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le nubian - Dec 16, 2005 7:44:36 am PST #6025 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

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?


§ ita § - Dec 16, 2005 7:47:01 am PST #6026 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

What benefit is there in doing this besides being able to immediately call those in my contact book?

FTR: My Tungsten 5 dials numbers on my Razr. I don't know how immediate you mean, but I like it because I don't have to have any but my most-used numbers on my phone, and it's not very many steps.


le nubian - Dec 16, 2005 7:51:21 am PST #6027 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

yeah, I think at the very least, I need to get a bluetooth phone.


Betsy HP - Dec 16, 2005 8:45:19 am PST #6028 of 10003
If I only had a brain...

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

You completely stop caring when and where a show is on. "House" is on whenever you feel like watching it. Catching up on three weeks' worth of "Veronica Mars"? No big. Supper isn't finished by 8PM on Wednesday? Whatever.

Don't feel like sitting through the commercial? Start watching "Stargate" 15 minutes late, then hit fast-forward whenever a commercial shows up.

Stop running your life by the TV schedule; run the TV schedule by your life.


Lee - Dec 16, 2005 8:46:36 am PST #6029 of 10003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

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

You completely stop caring when and where a show is on. "House" is on whenever you feel like watching it. Catching up on three weeks' worth of "Veronica Mars"? No big. Supper isn't finished by 8PM on Wednesday? Whatever.

Betsy, you're talking about Tivos, not Treos, right?


Betsy HP - Dec 16, 2005 8:50:38 am PST #6030 of 10003
If I only had a brain...

Oh, God.

Yes, and did I mention that Treos make fantastic vibrators?

stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid.....


Jessica - Dec 16, 2005 8:54:31 am PST #6031 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Yes, and did I mention that Treos make fantastic vibrators?

Now I really hope you're not talking about Tivos...


Betsy HP - Dec 16, 2005 9:01:38 am PST #6032 of 10003
If I only had a brain...

Well, seeing shirtless Gunn ought to count for something.


DebetEsse - Dec 16, 2005 9:02:44 am PST #6033 of 10003
Woe to the fucking wicked.

I've heard it spinning up to start recording. There's just no comfortable position when it's on the tv stand...


Wolfram - Dec 16, 2005 9:15:08 am PST #6034 of 10003
Visilurking

What benefit is there in doing this besides being able to immediately call those in my contact book?

Well for me, I just didn't want to carry around my phone and PDA anymore. The Treo is a decent sized PDA, and a slightly bulky phone, but slim enough for me. Also it has most of the bells and whistles of the latest batch of phones like bluetooth, camera/video camera, mp3 player, movie player (with PDA software), games, internet, and, of course, vibrate mode. Actually with an SD slot and an unlimited capacity to run Palm OS software it can do pretty much anything.