Blackberry's totally not where I'd go for text files. Palms, Windows CE, and Symbian phones will let you read text files, and Word and Acrobat to a degree.
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§ ita § - Feb 29, 2008 6:15:38 am PST #4993 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jessica - Feb 29, 2008 6:20:09 am PST #4994 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I've heard good things about the Palm Centro, which is like a Treo but cheaper and supposedly works better.
Connie Neil - Feb 29, 2008 6:21:02 am PST #4995 of 25501
brillig
Thank you, fonts of wisdom!
Wolfram - Feb 29, 2008 6:29:41 am PST #4996 of 25501
Visilurking
Maybe Centro's my next stop. I basically stop looking at phones until a few months before contract renewal so I don't make myself sad with all the functionality I don't have and can't afford.
Connie Neil - Feb 29, 2008 6:57:11 am PST #4997 of 25501
brillig
I think I'm going to stay with my Palm and find a bare bones phone, because I have very limited requirements from my technology. I am the despair of technology designers everywhere.
Them: "It lets you surf the Net! It communicates with Wherethehellitstan! It launches the space shuttle!"
Me: "I just want to call home once or twice a week."
amych - Feb 29, 2008 7:08:33 am PST #4998 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I'd agree, Connie, based on your phone needs -- go with a prepaid service instead of a contract, and get the cheapest phone they have. These days, the cheapest phone often does have a camera and such, but you won't find the kind of reading quality you want from a Palm upgrade without a much more elaborate/expensive setup. Which sucks.
Wolfram - Feb 29, 2008 7:18:18 am PST #4999 of 25501
Visilurking
Prepaid is good, but some plans let you get on a family plan without a contract. (In my view, signing a contract for anything less than the really expensive phones is not worth it.) So if your husband already has a cell phone, for about $10 a month you can share his minutes and probably call him and anyone else on your carrier for free.
You can also find barebone phones for cheap on ebay or craigslist, just make sure they work with your carrier.
P.M. Marc - Feb 29, 2008 8:42:53 am PST #5000 of 25501
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Prepaid for me worked out to less than $10 a month. I went with T Mobile prepaid, and bought the phone (a workhorse) with the pre-pay set up package (about $50 or so at the time).
Served me for years. Only upgraded because the iPhone was a gift.
Which I rarely use as a phone, but use ALL THE TIME as a browser.
Tom Scola - Feb 29, 2008 8:46:24 am PST #5001 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Do you still get WiFi on the bus to work?
Kevin - Feb 29, 2008 10:02:16 am PST #5002 of 25501
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
There's new iPhone firmware out. It appears to fix the randomly crashing Safari issue finally! Huzzah!
Other than that, it doesn't appear to do anything. And it's, like, a 200mb download. Don't get an iPhone if you don't have broadband.