Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 13:39:01 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [NF] New wave of Mobile phones / Hand held computers
Thanks for the reply and the heads up on the 8125. In order of real preference. 1) PDA = Planner, messaging, tiny games. 2) Remote Admin to my system so I didn't need a laptop in an emergency 3) Phone 4) Bluetooth so I can have two hands free. 5) memory card holder so i could transmit data from an SD card via USB or wifi <<< Not a deal killer 6) Play music while I am at the rack 7) Work in an international setting
8125/Wizard does all of that. It's running Windows Mobile OS, with the phone edition stuff. 1. You get Pocket Outlook that syncs with the desktop. Many complain of ActiveSync, but I've used it for years and for Outlook sync and file copy it does the job, so I'm not sure what they're on about. If you're a planner junkie, you'll need something better than the built-in stuff. I prefer Pocket Informant, and there are others. Games abound, plenty of IM clients other than the built-in MSN Messenger, and POP3/IMAP email for multiple accounts. 2. Not sure of the requirements here, but the Terminal Services Client works. Keep in mind it's still on a 320x240 screen, no miracles here. Web-based administration might be workable. 3. It's a phone. Great phone, crappy phone? Eh, I'm not one to ask, I rarely use it as an actual phone. It dials, I talk, works as designed. :-) It does get better reception than any phone we've had in the past few years, even on the same network at the same location for comparison. 4. Both Cingular and T-Mobile will give you full BT functionality. Avoid Verizon's version because they cripple the BT on their phones (headset works, and that's it). 5. WiFi and mini-SD both. 6. Though I'm now an iPod convert, the built-in Windows Media Player 10 does an adequate job if it's not your main music player, or your player requirements aren't much. 7. Quad-band, so will work everywhere. For heavy typing in Word docs or email, I use the Think Outside BT keyboard. Down to $79 now, I think, folds up *tiny* and folds out to give you finger-sized keys (I can touch-type on it). For light .doc/.xls work and email, I can leave the laptop at home. To touch on Ken's comments, I think it's a matter of expectations. I understand your issues, but some of them I haven't run into. For others, the keyboard is a thumb-keyboard, you're not going to be touch-typing on it (see: Think Outside above). "Not ready for prime time"? I take the opposite view that current devices are great. Though I often leave the laptop at home, even the best devices such as the 8125 aren't laptop replacements. Physical dimension requirements will never allow for a larger screen or keyboard, for instance. Why not a Blackberry? They come across to me as email machines first, phones second, application platforms third. Much harder to write BB apps than WM apps. There are tons of 3rd-party apps for WM, not so much for BB. And a BB just doesn't make for a great PDA for my uses. To each their own and what your needs are; everyone at work loves their BB. -- Mike Stewart _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
