On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 12:23:36PM +1100, Sonia Hamilton wrote:
> >
> > I think most people would be better off with a separate
> > phone and a PDA. Having a slim/small phone is good,
> > and being a PDA is incompatible with "slim".
>
> I disagree - I used to have a Nokia and an Palm Pilot - hav
* On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 01:31:53PM +1100, Matthew Hannigan wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 12:30:21PM +1100, david wrote:
> > I've been asked to get a PDA phone for my wife, about which I know
> > zilch.
>
> I'm going to be /really/ annoying and ask whether
> you really need a pda phone :-).
>
On 11/7/06, Voytek Eymont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Mon, November 6, 2006 8:10 pm, Ryan Verner wrote:
> I'll add my 2c - I bought an o2 Atom PDA/Phone about 6 months ago, and
> it's a decision I'm quite happy with, despite it being a Windows Mobile
> device. I honestly have no idea how I li
On Mon, November 6, 2006 8:10 pm, Ryan Verner wrote:
> I'll add my 2c - I bought an o2 Atom PDA/Phone about 6 months ago, and
> it's a decision I'm quite happy with, despite it being a Windows Mobile
> device. I honestly have no idea how I lived without it before.
that's the one, or, followup mo
I'll add my 2c - I bought an o2 Atom PDA/Phone about 6 months ago, and
it's a decision I'm quite happy with, despite it being a Windows Mobile
device. I honestly have no idea how I lived without it before.
http://www.seeo2.com/product/XdaAtomExec/template/Product.vm
The Atom is a very small, sli
david wrote:
> Excuse my ignorance... but
>
> I've been asked to get a PDA phone for my wife, about which I know
> zilch.
>
> Can anyone suggest a retailer in or near the Sydney CBD that actually
> doesn't faint when I say the word "linux", or alternatively, is there a
> model that is just so
> lastly, as much as I like Palm, sadly, I feel PalmOS is heading for dead
> end, now that Palm is making wince Treos.
ALP is looking good. I think WinCE was inevitable with Palm and PalmSource
parting ways... But now PalmSource is part of ACCESS.
- Jeff
--
linux.conf.au 2007: Sydney, Austral
On Tue, November 7, 2006 12:19 am, Ben wrote:
> On 11/6/06, Voytek Eymont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I wish I'd gone down that path myself. I've wasted $2K messing about
> with smartphones.
thanks, Ben, I feel $2k richer now...
> One other option is to get a decent PDA with CF or USB function
On 11/6/06, Voytek Eymont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have been a long time PDA user, largely for reasons you mentioned, every
time I was considering new hardware, that exactly why I always ended up
going for PDA-only
I wish I'd gone down that path myself. I've wasted $2K messing about
with sm
On Mon, November 6, 2006 11:36 pm, Mary Cudmore wrote:
> What's the PDA for? Email, calendar, contacts, notes, photos, games,
> browser, various apps, music player, ssh client ..
all of the above, plus a few more, to replace notebook
> It'll very much depend upon what the requirement is.
yes.
What's the PDA for? Email, calendar, contacts, notes, photos, games,
browser, various apps, music player, ssh client ..
It'll very much depend upon what the requirement is.
Mary.
Voytek Eymont wrote:
On Mon, November 6, 2006 8:48 pm, Ben wrote:
The other point is that getting a phone/PDA
On Mon, November 6, 2006 8:48 pm, Ben wrote:
> The other point is that getting a phone/PDA combo isn't the efficiency
> helper it might seem to be, (which I'd forgotten about, having been rid of
> the things for a while now).
-snip-
I have been a long time PDA user, largely for reasons you ment
On Mon, November 6, 2006 7:09 pm, Alexander Samad wrote:
> The one advantage of having the 2 together is you can dial straight from
> your contact list. for example open calendar, view appointment, look at
> invitees and open contact details and then ring, instead of having to
> transfer phone
> On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 03:01:25PM +1100, Voytek Eymont wrote:
>>> I'm going to be /really/ annoying and ask whether
>>> you really need a pda phone :-).
>>
>> most ppl I know seem to think , yes'
>
> The one advantage of having the 2 together is you can dial straight from
> your contact list.
On 11/6/06, Alexander Samad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The one advantage of having the 2 together is you can dial straight from your
contact list.
This is pretty much the only reason to put the two together, but don't
forget VoIP. You'll need WiFi on the PDA so you can call out with VoIP
and no
On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 03:01:25PM +1100, Voytek Eymont wrote:
>
> On Mon, November 6, 2006 1:31 pm, Matthew Hannigan wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 12:30:21PM +1100, david wrote:
>
> > I'm going to be /really/ annoying and ask whether
> > you really need a pda phone :-).
>
> most ppl I know
> What license is Palm OS distributed under?
Garnet is not FLOSS at all, but there are plenty of FLOSS development tools
(including compiler) for it. ACCESS Linux Platform will be thoroughly based
on FLOSS (including the GNOME Mobile and Embedded Platform)... but has some
proprietary secret sauc
Jeff Waugh wrote:
> I don't know, and I don't understand your point, either. My comment suggests
> that every non-Palm PDA operating system is an exercise in pain. I made no
> reference to FLOSS.
>
Lemme try again.
What license is Palm OS distributed under?
(And all deserve joy, happiness, la
This one time, at band camp, Amos Shapira wrote:
> Nice one. Is it practical to transfer photos that way?
Via GPRS? Well, if you've got deep pockets I guess so, though it won't
be super fast. Bluetooth works fine for that.
--
Rev Simon Rumble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
www.rumble.net
Only one per
On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 02:36:11PM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote:
>
>
> > Jeff Waugh wrote:
> > > You will deserve all flavours of pain and misery if you give your wife a
> > > device that does not run Palm OS. :-)
> >
> > Oh really?
> >
> > What's wrong with my search engine skills?
> > http://www.g
On 06/11/06, Rev Simon Rumble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
There is another option. I have a Nokia 6630, though any Symbian
phone should do. It syncs using SyncML to an online calendar service
called Mobical[1]. The synchronisation goes over GPRS, so can be done
anywhere. That way, no need to
On Mon, November 6, 2006 1:31 pm, Matthew Hannigan wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 12:30:21PM +1100, david wrote:
> I'm going to be /really/ annoying and ask whether
> you really need a pda phone :-).
most ppl I know seem to think , yes'
I thought about it, whether I should get a Treo or Palm
On Mon, November 6, 2006 2:36 pm, Jeff Waugh wrote:
>
>> Jeff Waugh wrote:
>
>> What am I missing in this conversation?
> I don't know, and I don't understand your point, either. My comment
> suggests that every non-Palm PDA operating system is an exercise in pain.
> I made no
> reference to F
This one time, at band camp, david wrote:
> You can be as annoying as you please. I'm hoping that there will be a
> really good PDA flame war which will result in my knowing > zilch ;-)
You've come to the right place ;)
> She has to replace her basic phone, and she is running Ubuntu desktop,
> s
On Mon, 2006-11-06 at 13:31 +1100, Matthew Hannigan wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 12:30:21PM +1100, david wrote:
> > I've been asked to get a PDA phone for my wife, about which I know
> > zilch.
>
> I'm going to be /really/ annoying and ask whether
> you really need a pda phone :-).
>
You can
> Jeff Waugh wrote:
> > You will deserve all flavours of pain and misery if you give your wife a
> > device that does not run Palm OS. :-)
>
> Oh really?
>
> What's wrong with my search engine skills?
> http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=source+code+download+site%3Awww.palm.com&btnG=Search
Jeff Waugh wrote:
>
> You
> will deserve all flavours of pain and misery if you give your wife a device
> that does not run Palm OS. :-)
>
Oh really?
What's wrong with my search engine skills?
http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=source+code+download+site%3Awww.palm.com&btnG=Search&meta=
Wh
On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 12:30:21PM +1100, david wrote:
> I've been asked to get a PDA phone for my wife, about which I know
> zilch.
I'm going to be /really/ annoying and ask whether
you really need a pda phone :-).
I think most people would be better off with a separate
phone and a PDA. Having
> I've been asked to get a PDA phone for my wife, about which I know zilch.
>
> Can anyone suggest a retailer in or near the Sydney CBD that actually
> doesn't faint when I say the word "linux", or alternatively, is there a
> model that is just so good that nothing else is worth considering (yea
On 11/6/06, david <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I've been asked to get a PDA phone for my wife, about which I know
zilch.
Can anyone suggest a retailer in or near the Sydney CBD that actually
doesn't faint when I say the word "linux", or alternatively, is there a
model that is just so good that not
Excuse my ignorance... but
I've been asked to get a PDA phone for my wife, about which I know
zilch.
Can anyone suggest a retailer in or near the Sydney CBD that actually
doesn't faint when I say the word "linux", or alternatively, is there a
model that is just so good that nothing else is wo
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