On 09/23/2010 04:06 PM, Alan Snyder wrote:
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On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 3:38 PM, James E. LaBarre<[email protected]> wrote:
Now that my PalmOS-based Sony Clie has decided it doesn't want to charge up
anymore, I'm looking at some usable replacement for it's PIM capabilities.
As I have no intention of buying into the so-called "smartphone" morass,
Why not? Just curious.
1: The grossly-expensive costs of the data plans, the grossly-expensive
costs of the hardware (either paid up front or hidden in a multi-year
phone contract)
2: being beholden to an outside party to maintain your *own* data. It's
one of the major concerns in open-source vs proprietary software and
systems, it should also be our foremost concern with phones & the like.
3: data security. if you want to use your portable device for personal
information, you have to be concerned about attacks over the wire or on
the provider's servers.
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