NEC MobilePro 770

Pros: keyboard, features, design, price, overall quality
Cons: no USB support

When I began shopping for a portable PC, I read a LOT of reviews. What struck me immediately about this handheld was the overwhelmingly positive tone of almost every review I found for it. Now I understand why. This is truly the state of the art in...

Pros: Size, memory, speed, versatility, connectivity, you name it!
Cons: None

I have been involved with computers from the TRS-80 Model I in 1978 until the present. During this time I have owned countless machines. I must admit that buying a new computer now does not move me the way it used to - it is just a tool that I need....

Pros: Keyboard, Features
Cons: Battery Life

I bought NEC MobilePro (actually the updated 780, but the same product line) based on reviews I read at this site. I had just gotten a new job and I had to go out of town to a cousin's wedding. I needed a way to coordinate MS Outlook information...

Pros: Sleek Design, Excellent Keyboard, Speed, Windows applications
Cons: Cursor arrows on keyboard, blurred-screen

I use a Mobile Pro 770 at work, it's not my primary computer, but I use it as a voice recorder, and taking notes at meetings.

Key Features:

- NEC VR4114 133MHz CPU
- 32MB RAM
- Passive Backlit screen
- Full sized...

Pros: Amazing keyboard, nice battery life, Type 2 PC Card, Type 2 CF, VGA-Out, Infrared, Built-in v.90 modem
Cons: No USB, 2.5mm headset instead of normal stereo headphone, no external Record button, a bit large

I have had a few PDAs, including PalmPilot Pro, Palm3 (which is slowly dying) and a Jornada 680 (which I sent back because of some obvious design problems, you can read my review of it at

Pros: Keyboard, Modem, Size, Screen
Cons: Lack of supply

The NEC MobilePro 780 is a good quality product that delivers exactly what it promises. It offers a keyboard that is actually typeable: no more single finger pecking. The sync software is extremely useful and has made transferring files a breeze. My...

Pros: Great battery life, only useful keyboard in its class.
Cons: Support is NON-EXISTENT!

(All you guys who gave such rave reviews better listen up. Trouble's coming.)
The backup (CMOS) battery failed on my unit and I lost all data on my 770. I'm talking all the applications I'd installed, the settings for my wireless PC card, everything...

Pros: Great battery life, great keyboard, Windows compatibility and familiar feeling.
Cons: I would have liked for my screen to have lasted a little bit longer.

I was initially very impressed with this product when I had first encountered it, now its collecting dust in my closet. It uses a highly condensed form of Windows called CE (Version 3.0, if I remember correctly). It was almost ahead of it's time. ...

Pros: Size, Instant On, Windows Compatibility, Expansion
Cons: None that I have found

This is a fantastic little machine, it was by accident I purchased one while looking for a pocket PC. It looks great and performs even better. The battery lasts all day long and I find myself using it more than my desktop or laptop. Great buy if you can find one in good condition.