On Thu, June 7, 2007 9:56 am, Kerry Mayes wrote: > Thanks for all these replies - plenty of food for thought. > > I especially hear that a phone/organiser is a compromise on both sides. > > Main reasons for wanting to change is that I will be getting a new > phone for work and my existing tungsten T is getting old and a bit > flakey - the touch screen needs realignment just about every time I > use it and sometimes won't respond at all. > > Sounds like sticking with palm is the way to go to integrate with > linux. I might just get an upgrade for that and another bluetooth > phone.
The only compromise I feel on my treo 600 is that it is a bit bulky. Other than that the battery is reasonable (although not as good as when it was new). It lacks bluetooth but that is addressed in later models. Palm has a wealth of software ranging from the brilliant to the abominable, but there is choice. I can, for example, ssh into home and do basic admin. The text-message interface is quite good, holding text conversations in folders per correspondent. There is a good integration between most apps - tap on a phone number that someone texts you and you can call the number, or add it to the contact list. Someone texts you and you hit "respond" it offers the choice of texting back or phoning them. The organiser functions are pure palm, with links to the phone and txt stuff too. I love plucker, an app that pulls down web pages and puts them into a nice readable format for the palm device. -- Nick Rout
