lol -----Original Message----- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 6:20 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: "Smart Phone" without the phone.
You know I just had a very scary image of two small handheld computers getting extremely affectionate in public. And your reference to straight PDA's - are there gay ones as well? On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > Wasn't that called a PDA? Hehehe > > I think the straight PDA's went the way of the dodo bird when they > successfully merged the pda and the phone. > > If you are looking for something like a smartphone, I would assume a netbook > would be to large. > > You may just have to bite the bullet. I would highly recommend the Android > based phones...particularly the Droid. > > You will definitely be paying for more, but I don't know of any of the cell > companies that offer a device without a phone that has data access offhand. > I know the iPod Touch and maybe some of the other ipods (eww) allow data > access, but I am not sure how those work. > > I googled PDA and got this: > http://www.google.com/products?hl=&q=pda&rlz=1B3GGLL_enUS372US372&um=1&ie=UT > F-8&ei=BJT1S6C6KIz8NcLDpIQI&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&ct=title&resnum=3&v > ed=0CFQQrQQwAg > > YMMV on these...they all look like old tech... > > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 2:45 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: "Smart Phone" without the phone. > > > I've was just mulling over some things I kind of would like to do > electronically while out and about. I am just beginning the feel a > slight pull of some type of hand-held mobile computing device. But I > really don't want it to be a phone. I have little need for a mobile > phone. I have used the one I currently own 50 minutes in the nearly > four months since January 29th. I really love my pre-paid phone plan > that allows me to have only paid $3.125 per month to date this year even > if I do pay $0.25 per minute to talk. > > But there are some things I imagine I would like to do with a networked > system in my hands. Not really comunicating with others. E-mail, > texting, social network updates, etc are at the bottom of the list for > me. What I am looking for is photos, GPS, note (text, audio, video) > taking, information look-up, maps, banking, financial tracking, and > others I can't name yet. > > I presume from the Apple world, I might be thinking of the IPod and|or > maybe the IPad (if I wanted a larger format). What other devices might > be in this niche? Would a netbook fit this role well? My wife has an > HP Mini, and I'm not sure that is a good form factor for the uses I am > imagining. > > What type of data plans are out there that don't require a lot of money > per month for more data then I am likely use. Preferably contract > free. I already have wi-fi in many places I would be either from my DSL > provider and|or other open/free wi-fi hot spots. So I suspect I would > not need a lot of coverage beyond that, if any, would I? > > Are any of you non-phone smart phone users out there? If so what has > worked well for you? > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:319244 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
