Re: Recommendations for Inexpensive PDA
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010, geoffrey mendelson wrote about Re: Recommendations for Inexpensive PDA: On Jan 26, 2010, at 7:07 PM, Aharon Schkolnik wrote: So, I am in the market for a replacement. I really want the minimum possible - calendar, phone book, etc. I need Hebrew support, and I want to sync with Kontact's calendar, contacts, etc. ... iPhone? If you get an older one that is still locked to ATT, it should be relatively cheap. Everyone I know who has one loves it as a PDA/media player/pocket PC. How will he get Hebrew support for the iPhone? How will he sync it with Linux? Also he didn't specifically ask for this, but I know when I had a Palm Pilot, one of the things I often did was to transfer *text files* from the computer to the Palm Pilot - that's another thing you can't do on an iPhone. Or, did you mean he is supposed to jail break the iPhone to be of any use? -- Nadav Har'El| Wednesday, Jan 27 2010, 12 Shevat 5770 n...@math.technion.ac.il |- Phone +972-523-790466, ICQ 13349191 |Live as if you were to die tomorrow, http://nadav.harel.org.il |learn as if you were to live forever. ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Recommendations for Inexpensive PDA
On 27/01/2010, at 10:22, Nadav Har'El wrote: Or, did you mean he is supposed to jail break the iPhone to be of any use? This is true in any case if you want full PDA functionality. --sambo (iPhone 2G owner for a couple of years already) ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Recommendations for Inexpensive PDA
On Jan 27, 2010, at 10:22 AM, Nadav Har'El wrote: How will he get Hebrew support for the iPhone? How will he sync it with Linux? Also he didn't specifically ask for this, but I know when I had a Palm Pilot, one of the things I often did was to transfer *text files* from the computer to the Palm Pilot - that's another thing you can't do on an iPhone. iPhones have become so common that you can (at least here in Jerusalem), go to the local shopping mall and have it taken care of, If you want to do it yourself there are hundreds of websites and YouTube videos dedicated to doing it and until they became available from Israeli carriers, it was a frequently asked (and answered) question on the Israel Mac user's Yahoo list. I'm sure there were also several Hebrew lists and many websites dedicated to bringing in an iPhone from overseas, but I would not know. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com New word I coined 12/13/09, Sub-Wikipedia adj, describing knowledge or understanding, as in he has a sub-wikipedia understanding of the situation. i.e possessing less facts or information than can be found in the Wikipedia. ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Recommendations for Inexpensive PDA
On Wednesday 27 January 2010, Nadav Har'El wrote: On Tue, Jan 26, 2010, geoffrey mendelson wrote about Re: Recommendations for Inexpensive PDA: On Jan 26, 2010, at 7:07 PM, Aharon Schkolnik wrote: So, I am in the market for a replacement. I really want the minimum possible - calendar, phone book, etc. I need Hebrew support, and I want to sync with Kontact's calendar, contacts, etc. ... iPhone? If you get an older one that is still locked to ATT, it should be relatively cheap. Everyone I know who has one loves it as a PDA/media player/pocket PC. How will he get Hebrew support for the iPhone? How will he sync it with Linux? Also he didn't specifically ask for this, but I know when I had a Palm Pilot, one of the things I often did was to transfer *text files* from the computer to the Palm Pilot - that's another thing you can't do on an iPhone. Or, did you mean he is supposed to jail break the iPhone to be of any use? So, iPhone doesn't seem like a great solution for me. Any other suggestions? What are other people using as a PDA ? -- The day is short, and the work is great,| Aharon Schkolnik and the laborers are lazy, and the reward | is great, and the Master of the house is| aschkol...@gmail.com impatient. - Ethics Of The Fathers Ch. 2| 054 3344135 ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Recommendations for Inexpensive PDA
On Wed, 2010-01-27 at 20:22 +0200, Aharon Schkolnik wrote: So, iPhone doesn't seem like a great solution for me. Any other suggestions? What are other people using as a PDA ? Would it be too naive to assume that today's (and even yesterday's) smartphones qualify as PDAs? As for me, I use Nokia E71 after having been spoiled for several years by Nokia 9210i's keyboard. --- Omer -- One does not make peace with enemies. One makes peace with former enemies. My own blog is at http://www.zak.co.il/tddpirate/ My opinions, as expressed in this E-mail message, are mine alone. They do not represent the official policy of any organization with which I may be affiliated in any way. WARNING TO SPAMMERS: at http://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Recommendations for Inexpensive PDA
On Jan 26, 2010, at 7:07 PM, Aharon Schkolnik wrote: So, I am in the market for a replacement. I really want the minimum possible - calendar, phone book, etc. I need Hebrew support, and I want to sync with Kontact's calendar, contacts, etc. My hope is that someone will recommend something which I can pick up cheap on ebay. iPhone? If you get an older one that is still locked to ATT, it should be relatively cheap. Everyone I know who has one loves it as a PDA/media player/pocket PC. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com New word I coined 12/13/09, Sub-Wikipedia adj, describing knowledge or understanding, as in he has a sub-wikipedia understanding of the situation. i.e possessing less facts or information than can be found in the Wikipedia. ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
