On 8/1/07, Heselton, Keith M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I also was under the impression that Palm was phasing out their > hand-held devices, at least the ones that weren't phone-intensive. It > looks like they only have three models. As an avid reader/plucker user > who uses an aging (and always crashing) Zire 72, I've been at a loss of > what device to migrate to. I don't want an all in one device, and > plucker capability is a must for me. So plucker will migrate forward?
Well, Palm still appears to offer the LifeDrive, though I suspect that hasn't been a stellar performer. If you aren't interested in a converged device, your best current bet is probably the TX. I went sideways. When my old TE was in the process of biting the dust, I went looking, and wound up buying a Tapwave Zodiac 2. Tapwave was belly up, but devices were still available, the third party service outfit that provided Tapwave's authorized service still existed and would service them, and there was a devoted and knowledgeable fan base to provide software and usage support. When I was looking, I wanted a faster CPU, more RAM, and a 320x480 screen with virtual DIA. All else was gravy. The Zodiac had the screen, a 200mhz CPU, and 128MB of RAM (not NVFS), plus Bluetooth, an ATI W4200 chip driving the screen, Yamaha stereo sound, and *two* SD card slots, one of which was SDIO, so I can plug in a Wifi card for connectivity. I've been delighted. Half of it's purpose in life was to be a Plucker engine, and about 2,700 Plucker volumes occupying 1.3GB of a 2GB SD card provide a library in my pocket. I liked it enough I now have three - the main device, a spare, and a "parts" unit. If you don't insist on a currently manufactured device, there are still a fair number of older Palm, Handspring, and Sony Clie devices floating about on places like eBay. ______ Dennis _______________________________________________ Public archival of this list without permission is prohibited. http://lists.plkr.org/mailman/listinfo/plucker-list
