Electronics geek question here…
I’ve been using a Palm Tungsten for a number of years now and have my whole life in it: contacts, appointments, games, medical references, etc.
It’s getting on in age and the one thing I would really like is WiFi capability. I’d been considering a Palm T/X for that reason,plus the fact that I could most easily get all my Tungsten information into it. Doesn’t seem like there are any other Palm devices out there anymore.
Then someone suggested an iTouch… The WiFi looks great, terrific display, cool interface, etc. It looks like I can use my favorite medical database, ePocrates, on the newer ones too.
Can I download other 3rd party applications for the iTouch? I somehow had the impression that all apps were actually online and unless you were in a WiFi hotspot you couldn’t use them. Can I download directly into the iTouch, or do I have to do it via my computer?
Any other recommended devices: I’m open to the idea of a Windows based handheld too. Thanks.
ePocrates…I remember that from a former life…
Yes, that’s the thing about Palm devices. So many cool software applications. Unmatched, as far as I know, by any other platform.
The techie-review scuttlebutt is usually that Palm is outdated…they should’ve upgraded to a new system, bla bla.
But what would I do without my Ultralingua Spanish and French dictionaries which actually conjugate verbs for me? What a step down it would be to do without that, and I’m fond of my Scrabble game.
Which is why I have a Palm Centro. I don’t want to carry a PDA and a cell phone. I see that the T/X thingy can be used in conjunction with a mobile phone to text, etc. Can someone illuminate me as to the nitty-gritty of how that works, in stupid language? I mean, what–in actual practice–would be the logistics of that?
(the T/X’s tazeloid filter trines the mobile’s splice interface, and…=bad answer.
Yes, emm, you have to carry two thingies. They talk to each other.=good answer.)
It seems to me that the T/X would be more desirable if it were also a phone.
I’ve looked at other things–Blackberries, iPhones, LG thingies, MotoQs–and it just seems that I would have to give up a bunch of cool Palm stuff to switch, so I’m sticking with Centro for now, even if I go from AT&T to Verizon. I’m hoping my next move will be a cutting edge Palm that can still run the cool stuff.
p.s. The Treo Pro looks like the coolest of the new Palm devices, and…I must add…can be loaded with Ultralingua dictionaries. It runs Windows Mobile and has GPS and WiFi.
The guessing game online is that it may be on AT&T by the end of the year, and that Verizon and Sprint are in the works too.
I thought of a Palm based smart phone, but then AT&T wants to charge about $35 for a monthly data plan. I’m rarely far enough away from a computer or WiFi hotspot to want to pay that.