you have an E61i? how do you like it?

Formwise, I wish it were narrower. Keyboardwise I have a persistent niggle that you have to hit the alt key to get to the apostrophe, whereas the question mark is just right there. Perhaps I dwell too much.

It performs well. I have more reading to do--it's certainly got a lot of functionality tucked in there that I haven't gotten to--I've installed a few productivity apps, set up some connection pools, used wireless networks as well as T Mobil hotspots for connection, taken pictures, sent emails, texted and texted and texted.

I wish it were smaller. Then I bet the apostrophe thing wouldn't bother me at all.

a phone/phone-type device for going on the internet, particularly look at checking email/gmail, and reading here and livejournal?

I really like my Helio Ocean. Their plans include unlimited internet/email and texts, which I love. Though I miss the earlier start time of the free nights, that I had with Sprint. They use Sprint's signal, I don't know how that is where you are... It does AWESOME with yahoo mail and good with gmail (it gets all the mail, but doesn't thread it like gmail does), and those (and hotmail and aol and a couple others) are built in so all you do is put your login and password and it's a go.

B.org is pretty good on it--I've read/posted many times. It does lose the cookie sometimes, though, which can be annoying.

I've checked LJ on it, but I wouldn't want to do it on a regular basis--I'm sure the iPhone is better for that.

I love the dual slidey keyboard though. It's awesome.

Any other Treo 700p users out there who've installed the latest upgrade? I have an SD card, but no reader, and I'm completely stumped on how the hell I'm supposed to do this.

Instructions are here [link] if anyone wants to have a look. I can't do step 6, and I don't see a ready alternative for proceeding.

[edit: Bah - I just noticed the fine print on this page where it says "requires blank expansion card and reader". Frak.]

I need some advice regarding my budding career as a podcaster.

I currently pay for AudioAcrobat and can produce files via phone...which is good for the 'chat show' nature of the interview based podcasts I'd like to publish.

However, the audio quality is variable. And the files live on the audioacrobat server...not mine.

Deena has set up Podpress for me but I'm not yet clear how to use it.

If you were me, how would you set up?

No surprise, but Polaroid has finally pulled the plug. [link]

Man! I knew they were doddering towards an end, but I'm sad to see them go.

I love digital photography, but it doesn't fill all the niches for me that Polaroid does. It really will sting seeing normal film going the same way. I hope it's not for a while, if at all.

I think normal film will never go away. It'll probably end up being a niche product that artsy people will continue to use.

I think normal film will never go away. It'll probably end up being a niche product that artsy people will continue to use.

yeah, I think that Kodak said that they were willing to license the technology

Man! I knew they were doddering towards an end, but I'm sad to see them go.

I love digital photography, but it doesn't fill all the niches for me that Polaroid does. It really will sting seeing normal film going the same way. I hope it's not for a while, if at all.

This is a huge thing, in its own way. First, Polaroids were THE way you recorded costumes, props, sets, actor locations, and anything else you wanted to record, shot by shot, on film and TV sets.

They've now been replaced almost entirely by digital cameras. In fact, when I was training to be a script supervisor (AKA "continuity," AKA the person who takes the MOST Polaroid pictures), I suggested the use of a digital camera to my old school teacher, and she laughed off the suggestion with a hint of contempt. This was just four years ago.

It's also kind of sad, because I know of a couple of artists who paint with photography, using Polaroids. Basically, the emulsion can be manipulated as the picture dries, and it comes out looking like an expressionist painting.

Now those artists have been handed a death sentence for their art.

those artists have been handed a death sentence for their art.

I'm not going to lay claim to any art, but the spirit of my polaroids was always different from my digital or normal film pictures. I've been diving deeper into digital photography, but I'm going to make sure I get some film practice in there--especially infra-red.