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PDAs - any use?
jgpaiva:
Usable with one hand - put it on a desk or your knee and its 1 handed. Cf laptop - unless its on your knee or a desk, forget "barely one handed" completely!!
-tsaint (May 27, 2006, 06:20 PM)
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I meant compared to a cell phone ;)
Needing 2 hands to handle it makes it a bit less handy that a regular cell phone. But i don't consider this as a big issue, other than when driving.
tsaint:
I meant compared to a cell phone ;)-jgpaiva (May 27, 2006, 06:39 PM)
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Oops - sorry! :D
rjbull:
Thanks, folks! :Thmbsup:
@Gothi[c]: if they made A5-form-factor laptops with all-flash memory, I'd be interested...
@jgpaiva: smartphones seem to be killing stand-alone PDAs, but they are expensive, and (I think) the screens and keyboards are both small.
@tsaint: Kay Shapero said she downloads novels from Project Gutenberg onto hers and reads them while waiting in line. Her Web site even has a link for spare screws for Palm Tungsten T series, for people in the US. Sounds like you get a lot use out of yours. The instant-on and long battery life sound very appealing.
Josh:
If you are in the arena for a PDA, I would suggest moving to the pocketpc line of products. Not only do you get a familiar interface (windows based in most cases, although there are some linux-based ones), but you get a wider variety of apps and far greater compatibility. I recommend the HP iPaq, they are great little machines.
rjbull:
If you are in the arena for a PDA, I would suggest moving to the pocketpc line of products.
-Josh (May 28, 2006, 03:26 PM)
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My instant reaction is to say Palm just because it isn't Microsoft, but I get the impression that Palm are fading and Pocket PC are rising. Purely objectively, and only as far as I understand it, the Palm OS is lighter-weight and Palms still give you more bang for your buck.
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