any preference? Is one better than the other?

Also do you use the screen protectors from Fuji? and what small bluetooth mouse would you recommend?

Thanks.

Andrew Beery, the spring tip on the Fujitsu stylus is what ejects it from the silo. I have not seen other styli with the same spring tip. I love the Lamy stylus for inking and will use it happily. One note, Fujitsu offers a 5-pack of replacement styli for less than $30 which is a great deal.

TonyP, I already have a PiggyBack case for my sleeve and yes, the extended battery fits well in it. :)

Quick question about the stylus… I’m looking for one that has a “springy” tip like the one that comes with the p1610/p1620… seems like everyone I see is a hard tip with little or no give… suggestions? By the way with regard to the ReadyBoost… I went thru 10+ SD cards looking for one that would run ReadyBoost on my p1610 and was NEVER able to get one to work… the 16GB SD card I have now works with ReadyBoost in my p1620… I suspect different builds of the p1610 had varying degrees of support for ReadyBoost

This is great, James. I ordered the Waterfield Designs SleeveCase too, but I went with the piggyback so I can take just the P1620 and a Sierra bluetooth keyboard if I want to have a compact and complete working solution. I wonder if the spare battery will fit in the piggyback too. We’ll see. 3/1/08 is my ship date.

I hope yours actually ships tomorrow. They have changed my ship date 3 times, once after promising it was a “firm” date.

Yep ReadyBoost has worked for a while with the P1610 and SD been running it since the Vista Beta. Not too much in net gains when using it over 512MB, but I do notice an improvement in some applications to warrent using it, more so with an SSD drive of the IDE I had in it before.

You can also run SD HC cards as well if you install a driver update. (Since they transfer faster than CF cards with a CF to SD adapter it works great with digital SLR cameras)

http://www.fmworld.net/download/E1007029/E1007029.exe

The SD HC update also works with the older P1510′s as well. Currently I am allocating 2 GB to ReadyBoost and 14GB for storage on my Patriot 16GB SD HC.

Note when you do your drive icon will fall under hard drives instead of removable disk due to the speed this runs at. More than fast enough to run ripped video, amazon unbox videos, and programs. :)

Combine it with a 32 GB CF card in the PC Card slot and a 32GB SSD drive and you got yourself 80GB of flash based storage, which makes it pretty snappy. IF you are planning on upgrading a P1610 to a SSD larger than 32GB say a 64GB or 128GB in the future, you will need the P1620 hard drive ZIF cable. Same goes in reverse if you want to run a 32GB SSD in the P1620 you need the ATA adapter of the P1610.

Just FYI…

Strange, cause I am running Vista on my P1610 with ReadyBoost (2GB SD in the SD slot). Maybe you were using a slow SD card before.