On Dec 16, 2007 2:32 PM, Jeff Wasilko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 12:42:45PM -0500, Paul Beltrani wrote: > > 1) Supports SMS for alerts from my monitoring systems > > 2) Supports basic email (POP would be fine for retrieving email) > > 3) Has basic web browsing capability > > 4) Supports an SSH client > > 5) Has a useful user interface. (Subjective, but ANYTHING has to be > > better than RIM.) > > 6) Supports Scheduling (see catch below) > > > > Numbers 5 and 6 are the tough ones here. > > > > For example, every portable device more complex than a basic phone has > > a QWERTY keyboard. (I really miss graffiti and would love to LART > > the marketing moron that thought a mini, multi letter per key, QWERTY > > keyboard was a good idea.) > > > > Scheduling is complicated by the fact that my current environment uses > > Outlook for communal scheduling. A mechanism to automatically > > synchronize an Outlook calendar with a Google Calendar would be ideal. > > The Treo 755p fits the bill. It does it all, including syncing > via Exchange ActiveSync. > > If you want a bigger keyboard, there are bluetooth keyboards. > > Lastly, the 755p makes a great bluetooth modem, so for more > serious work just link it to your laptop and get online... > > -j >
Thanks for the reply. The ActiveSync capability is interesting, I didn't realize there was an application that would synchronize any Palm OS device with Outlook/Exchange. I'll have to look into that. Thank. - Paul Beltrani _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
