Jim Cooper wrote: > > >I for one would love to see vi running on Palm, but then I'd like to > >have at least a 640x480 resolution, 12" display, and a Bluetooth > >keyboard, so I could run PODS on the Palm, and develop apps without > >needing to have a Windows (running Cygwin for vi et. al.) and a Linux > >system as well! > > That's called a laptop, isn't it? :-)
This is getting seriously off-topic, and I could get on my soapbox for quite a while over this one. I'll put it this way: I've never owned a laptop, and I probably never will. I kept thinking I should get one, but never found one I thought I would want to use. After about 15 years of that, I realized that I simply don't like the design. They are too bulky, lack a touchscreen (or decent pointing device), and have keyboards that I find difficult to use with any kind of efficiency. But, I'd love to have a Palm with a larger screen. It would be much better than the handheld/pocket form factor for many things, including web browsing and other Internet stuff, reading ebooks, sketching, and for many miscellaneous applications. (I should mention that I have a few friends who simply *cannot* use a handheld, because the screen is too small for their weak "over 40" eyesight.) Maybe I went too far saying a 12" display. How about 5x7" or 6x9", making it about the same size as a typical book? It wouldn't be pocketable, but it would fit nicely in a pocketbook, briefcase, or a student's backpack (a nifty replacement for those heavy, old-fashioned books). Jay Ts -- For information on using the PalmSource Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
