No more Firewire?

iPod accessory maker sues rival in patent spat:

Digital Lifestyle Outfitters claims Belkin's FM transmitter and charger violates a DLO-held patent.

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As I've said here before, my Treo 650 is my favoritest electronic toy evar. I've never used a blackberry, though. Also, I primarily love the Treo for its PDA functions, not the web/email functions, which I don't use nearly as much.

If all you need is email, a lot of nicer non-smart phones offer email access. Maybe look into a Nokia 6820, which has a flip-out qwerty keyboard, can get POP/IMAP email, do IM, and also does have a WAP browser that would proabably work with the brand new m.gmail.com. It's a lot smaller and lighter than blackbery/treo, though it does less.

I had been toying with the idea of getting a phone with web access, because there are times that my business requires me to be able to get e-mail. After the afternoon from hell, in which I was waiting for an important e-mail and the ice storm took down my phone line and DSL, eventually driving me to the wi-fi at Krystal, of all places, it's suddenly become more of a priority. I want a qwerty-ish keyboard. It seems to be a battle between a Treo and a Blackberry. This [link] is interesting, but doesn't have much of a track record. Anyone want to say what good or bad about what they have? There's too much stuff to compare and I'm baffled.

I picked up the Treo 650 a couple of weeks ago, and I love it. I also bought an enfora wifi sled, which means whenever I'm in a wifi zone (like my home, office, hot spots etc.) I get free internet access on my phone. I didn't want to pay $45 a month for data access, because I figured if I really need internet on the road I can either find a hot spot or pay as I go with the data.

I went with the Treo over the Blackberry because I'm a Palm OS addict, and I was wary of the future of blackberry because of the lawsuit. Also, the Treo is freakin' incredible.

I like the Blackberry for work, because it's tied tightly into our enterprise email and calendaring system. I don't think I'd get one for myself, but I have a couple geek friends who have.

I don't have a Treo, because I'm averse to too much unifications -- I have a phone that can do rudimentary e-mail, calendaring and web browsing, and a PDA that can use it as a modem. Works like a charm.

On some providers, Treo data is not $45 a month. I get 5 MB/month for $9.99 on Cingular, which is more than enough for my occasional email and VERY occasional web use. For $20, I could get unlimited data on it.

$.01/KB, the pay-as-you-go-rate is rather highway robberyish, though if you often have access to WiFi it might be aight.

Okay...so I just got an email from weaknees.com that advertises its new terabyte tivo! It is "on sale" for $1400.

Damn.

terabyte tivo

whimper

I got that too! Is it just DirectTV TiVos? I stopped paying attention once the price registered.

I like my TiVo, and I like capacity...but not that much. Never that much.

For you Treo lovers, I need to know why you love them so much.

My contract with Cingular ends in about 5 months and I need to decide what my next cellphone will be. I love my Palm PDAs. I am not sure why I need it integrated with my phone. What benefit is there in doing this besides being able to immediately call those in my contact book?