I’ve had a Palm Vx for years and years, and haven’t used it much in the last two years or so. I didn’t use it to schedule my days and apart from that there was little I used for that my cell phone couldn’t do (I resisted the cell phone for a long time, btw).
Well, now I am set to get a Treo 600. Quite amazing little badboys, I am told. Does anyone use one of those? Any tips?
At this point the “device” still seems a bit 1984ish to me… :roll:
And any other of these multi-functional gadgets people use out there?
A couple friends of mine have that model and adore it. Note that it doesn’t come with graffiti, you have buy an add on. If you just want to use that keyboard then it’s not an issue.
It’s a bit pricey, so I’m still waiting the perfect phone/PDA combined device. Recently I bought a bluetooth phone supposedly with a calendar/todo list that sync’s with Outlook. I’ve been spoiled by Palm devices for too long, it couldn’t store all of the events in my calendar and was barely usable.
I doubt that I would go for it if I had to pay for it. They gave us a choice between the Treo’s and Blackberrys (Blackberries?), but I like the Palm OS on the Treo, because it means that I can sync both with my work PC and my Mac at home. (And, honestly, the built in camera is pretty cool. Plays mp3s, too, I’m told).
Interesting about graffitti. I think I’ll dfinitely will get that add on, I had that down pretty well at some point.
I have a Treo without a phone (90? 99?) and absolutely LOVE it. I use it for everything-- datebook (searchable) ,phone book, notes. I never go anywhere without it. In my Podiatry I frequently use the free version of ePocrates, which is like a PDR: entries on just about every prescription drug on the market with contraindications, drug interactions, local formularies, costs, etc. I’ve had it over a year now with no problems at all.
Although there is no grafitti, there IS a little stylus peck keyboard that you can bring up on the screen if you need to take notes in the dark and can’t see the thumb board.
There are a bazillion free or shareware programs for the Palm OS. My favorite download site is:http://www.freewarepalm.com/
If you don’t need the phone, you can still find my model for sale either used or remaindered for about $125. I’m seriously thinking of buying one and stashing it away in case mine ever gets trashed.
I’ve been using a palm for a while now, I grabbed every tune from thesession.org and loaded them on there in ABC format and then put an ABC reader/player on there, about once a month I go back and grab all the new tunes and put them on there too. surprisingly it doesn’t take up too much memory.
Speaking of PDAs. I own a Dell. This morning, as I left for work, I grabbed a can of Diet Ginger Ale and put in the the cupholder of my car to consume later. Sadly, I forgot about it. I parked my car in a location that gets full afternoon sun. It was 85 degrees F in Birmingham this afternoon. When I got in my car to leave work, I discovered that the heat had caused the can of ginger ale to rupture and spray the entire 12 oz of soda into the car’s interior. Much the soda appeared to land in the little compartment in my Toyota Echo in which my Dell PDA rested. It cause a short-circuit. I removed both the main and the backup battery as part of a PDA Drying Sequence. Recharged the batteries. It’s up and running again, but, I lost all of my applications and data. I’ll eventually be able to restore it from backups on my computer.
Speaking of PDAs. I own a Dell. This morning, as I left for work, I grabbed a can of Diet Ginger Ale and put in the the cupholder of my car to consume later. Sadly, I forgot about it. I parked my car in a location that gets full afternoon sun. It was 85 degrees F in Birmingham this afternoon. When I got in my car to leave work, I discovered that the heat had caused the can of ginger ale to rupture and spray the entire 12 oz of soda into the car’s interior. Much the soda appeared to land in the little compartment in my Toyota Echo in which my Dell PDA rested. It cause a short-circuit. I removed both the main and the backup battery as part of a PDA Drying Sequence. Recharged the batteries. It’s up and running again, but, I lost all of my applications and data. I’ll eventually be able to restore it from backups on my computer.
I never have cared for all of those new gadgets that are out there. I get along just fine with my post-it sticky notes, thank you. For a while there, even the sticky notes were a little too high tech for my taste. But, eventually, I realized I couldn’t fight progress.
Shameful admission: I’m a computer engineer in Silicon Valley, and I love working on new, state-of-the-art products, but I’m a bit of a Luddite about “personal productivity tools”.
I don’t own a PDA. My wife has a cell phone (I don’t). My home computer is several years old - since it runs Linux just fine and is still faster than my ISDN connection I’ve been putting off upgrading.
And worst of all, instead of playing a nice electronic keyboard or MIDI sequencer, I PLAY THE TINWHISTLE.
Its $18 to register, and it turns my Palm into a electronic tuner. I don’t know if it works with the Treo, but its very simple, very easy to use, and very handy.
I bought a PDA a few months ago (HP/Compaq iPaq 1940) a mainly use it as a glorified calendar, since that was the main function I wanted it to take over from my paper calendar. The main benefit I get from this is auto synchronization with my PC’s Outlook.
But it’s the extra features that makes it worthwhile: At the moment my iPaq doubles as a file repository, MP3 player, photo album, English dictionary, atlas, chess and mahjong opponent, frequency tuner, and much, much more…
You and my wife should get together - one of the reasons I have that avatar is we sometimes see bobcats on our favorite hiking trail. But she’s convinced they are always glaring at her menacingly - “that cat has evil eyes” was what she told me the first time we encountered one. Telling her that she had nothing to fear unless she was rabbit sized or smaller didn’t seem to help.
I’ve got a Treo 300 I use extensively. It also did not come with graffiti, but Handspring made it available at no cost. (much faster than keyboard)
I actually have an SSH (remote login) app on it that allows me to remotely administer my servers in case of emergency. It’s painful to do on such a small screen, but it serves well when there is no alternative.
