By: Ben Robinson, IntoMobile Sunday, September 28th, 2008 at 12:15 PM
PlanOn PRINTSTIK
Yep, he be mighty tiny! The PlanOn PRINTSTIK (I wonder if that’s a play on words for a certain glue?) can be easily stored when travelling, and connecting through Bluetooth means no cables… it uses thermal paper (of which a cartridge contains 20 sheets of A4), and weighs only 700g!
Other details you may want to know is the PPM (page per minute) rate, which equals 3, and the fact that the battery will power the printer for about 30 sheets (which to me seems just a touch on the low side).
Oh hang on…. the price would be handy too, wouldn’t it? It’s £199, with three cartridges of paper costing £9.99. Very nice, I want one please!
Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career
when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has
now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the
next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas!
He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently
became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years
when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to
'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make
your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device)
isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question
of why you continue to use it...
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infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the
occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience
in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with
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