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There seems to be no movement at Palm for its
PDA line. Is it dead or just hibernating? Many
have hold the view that there simply isn't any
market for PDA anymore and the smart phones
is the way to go. What is you thought on this?
I'm still happily using my TX and I'm not too
sure about getting a smart phone to replace
it any time soon.
/Why Tea
Why Tea <ytlim1@gmail.com> wrote:
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>There seems to be no movement at Palm for its
>PDA line. Is it dead or just hibernating?[/color]
I'd say it's probably dead. I still see them in the discount houses
but apparently they're not selling many. Not surprising considering
the competition.
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>I'm still happily using my TX and I'm not too
>sure about getting a smart phone to replace
>it any time soon.[/color]
I use my TX (and several previous Palm models) for ebook reading. The
screens on the phones make very poor readers. The commercial readers
(Amazon-Sony) are too big and heavy to fit in the pocket. So for the
time being the TX is it. Bring the price down on the Touch a little
and well, who knows... ;)
On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:16:23 -0700 (PDT), Why Tea <ytlim1@gmail.com>
wrote:
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>There seems to be no movement at Palm for its
>PDA line. Is it dead or just hibernating? Many
>have hold the view that there simply isn't any
>market for PDA anymore and the smart phones
>is the way to go. What is you thought on this?[/color]
Palm is one of the companies which seems to think that the PDA market
is dead. And while this is something of a self-fulfilling prophecy
since Palm hasn't made a new PDA since the TX, Apple's success with
the iPhone and Palm's own success with the Treo and Centro suggests
that this is indeed the case.
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>I'm still happily using my TX and I'm not too
>sure about getting a smart phone to replace
>it any time soon.
>[/color]
Personally, I've been using smartphone ever since I popped a
Handspring VisorPhone module into my Visor Platinum's Springboard slot
almost ten years ago. But I still carry a Palm TX in addition to my
Treo 680. I've also been eyeing the iPhone but I don't think I could
ever get used to its onscreen keyboard after having used Treo
keyboards for years. I also dread the thought of having to migrate a
decade's worth of PIM data to an iPhone. I'd probably end up being one
of those guys who carries two phones if I went for the iPhone.
Ironically enough, the best choice right now for traditional PDA users
besides the Palm TX might be the iPod Touch. Once it has been
outfitted with the proper software, the Touch can function as a nice
e-book reader and web tablet. Now if only it could talk to a GSM phone
over a Bluetooth connection....
--
Cause, really, nothing says "I'm a counter culture
rebel, fighting the establishment" like an Aibo on
a skateboard.
- Seen on Slashdot
Roberto Castillo
[email]robertocastillo@ameritech.net[/email]
[url]http://mind-grapes.blogspot.com/[/url]
[url]http://zombie-gulch.myminicity.com/[/url]
On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:16:23 -0700, Why Tea wrote:
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> There seems to be no movement at Palm for its PDA line. Is it dead or
> just hibernating? Many have hold the view that there simply isn't any
> market for PDA anymore and the smart phones is the way to go. What is
> you thought on this? I'm still happily using my TX and I'm not too sure
> about getting a smart phone to replace it any time soon.
>
> /Why Tea[/color]
"It's dead, Jim". You're better off getting one of the garnet emulators,
and running that -- if you're that hard up.
Seriously, I waiting for the homeless people on my street corner to start
carrying the Palm -- it'll match the Tommy Hilfiger castoffs they seem to
get at the shelters. (Maybe detox'll handout Palm3s to give them
reminders to show up for rehab and meds).
I've been fishing around for a year to find something that's an equitable
replacement (and not a phone!). Looks like the N8xx family and/or the
Android based stuff (and perhaps any number of the new mini-micros EEE,
etc class boxes) are going to be a little more realistic for online/
offline lifestyles. I'll miss the Palm, but living with the recent
versions of PalmOS and the 'oh, so-1990's' OS are getting me over that
pretty damn quick.
Suck it up. Get a Tablet, EEE or similar-classed device instead. You've
got a shot in hell of it actually working....
On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:07:53 -0500, Thomas P Brisco
<spamboy@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>
>I've been fishing around for a year to find something that's an equitable
>replacement (and not a phone!). Looks like the N8xx family and/or the
>Android based stuff (and perhaps any number of the new mini-micros EEE,
>etc class boxes) are going to be a little more realistic for online/
>offline lifestyles. I'll miss the Palm, but living with the recent
>versions of PalmOS and the 'oh, so-1990's' OS are getting me over that
>pretty damn quick.
>
>Suck it up. Get a Tablet, EEE or similar-classed device instead. You've
>got a shot in hell of it actually working....[/color]
I've got an Acer Aspire One and while it's a nice little laptop, it
doesn't replace a PDA for me. Personally, I'd be fine carrying just a
PalmOS phone and no PDA if it had a big screen.
--
Cause, really, nothing says "I'm a counter culture
rebel, fighting the establishment" like an Aibo on
a skateboard.
- Seen on Slashdot
Roberto Castillo
[email]robertocastillo@ameritech.net[/email]
[url]http://mind-grapes.blogspot.com/[/url]
[url]http://zombie-gulch.myminicity.com/[/url]
Zombie Elvis <DELETEMETOREPLYrobertocastillo@ameritech.net> wrote:
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>I've got an Acer Aspire One and while it's a nice little laptop, it
>doesn't replace a PDA for me.[/color]
Agreed. I've got a dinky Eee Pc netbook and it's a great traveler, but
it still doesn't fit in my pocket...
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>Personally, I'd be fine carrying just a
>PalmOS phone and no PDA if it had a big screen.[/color]
Yes, a TX phone would be perfect (virtual keyboard like the iphone).
In message <54ung41rj0dlrgrjvf45raibnn0jvk6bq3@4ax.com> AJL
<nomail@fakeaddress.com> was claimed to have wrote:
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>Zombie Elvis <DELETEMETOREPLYrobertocastillo@ameritech.net> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>Personally, I'd be fine carrying just a
>>PalmOS phone and no PDA if it had a big screen.[/color]
>
>Yes, a TX phone would be perfect (virtual keyboard like the iphone).[/color]
Except that the TX's keyboard really does need a stylus, the Palm
touchscreens don't handle finger typing particularly well.
DevilsPGD <spam_narf_spam@crazyhat.net> wrote:
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>In message <54ung41rj0dlrgrjvf45raibnn0jvk6bq3@4ax.com> AJL
><nomail@fakeaddress.com> was claimed to have wrote:[/color]
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>>Yes, a TX phone would be perfect (virtual keyboard like the iphone).[/color]
>
>Except that the TX's keyboard really does need a stylus, the Palm
>touchscreens don't handle finger typing particularly well.[/color]
A TX phone would obviously have a full screen finger optimized
keyboard...
On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:41:49 -0700, AJL <nomail@fakeaddress.com>
wrote:
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>Zombie Elvis <DELETEMETOREPLYrobertocastillo@ameritech.net> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>I've got an Acer Aspire One and while it's a nice little laptop, it
>>doesn't replace a PDA for me.[/color]
>
>Agreed. I've got a dinky Eee Pc netbook and it's a great traveler, but
>it still doesn't fit in my pocket...
>[color=green]
>>Personally, I'd be fine carrying just a
>>PalmOS phone and no PDA if it had a big screen.[/color]
>
>Yes, a TX phone would be perfect (virtual keyboard like the iphone).[/color]
I'd prefer a reversed Tungsten T3-style slider where the screen can
slide down to hide the keyboard when it's not in use -- best of both
worlds.
--
Cause, really, nothing says "I'm a counter culture
rebel, fighting the establishment" like an Aibo on
a skateboard.
- Seen on Slashdot
Roberto Castillo
[email]robertocastillo@ameritech.net[/email]
[url]http://mind-grapes.blogspot.com/[/url]
[url]http://zombie-gulch.myminicity.com/[/url]
On Oct 31, 3:20*pm, Zombie Elvis
<DELETEMETOREPLYrobertocasti...@ameritech.net> wrote:[color=blue]
> On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:16:23 -0700 (PDT), Why Tea <ytl...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>[color=green]
> >There seems to be no movement at Palm for its
> >PDA line. Is it dead or just hibernating? Many
> >have hold the view that there simply isn't any
> >market for PDA anymore and the smart phones
> >is the way to go. What is you thought on this?[/color]
>
> Palm is one of the companies which seems to think that the PDA market
> is dead. And while this is something of a self-fulfilling prophecy
> since Palm hasn't made a new PDA since the TX, Apple's success with
> the iPhone and Palm's own success with the Treo and Centro suggests
> that this is indeed the case.
>[color=green]
> >I'm still happily using my TX and I'm not too
> >sure about getting a smart phone to replace
> >it any time soon.[/color]
>
> Personally, I've been using smartphone ever since I popped a
> Handspring VisorPhone module into my Visor Platinum's Springboard slot
> almost ten years ago. But I still carry a Palm TX in addition to my
> Treo 680. I've also been eyeing the iPhone but I don't think I could
> ever get used to its onscreen keyboard after having used Treo
> keyboards for years. I also dread the thought of having to migrate a
> decade's worth of PIM data to an iPhone. I'd probably end up being one
> of those guys who carries two phones if I went for the iPhone.
>
> Ironically enough, the best choice right now for traditional PDA users
> besides the Palm TX might be the iPod Touch. Once it has been
> outfitted with the proper software, the Touch can function as a nice
> e-book reader and web tablet. Now if only it could talk to a GSM phone
> over a Bluetooth connection....[/color]
I would be interested to know the comparison between
the TX and iPod Touch in terms of the traditional functions
of a PDA, data entry, screen size, etc.
In message <tnfpg4hbl224i9iaj40t0jn3b68hgn48oa@4ax.com> AJL
<nomail@fakeaddress.com> was claimed to have wrote:
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>DevilsPGD <spam_narf_spam@crazyhat.net> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>In message <54ung41rj0dlrgrjvf45raibnn0jvk6bq3@4ax.com> AJL
>><nomail@fakeaddress.com> was claimed to have wrote:[/color]
>[color=green][color=darkred]
>>>Yes, a TX phone would be perfect (virtual keyboard like the iphone).[/color]
>>
>>Except that the TX's keyboard really does need a stylus, the Palm
>>touchscreens don't handle finger typing particularly well.[/color]
>
>A TX phone would obviously have a full screen finger optimized
>keyboard...[/color]
You'd think. You'd also think that Palm would have a PalmOS smartphone
with wifi, GPS, Bluetooth 2.0, support for modern versions of Windows.
Why Tea <ytlim1@gmail.com> writes:
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>I would be interested to know the comparison between
>the TX and iPod Touch in terms of the traditional functions
>of a PDA, data entry, screen size, etc.[/color]
I'm trying out just that now (well, I'm going from a T3 to an iPod Touch).
Results so far:
1. Web browser and WiFi connectivity:
iPod is *much* better
2. Screen and GUI:
iPod wins. Fast, easy to read and navigate.
3. Mail program:
iPod wins. Really good and easy to use.
4. Calendar:
The iPod calendar is lacking some stuff that I use on the Palm.
Like categories... Might be alternative ways to do things though.
5. "Keyboard":
I really miss the T3's stylus. Makes for much faster data input
(I usually use the virtual keyboard on the T3) than my clumsy
fingers on the iPod touch screen. I'm adapting slowly though.
6. "strip":
I _really_ need a good passwords management utility for the iPod.
That supports one-time-passwords (S/Key, OPIE). My search for that
tool has so far turned up zero good alternatives... :-(
7. Internet connectivity via Bluetooth to a cell phone:
The 2:nd gen iPod Touch does have the Bluetooth hardware (and uses
it for the Nike shoes interface)... So it only lacks some
software :-)
All in all: the iPod is promising... I need to figure out a way
to transfer my calendar data to it though (and then set up a two-way
sync with (for example) Google Calendar...
- Peter--
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Computer Systems Manager/BOFH Cell/GSM: +46 705 18 2786
Physics Department, Linköping University Room: Building F, F203
Per Peter Eriksson:[color=blue]
>All in all:[/color]
Do you have any need for hierarchical lists?
e.g.
----------------------------------
ShoppingList
+ SuperFresh
eggs
bacon
spinach
+ HomeDepot
extension cord
paint
-----------------------------------
If so, does iTouch offer anything?
--
PeteCresswell
In message <lk0vg4hgom3k9b9qsugd65jqcupcmrvp7i@4ax.com>
"(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> was claimed to have wrote:
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>Per Peter Eriksson:[color=green]
>>All in all:[/color]
>
>Do you have any need for hierarchical lists?
>
>e.g.
>----------------------------------
>ShoppingList
>
> + SuperFresh
> eggs
> bacon
> spinach
> + HomeDepot
> extension cord
> paint
>-----------------------------------
>If so, does iTouch offer anything?[/color]
Personally I don't use hierarchical lists, just flat categories, but
from the description Synthesis' SyncML Todo application should support
hierarchical tasks.
The app itself looks a little cheesy but it's functional and has rock
solid synchronization (assuming you have access to a SyncML server, or
at least access to the web to grab Funambol's free SyncML server)
"(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> writes:
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>Per Peter Eriksson:[color=green]
>>All in all:[/color][/color]
[color=blue]
>Do you have any need for hierarchical lists?[/color]
[color=blue]
>e.g.
>----------------------------------
>ShoppingList[/color]
[color=blue]
> + SuperFresh
> eggs
> bacon
> spinach
> + HomeDepot
> extension cord
> paint
>-----------------------------------
>If so, does iTouch offer anything?[/color]
Sorry, no idea. Haven't looked into that area.
- Peter
--
--
Peter Eriksson <peter@ifm.liu.se> Phone: +46 13 28 2786
Computer Systems Manager/BOFH Cell/GSM: +46 705 18 2786
Physics Department, Linköping University Room: Building F, F203
On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:09:04 -0600, AJL wrote
(in article <b89hg4d6gcl47glc5kfa7f59u9dcf085bp@4ax.com>):
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> Why Tea <ytlim1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I use my TX (and several previous Palm models) for ebook reading. The
> screens on the phones make very poor readers. The commercial readers
> (Amazon-Sony) are too big and heavy to fit in the pocket. So for the
> time being the TX is it. Bring the price down on the Touch a little
> and well, who knows... ;)[/color]
I use eReader on the iPhone for reading and it's better than my TX.
The only thing is that if you want to load non-FictionWise/eReader content,
you need a personal web server.
Another thing is if you have a lot of DRMed ebooks in MobiPocket format,
you're outta luck (at least so far).
And being as how Mobi's owned by Amazon - owners of the Kindle - I strongly
doubt that Mobi CEO's mutterings of an iPhone reader by the end of the year
will actually come to pass.
Verne Arase <VerneA@pobox.com> wrote:
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>I use eReader on the iPhone for reading and it's better than my TX.[/color]
The screens are the same resolution so no big difference there. And of
course I have eReader on my TX but I don't care for it. There are
several free Palm readers that do much more. But I must keep it to
read eReader books and use my MW dictionary.
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>The only thing is that if you want to load non-FictionWise/eReader content,
>you need a personal web server.[/color]
That was a deal breaker for me when I looked at the Touch.
With the TX I can load any type of book (or program) with just a SD
card.
With the TX I have my choice of several readers, both paid and free,
that can read virtually any type of ebook file.
[color=blue]
>Another thing is if you have a lot of DRMed ebooks in MobiPocket format,
>you're outta luck (at least so far).[/color]
Another reader I don't care for, but I keep it on the TX just in
case...
[color=blue]
>And being as how Mobi's owned by Amazon - owners of the Kindle - I strongly
>doubt that Mobi CEO's mutterings of an iPhone reader by the end of the year
>will actually come to pass.[/color]
For us pocket readers the Kindle sux. It's just too big to carry
around. I always keep my eye out for my next electronic reading device
since the TX is essentially dead, but so far I've not found one.
I will agree that the IPhone/Touch is superior to the TX in many ways
and that sales prove it, but for ebook reading the TX is still the
best yet made (IMO of course)... ;)
On Thu, 6 Nov 2008 14:21:59 -0600, AJL wrote
(in article <83j6h499rrpuugn78g1s7vfqam0ni7gl4q@4ax.com>):
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>> The only thing is that if you want to load non-FictionWise/eReader content,
>> you need a personal web server.[/color]
>
> That was a deal breaker for me when I looked at the Touch.[/color]
Being as how most of my content is purchased from FictionWise or eReader,
this was perfect for me.
[color=blue]
> I will agree that the IPhone/Touch is superior to the TX in many ways
> and that sales prove it, but for ebook reading the TX is still the
> best yet made (IMO of course)... ;)[/color]
Being as how I have hundreds of ebooks, the new library list with sorting by
title, author, or date purchased is ideal for me.
.... and if you are tired to swiping to turn pages, there is a configuration
option which allows you to simply tap to change pages.
Verne Arase <VerneA@pobox.com> wrote:
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>... and if you are tired to swiping to turn pages, there is a configuration
>option which allows you to simply tap to change pages.[/color]
Not sure what you mean here. In virtually every Palm reader since the
beginning you could tap to change the pages.
+ AJL <nomail@fakeaddress.com>:
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> Verne Arase <VerneA@pobox.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>... and if you are tired to swiping to turn pages, there is a
>>configuration option which allows you to simply tap to change pages.[/color]
>
> Not sure what you mean here. In virtually every Palm reader since the
> beginning you could tap to change the pages.[/color]
Methinks he was talking about the iphone (or ipod touch).
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* Harald Hanche-Olsen <URL:http://www.math.ntnu.no/~hanche/>
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when there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true.
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