I've been using a Hutchinson Telecom text pager for the last three years, and if it came to the crunch I'd rather lose my mobile phone. It's always on (2 x AAA batteries last about a month), very rarely is it out of range, and I can set it to vibrate or flash if I'm in a meeting. In fact I can even set it up to switch modes automatically on a timed basis, so I don't have to think about it for regular events! The pager displays 5 lines of text at once, and can store the last 99 messages, as well as a database of reminder information. I can use it as a clock, an alarm, a diary... It's ...
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