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tommyrot - Apr 18, 2007 4:46:34 pm PDT #1343 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
askye - Apr 18, 2007 6:08:22 pm PDT #1344 of 25496
Thrive to spite them
That's cool but it's more phone than I need.
meara - Apr 18, 2007 6:30:50 pm PDT #1345 of 25496
So, Sidekick (or possibly SidekickID(?) which is coming out soon and is just without camera and bluetooth, which I dont' need), or Blackberry Pearl?
Does the sidekick have calendar/notes kinda things? Does the Pearl surf the web OK? (Or at least, buffistas and LJ)?
Volans - Apr 18, 2007 8:00:44 pm PDT #1346 of 25496
move out and draw fire
What meara said/asked.
I need more of a PDA than a gameboy; being able to take notes on it during meetings would be a plus.
What I really need is a tablet PC that's smaller and much much cheaper.
esse - Apr 18, 2007 11:15:03 pm PDT #1347 of 25496
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Sidekick does have calendar, notes, IM, etc.
Raq, if a UMPC is out of the running for you, I'd go with a Blackberry Pearl of meara's two choices.
Gris - Apr 19, 2007 2:11:14 am PDT #1348 of 25496
Hey. New board.
The blackberry pearl doesn't have a true qwerty keyboard, though, which makes it a little less convenient for taking notes. It has two letters per key, and uses predictive text to figure out which one you meant. I understand it works quite well, but isn't as good as a full-on QWERTY pad.
Actually, Raq, I'd recommend either one of the larger Blackberries with the big comfortable keyboard, a Treo, or one of the many Windows Mobile phones with a keyboard (like the Samsung Blackjack or the Motorola Q) if you really want something that's got "PDA" in mind. The Pearl and Sidekick are both communication devices first, PDAs a distant second.
The cheapest way to surf the web that i've found, by the way, is with an unlocked Treo and T-Mobile. It's possible to get full, fast, unlimited web access using their T-Zones service, which is only $6.95 a month. Blackberries and sidekicks have their own special plans that are a bit more expensive.
Typo Boy - Apr 19, 2007 9:02:17 am PDT #1349 of 25496
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
What is the sweet spot these days in terms of price/performance with intel processors in wintel machines?
Also for a machine which will be used for graphics heavy apps, but not used often (and graphics heavy refers mainly to photos and DTP not videos, though I suspect she will eventually play with those too) is 2 Gig enough memory?
sumi - Apr 19, 2007 4:42:35 pm PDT #1350 of 25496
Art Crawl!!!
Is it possible that my Macafee Security stuff is preventing gmail from loading properly on my computer?
I mean, it says it's loading but it hangs and hangs and hangs.
Alternatively, could it be my dial-up connection that's doing this?
tommyrot - Apr 19, 2007 4:49:10 pm PDT #1351 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Is it possible that my Macafee Security stuff is preventing gmail from loading properly on my computer?
AFAIK it shouldn't.
Do you have Javascript enabled? (I think you need to, right?)
sumi - Apr 19, 2007 5:06:47 pm PDT #1352 of 25496
Art Crawl!!!
I think I do.
I mean under tools I have something called the Sun Java Console.