Handheld PC lost at hotel
I work for an American company. On Tuesday, Feb. 29, my colleague and I were sitting in front of the Bogor restaurant at Borobudur Hotel from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Afterward, I headed to the parking lot at the back of the hotel and stopped at the toilet for a minute. As I walked to the rear entrance, I realized that my Cassiopeia E-105 handheld personal computer (EPIC), serial number T4971850693314, was not in my pocket.
I ran back to the toilet and to my seat in front of the restaurant, and by then, 6:05 p.m., my HPC was already gone. The area where I sat was heavily guarded by hotel security because at 6:30 p.m. some ministers and important people such as Kwik Kian Gie, Bambang Sudibyo and Sri Edi Swasono were to attend a function right above the area where I was sitting.
And the hotel's cleaning staff confirmed that the area where I sat was regularly cleaned.
To the person who "found" my HPC, I inform you that it would only last for six hours without recharging by a special charger. Do not try to use other chargers because it will ruin the HPC, making it worthless.
For data communication with a desktop PC, the HPC requires a special cradle. The charger, cradle and software are included in the HPC package. If you intend to sell the HPC to a Casio dealer, I do not think they would buy it since: 1) Casio HPCs are not hot products, at least not in Jakarta, and 2) you do not have the charger, cradle and software -- it is not like standard cellular phones that are commonly used by anyone.
If you intend to sell the HPC to a user, then in addition to the above problems is the fact that there are not many prospective users for a Cassiopeia (especially one without the charger, cradle and software) and 3Com's Palm is a much preferred alternative for an HPC. In a nutshell, the HPC is not of any meaningful value to you.
I would therefore like to offer to "buy" the item from whoever "found" it. I am the most interested party in the HPC (since I have the charger, cradle and software) and, hence, am willing to pay a good price. I can be contacted at 0811-811-990 at anytime.
ANDI WIDIANTO SETIANTO
South Jakarta