Yesterday we left off with my new Palm. A sleek looking Palm Pilot T/X. It has a large screen and several new features. I can watch movies and videos, if I can figure how to get them on the Palm. I can also get wireless Internet. Now that is keen. What they don't tell you is that the site you visit really has to be set up for small screen Internet or its a jumble. The original home page that came set up with the T/X is a Palm company site that is specifically set up for PDAs. It doesn't have much graphics and has lots of hyperlinks to other sites that are also set up for small screens.
With many phones as well as PDAs having Wi-Fi capability, there should be more and more sites that are small screen friendly. I can check my gmail account, find the weather, news and sports updates. Not bad for an item weighing less then 8 oz. I can flip the screen sideways to get more screen width and its almost readable. It has a great antenna so I can pick up wireless connections just about anywhere in a city. It has several new features I haven't checked out but they mainly have to do with downloading email and pdf files. It also has bluetooth capability, but the only other bluetooth device I have is my Mac Mini. I'll have to see if they can talk at some time. I have most of my music on the Mac.
The Palm makes a nice MP3 player. It has a slot for a SD memory card (like you use in cameras). You can put up to a 4GB card and use most of it for music. The music player that comes with the palm will do play lists and has decent sound controls. Moving music to the card is very easy (almost as easy as an iPod). It even has a teeny tiny speaker if you have forgot your headphones.
Cost of this modern marvel? $299 without the memory card. Palm sells a complete line up of PDAs and Phones with PDA capabilities starting at $99 and heading toward $600 at the high end.
Have a great weekend.
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Friday, March 30, 2007
Thursday, March 29, 2007
#42 - If its Thursday is this Selma?
Keeping track of where I'm supposed to be has become a very high tech activity. Getting old has given me the wonderful talent of completely forgetting where I should be. I've been using a Palm Pilot Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) for many years, but it has become more important every year.
My first Palm really only did a few things. Contacts, calendar, calculator and a few games. I waited until the Palm came out with a color screen to buy one. I have found that color is so much easier on my eyes. When I got the first Palm there really wasn't a choice of competitors. Microsoft came out with the Windows CE operating system and several manufacturers, notably HP and Toshiba, began making a Palm alternative. Unfortunately, I've found the Palm alternatives to be big, heavy and expensive.
The fate of my first Palm Pilot was unfortunate. It got lost. I mean, I think it got lost. One day I had it, and the next I didn't . Much searching and gnashing of teeth did not bring it back. Fortunately all my data was backed up on the PC. I purchased a new Palm and all my data flowed back. You will never believe how lost I was the days between not having the Palm and getting the new one. The new Palm had some cute features. It could play music (additional memory card required). And the version of the Graffiti writing recognition software was improved. It was smaller and lighter then the original. I was in heaven again (at least that's what the Palm said!)
My second Palm stopped holding a charge several weeks ago. That meant lost appointments and and unreliable Nick. So another new Palm is now in my pocket. This ones adds video and Wi Fi capability. I'll talk a bit more on those points tomorrow! Gotta run, meeting at 10PM says the new Palm!
My first Palm really only did a few things. Contacts, calendar, calculator and a few games. I waited until the Palm came out with a color screen to buy one. I have found that color is so much easier on my eyes. When I got the first Palm there really wasn't a choice of competitors. Microsoft came out with the Windows CE operating system and several manufacturers, notably HP and Toshiba, began making a Palm alternative. Unfortunately, I've found the Palm alternatives to be big, heavy and expensive.
The fate of my first Palm Pilot was unfortunate. It got lost. I mean, I think it got lost. One day I had it, and the next I didn't . Much searching and gnashing of teeth did not bring it back. Fortunately all my data was backed up on the PC. I purchased a new Palm and all my data flowed back. You will never believe how lost I was the days between not having the Palm and getting the new one. The new Palm had some cute features. It could play music (additional memory card required). And the version of the Graffiti writing recognition software was improved. It was smaller and lighter then the original. I was in heaven again (at least that's what the Palm said!)
My second Palm stopped holding a charge several weeks ago. That meant lost appointments and and unreliable Nick. So another new Palm is now in my pocket. This ones adds video and Wi Fi capability. I'll talk a bit more on those points tomorrow! Gotta run, meeting at 10PM says the new Palm!
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