PDAs (was something much longer)

[Guest guest]

> My PDA has really helped me with maintenance stuff that needs to

be done- I don't forget as much and I've almost got it.

>

I snipped out almost everything there ).

I LOVE my PDA. If I accidentally forget to bring it somewhere with

me, I literally feel like I've left my brain behind.

[Guest guest]

I gotta get a PDA. I have been heavily influenced by . I want

a clie70 whatever she has. I have been shopping for them and that

one is my favorite.

Does anyone have any other recommendations?

Camille

> > My PDA has really helped me with maintenance stuff that needs to

> be done- I don't forget as much and I've almost got it.

> >

>

> I snipped out almost everything there ).

>

> I LOVE my PDA. If I accidentally forget to bring it somewhere with

> me, I literally feel like I've left my brain behind.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Here is a link to good reviews of PDA's and pocket PCs. http://www.zdnet.com/

I have a really good one that is also a Pocket PC. It's kind of pricy, but I

love it- it's very useful and entertaining. It's a Toshiba e750. I have my

whole life on that thing. I have a mini finance program to keep track of my

spending, pocket streets, notes- to write down things so I don't forget, Excel

spreadsheets ( Buttons' urinalysis information, time- tracked, gas mileage,

etc.) all my appointments and tasks with reminders that go off in the morning. (

I hate that!) It's also a calculator, and even has WiFi capabilities for

wireless internet surfing, but I need to get a firewall or something to protect

the PC.

OH, it plays MP3 downloads, has a jack for normal headphones, has cool games,

etc.

If I could only get Outlook to work on the main computer and sync all my email.

This is my Dad's computer (my four year old one died) and he has Outlook

Express, and we have 2 different profiles.

I do sync everything else. I even have a woodsy screen saver on mine. There

are billions of things you can get for them.

Of course, like a duface, I put my pocket pc in my book bag, and being totally

absent minded, slam dropped the bag with all the books in it. I cracked the

screen on the PDA and now I had to send it off to be fixed, and I'm off track.

At least I synced all my tasks on the main computer so I don't forget.

The only trouble with the PDA is that it reminds me all the time and I don't

want to look at it, because my interests and perservations take time away from

what I'm SUPPOSE to be doing. So I don't look at it sometimes and miss things,

but that's my fault for being so silly. I'm learning my lesson with that.

Jeanette

Re: PDAs (was something much longer)

I gotta get a PDA. I have been heavily influenced by . I want

a clie70 whatever she has. I have been shopping for them and that

one is my favorite.

Does anyone have any other recommendations?

Camille

> > My PDA has really helped me with maintenance stuff that needs to

> be done- I don't forget as much and I've almost got it.

> >

>

> I snipped out almost everything there ).

>

> I LOVE my PDA. If I accidentally forget to bring it somewhere with

> me, I literally feel like I've left my brain behind.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Jeanette danced around singing:

>I have a really good one that is also a Pocket PC. It's kind of pricy,

>but I love it- it's very useful and entertaining. It's a Toshiba e750. I

>have my whole life on that thing. I have a mini finance program to keep

>track of my spending, pocket streets, notes- to write down things so I

>don't forget, Excel spreadsheets ( Buttons' urinalysis information, time-

>tracked, gas mileage, etc.) all my appointments and tasks with reminders

>that go off in the morning. ( I hate that!) It's also a calculator, and

>even has WiFi capabilities for wireless internet surfing, but I need to

>get a firewall or something to protect the PC.

>

>OH, it plays MP3 downloads, has a jack for normal headphones, has cool

>games, etc.

I was considering exactly that one a year ago, but wanted to wait until

there was more competition to see what else would be released. *grin* So

this past Spring, I bought a Clie (Palm OS) NX60: extremely long battery

life with fast recharge, mp3 playback, wireless networking/internet,

movies, games, Flash-based stuff, excellent voice recorder, virtual

graffitti that can be minimized to make the screen much larger, headphones

w/remote control, and the biggie for me -- an integrated keyboard! I can't

type anywhere near as fast on " Maree " but it's still great for those

moments when I don't want to (or can't) grab the stylus. It also

reads/writes the same memory sticks that the Sony cameras and notebooks do,

so given I already had a Sony notebook and later was given a Sony digital

camera, I can move pictures, movies, files, programs from one to the next

without cables.

>Of course, like a duface, I put my pocket pc in my book bag, and being

>totally absent minded, slam dropped the bag with all the books in it. I

>cracked the screen on the PDA and now I had to send it off to be fixed,

>and I'm off track.

Whoops! A huge part of the reason I picked the Clie NX60 type is because

its shell is made of metal rather than plastic, so it would be a lot harder

for me to accidentally destroy it! (I do things like that all the time,

especially as I am very clumsy.) Instead of having just a flip-top cover

or something similar, the whole PDA folds in half clamshell-style so the

keyboard/button half protects the screen and vice-versa. Thus far I've

dropped it on hard surfaces, down the stairs, spilled drinks on it, etc.

more than once already, but the hard case protects it. The screen can be

used flip-up like a laptop, or twist around more like one of those new

" tablet " computers so the screen is flat against the keyboard for writing

via hand or easier reading. I leave it turned on in the cradle next to my

bed in flip-up mode with a very nice clock (SplashClock) for me to check in

the middle of the night and alarms set to wake me up in the morning.

Sony has info on it here:

http://sonyelectronics.sonystyle.com/micros/clie/models/nx60.html

Or if that is too bandwidth-heavy, simple pictures of what it looks like...

Keyboard/flip-up mode:

http://sonyelectronics.sonystyle.com/micros/clie/media/home_nx60_device.jpg

Tablet mode:

http://sonyelectronics.sonystyle.com/micros/clie/media/nx60features/palm-main.jp\

g

Should be pretty cheap these days, considering it is now listed as

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[Guest guest]

I went with a Kyocera 7135, which is a Palm and a cellphone.

I can do wireless email and web access with it, as well as

the usual PDA stuff. It supports Verizon CDMA, including their

high(er) speed data service.

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Thanks Jeanette!

Toshiba e750

I'll check it out. Do you strap it to yourself during the day? I

would need to do that.

Camille

[Guest guest]

> I went with a Kyocera 7135, which is a Palm and a cellphone.

> I can do wireless email and web access with it, as well as

> the usual PDA stuff. It supports Verizon CDMA, including their

> high(er) speed data service.

What do you pay monthly for the web/phone business? I kind of would

like the phone part if I could afford it.

Camille

[Guest guest]

I *love* my Palm! I am lost without it.

If I had the money, I'd buy a Kyocera cell or a Blackberry (cell, two-way

pager & PDA in one).

I don't like the feel of the Clie or the m1XX range, but Palm m1XX is a

corporate standard. I originally had a Palm IIIxe for two years until it

broke - what a great workhorse.

I am not in favour of Windows CE machines, (spent too much time in Windows

to like it), but there are some great (wireless) CE machines out there.

Re: PDAs (was something much longer)

> I gotta get a PDA. I have been heavily influenced by . I want

> a clie70 whatever she has. I have been shopping for them and that

> one is my favorite.

>

> Does anyone have any other recommendations?

>

> Camille

>

>

>

> > > My PDA has really helped me with maintenance stuff that needs to

> > be done- I don't forget as much and I've almost got it.

> > >

> >

> > I snipped out almost everything there ).

> >

> > I LOVE my PDA. If I accidentally forget to bring it somewhere with

> > me, I literally feel like I've left my brain behind.

> >

> >

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Camille wrote:

>

>What do you pay monthly for the web/phone business? I kind of would

>like the phone part if I could afford it.

>

$40 for 500 minutes on Verizon's nationwide network with unlimited

nights and weekends.

Their local plan gives you 1000 minutes instead of 500.

Internet access same as voice unless you have a data plan (they don't

advertise this fact, but I think it still works that way).

$50 for unlimited CDMA1xRTT data (around 50kb/s) with or without a voice

plan.

They have some cheaper plans ($30 for 5MB data, $35 for 150 minutes

nationwide voice or data)

The Kyocera 7135 is a PDA so it gets the wireless sync rate, not the

higher PC rate,

but you can still hook it up to a PC or Mac and use it as a wireless

modem. I have used it that way.

Ride the Music

AndyTiedye

[Guest guest]

> I went with a Kyocera 7135, which is a Palm and a cellphone.

> I can do wireless email and web access with it, as well as

> the usual PDA stuff. It supports Verizon CDMA, including their

> high(er) speed data service.

I have some questions for you about it. How is it logistically? Are the

organizer and phone functions separate, and can they be used simultaneously?

For instance, if you are using some sort of hands free setup for phone, can

you check your calendar, etc. while you are talking?

[Guest guest]

Rakus wrote:

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>

>

>

>

>>I went with a Kyocera 7135, which is a Palm and a cellphone.

>>I can do wireless email and web access with it, as well as

>>the usual PDA stuff. It supports Verizon CDMA, including their

>>high(er) speed data service.

>>

>>

>

>I have some questions for you about it. How is it logistically? Are the

>organizer and phone functions separate, and can they be used simultaneously?

>

They can be used simultaneously.

The only limitation is that you can't make a data call and a voice call

at the same time.

>For instance, if you are using some sort of hands free setup for phone, can

>you check your calendar, etc. while you are talking?

>

>

Yes you can. It has a speakerphone mode built in too.

Ride the Music

AndyTiedye

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Hmmm, very tempting. Kyocera 7135. I really appreciate your

explanation of the charges.

Camille

>

> >

> >What do you pay monthly for the web/phone business? I kind of

would

> >like the phone part if I could afford it.

> >

> $40 for 500 minutes on Verizon's nationwide network with unlimited

> nights and weekends.

> Their local plan gives you 1000 minutes instead of 500.

> Internet access same as voice unless you have a data plan (they

don't

> advertise this fact, but I think it still works that way).

>

> $50 for unlimited CDMA1xRTT data (around 50kb/s) with or without a

voice

> plan.

> They have some cheaper plans ($30 for 5MB data, $35 for 150 minutes

> nationwide voice or data)

> The Kyocera 7135 is a PDA so it gets the wireless sync rate, not

the

> higher PC rate,

> but you can still hook it up to a PC or Mac and use it as a

wireless

> modem. I have used it that way.

>

>

>

>

> Ride the Music

>

> AndyTiedye