Re: Life after TX
- From: arnstein@xxxxxxxxx (David Arnstein)
- Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:58:29 +0000 (UTC)
In article <gadlp4t2bfjtm6nromdae1u27h78569pk1@xxxxxxx>,
Doug Warner <dwarner22@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From what I've read here, there are no good alternatives if you likePalmOS and the large screen if you use the origanizer features..
I have many reminders running in Datebk5. weekdays, weekends, Monthly
todo's, repeat until cancelled, etc.,. No one else seems to offer
this functionality (with alarms)
I'll buy at least 4 more on ebay, and a few spare glass digitizers.
This should hold me until a suitable replacement comes on the market.
I have come to the same conclusion that there is no good alternative to
Palm Tungsten. I have considered your plan to load up on TXs too. I
don't like the idea of depending on a (soon to be) unsupported operating
system though. Also, the cost of purchasing multiple Palm TX is
non-trivial. So here are two other alternatives that I am considering:
1. iPod Touch plus cell phone.
I am not interested in iPhone because it is not a good cell phone. I
will continue to use my basic but very competent cell phone. Because it
has an audible alarm, I would use it to announce appointments. I would
also enter the appointment details in the iPod Touch. I would use iPod
Touch for all PDA functions (except audible alarm, it has none.). I
would sync this data to my Mac Mini. Disadvantages: entering appointments
twice. Fiddling around with third party apps to get full backup/sync of
all PDA data to the Mac computer.
2. UMPC (ultra-mobile personal computer)
The pioneer in this field is OQO. These devices are larger than PDAs.
Disadvantages: larger size, high cost. Many of these devices are
clamshells, which means an extra step before use. I am not sure if any
of these devices can autonomously "wake up" to deliver an audible alarm.
If not, then I would still need to use my cell phone as an audible alarm.
3. Netbook plus cell phone.
The netbooks offer outstanding value. The Asus eeePC was the pioneer.
Disadvantages: the much large size and clamshell design means that I
would have to change the way I use the device, as compared to a PDA.
There would be times when I would have to go without the netbook, when
I could have brought a PDA along. In such cases, I would have to rely
on my cell phone.
I am interested in other ideas. Please post yours.
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David Arnstein (00)
arnstein+usenet@xxxxxxxxx {{ }}
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