Sharp EL-6790 Electronic Organizer Review

The Sharp EL-6790 is an easy-to-use, inexpensive electronic organizer with 128KB of memory and better capabilities than most of the other electronic organizers in its price range. It has been sold either by itself or as a more expensive EL-6790P package, which includes the same organizer with a data transfer cable and disk.

SCREEN: The EL-6790's screen is almost 2 1/2 inches, measured diagonally, and has a backlight feature which can be turned on and off. The backlight is bright enough to make the screen readable in a completely dark room. The EL-6790 can display four full lines of upper- and lowercase text, which is a major advantage over most similar organizer models. Many organizers, such as the Sharp EL-6950, can only display letters on the top line, with the other lines reserved for numbers, and some models can't display lowercase letters. There is also a column on the left where various symbols and indicators can be displayed. A protective lid folds over the screen and keyboard to protect them when not in use.

KEYBOARD: The EL-6790's keyboard has its keys placed in a computer-like (QWERTY) arrangement, and it is relatively easy to type on, for an electronic organizer. The spacebar and enter keys are about as large as two of the other keys combined; it would be preferable if they were a bit larger, but this is not a significant problem. The keyboard features a good variety of symbols which can be used in entering data, including &*($/^!@#,.':.= and the division symbol.