Personally, I've given up. I use my palm purely as an e-book reader and video player. I have a Nokia N95, and use web-based apps for most things - gmail has a nice phone app, google calendar works ok (though there are tools that aim to make it sync with the phone's calendar), and I have all my contacts in my phone anyway.
I miss several Palm apps, with Plucker high on the list. But not as much as I thought I would - and web-based apps mean no more syncing. The palm still wins for e-books and videos, as it has a bigger screen (I have a T5) - though if I could get plucker for the phone I might switch to reading e-books on it, as it is just that much more convenient. - Korny (traitor to the cause!) On 8/2/07, dmccunney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > -- Kornelis Sietsma korny at my surname dot com kornys at gmail dot com on google chat -- kornys on skype _______________________________________________ Public archival of this list without permission is prohibited. http://lists.plkr.org/mailman/listinfo/plucker-list
