Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] what do you do with a PDA that requires aPDA?

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Thu, 3 Mar 2005, Jonathan King wrote:

>> address book
>
> No better than a paper one, if I needed one.

Actually, it is much better than a paper one, and in many ways.  One is 
that you can type or copy/paste into it.  Another is that it is digital 
and stored as a Db.  Another is that you can beam an entry to another Palm 
owner.  You can store a note with an entry - I use this to copy directions 
to a friend's home from his e-mail message into my Palm (copy/paste).

Integrated with a cell phone, you just type someone's initials, then call 
him up.  You can keep home, work, and cell numbers listed and choose the 
one you want at the time.

>> web browser
>
> Notebook works great for this.
>
>> e-mail
>
> Ditto.

Let's face it - the little thing does not compare well to a notebook with 
WiFi, but I have been very happy, now and then, to have this functionality 
at random times and places when I didn't have a computer and internet 
connection immediately available.


>> spanish-english dictionary
>
> That's your killer app, I'm sure. :-)

I don't use it as much as I should.  My wife's English is so good that she 
almost never gets stuck on a word, and most of the time that I need to 
know a Spanish word, I'm either at my computer (where I use Babelfish) or 
I'm with her and she tells me the answer.


> Again, the thing becomes way more compelling IF you need the cell phone. 
> That seems to be the key thing.

Absolutely.  This thing is not a great PDA, but it is an amazing cell 
phone.  It adds tons of functionality to the basic phone.  It's a little 
bigger than a normal cell phone, but that's a small price to pay for all 
the extra uses I get from it.

Being able to make phone calls by clicking on web pages is nice.
The integration of addressbook with cell phone is superb.

As long as you don't need a cell phone, and you don't have a lot of stuff 
(e.g., appointments) to keep track of, this is not for you.  Around here, 
everyone uses PDAs.  When we're in a meeting, we say "OK, when can we meet 
next?  How about September 4?"  Everyone whips out his PDA and everyone 
knows if he can make it on that date, then we add the appointment to our 
schedules.  Done.

Mike
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