Re: [OT] PDA recommendation.

2003-03-26 Thread Toby|Wintrmute
On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 05:14:14PM -0500, Chris Devers wrote: For PalmOS folks... http://sourceforge.net/projects/roguelike-palm/ That, and an Eye Of The Beholder alike game, were responsible for far more use of my Palm than everything else put together. And I had such good intentions

Re: [OT] PDA recommendation.

2003-03-26 Thread Andrew Beattie
Going back to the original question: 1) Get at my email using my mobile phone as the modem. I guess Bluetooth is the best way of doing this. 2) Read Word and Excel docs that people keep sending me g!! 3) Read PDF docs 4) Usual calendar type stuff. 5) Games for those boring train

Re: [OT] PDA recommendation.

2003-03-25 Thread Chris Devers
On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Robin Berjon wrote: Moran,B wrote: I've had my Zaurus SL-5500 for a couple of months. Mmmm. (...) My highlights: We have one at work to which we're porting our stuff, I must the commonly expressed highlight here is the very nice graphical port of Nethack. Endless hours

Re: [OT] PDA recommendation.

2003-03-24 Thread Moran,B
I've had my Zaurus SL-5500 for a couple of months. Mmmm. I haven't yet got any wireless connectivity in it, but it spends all day sitting in its synchronization cradle at work or home anyway. The PIM stuff works fine, though I haven't used a separate PDA before so I can't really compare it.

Re: [OT] PDA recommendation.

2003-03-24 Thread Robin Berjon
Moran,B wrote: I've had my Zaurus SL-5500 for a couple of months. Mmmm. (...) My highlights: We have one at work to which we're porting our stuff, I must the commonly expressed highlight here is the very nice graphical port of Nethack. Endless hours of amusement! -- Robin Berjon [EMAIL

Re: [OT] PDA recommendation.

2003-03-20 Thread Philip Newton
On 17 Mar 2003 at 12:00, Frank Booth wrote: The iPaq does all that, but be sure to get one with lots of memory as the WinCE PDF reader is something like 9 Meg IIRC. You can play doom on it too, but the controls can get a bit annoying. Or NetHack, which I did for a bit on my HP Jornada (also

Re: [OT] PDA recommendation, and rants, and IMAP, and MTAconfiguration

2003-03-20 Thread David Cantrell
On Tuesday, March 18, 2003 21:30 + Roger Burton West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Though be aware that Multimail's IMAP client is not standards-compliant; it falls over whenever it meets a fairly common server extension. And that would be ... what? -- David Cantrell

Re: [OT] PDA recommendation, and rants, and IMAP, and MTA configuration

2003-03-20 Thread Roger Burton West
On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 01:08:05AM +, David Cantrell wrote: On Tuesday, March 18, 2003 21:30 + Roger Burton West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Though be aware that Multimail's IMAP client is not standards-compliant; it falls over whenever it meets a fairly common server extension. And that

Re: [OT] PDA recommendation.

2003-03-20 Thread Matthew Allum
on Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 01:49:12AM +, Adam Spiers wrote: Finally! Don't suppose anyone bought a CL-700 yet? Am very tempted ... I have one, ;-) . If you want one, dont bother with dynamism, try shop.conics.net - they are ~500$ there. It takes a couple of minutes to turn one ( mostly )

Re: [OT] PDA recommendation.

2003-03-20 Thread Adam Spiers
Matthew Allum ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: on Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 01:49:12AM +, Adam Spiers wrote: Finally! Don't suppose anyone bought a C700 yet? Am very tempted ... I have one, ;-) . Ooooh :-) If you want one, dont bother with dynamism, try shop.conics.net - they are ~500$ there.

Re: [OT] PDA recommendation, and rants, and IMAP, and MTAconfiguration

2003-03-18 Thread David Cantrell
On Monday, March 17, 2003 12:28 + Paul Mison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 17/03/2003 at 11:45 +, Andy Williams \(IMAP HILLWAY\) wrote: 1) Get at my email using my mobile phone as the modem. I guess Bluetooth is the best way of doing this. 2) Read Word and Excel docs that people keep

Re: [OT] PDA recommendation, and rants, and IMAP, and MTA configuration

2003-03-18 Thread Roger Burton West
On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 08:41:20AM +, David Cantrell wrote: Personally, I'd say don't bother using a PDA for email, the interface is just crap. If you must, then use Multimail - which I *think* Palm have bought and bundle with new devices, which will send/receive via the hotsync cradle and

Re: [OT] PDA recommendation.

2003-03-18 Thread Paul Makepeace
On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 11:45:53AM -, Andy Williams (IMAP HILLWAY) wrote: Hi, I've decided to enter the 21st century and buy a PDA. Does anyone have any recommendations? LinuxDevices is reporting that the Linux PDA Sharp Zaurus 5500 is going for US$200 (!) presumably thanks to Sharp

Re: [OT] PDA recommendation.

2003-03-18 Thread Adam Spiers
Paul Makepeace ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 11:45:53AM -, Andy Williams (IMAP HILLWAY) wrote: Hi, I've decided to enter the 21st century and buy a PDA. Does anyone have any recommendations? LinuxDevices is reporting that the Linux PDA Sharp Zaurus 5500 is

Re: [OT] PDA recommendation, and rants, and IMAP, and MTAconfiguration

2003-03-18 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
On Tue, 2003-03-18 at 08:41, David Cantrell wrote: y, I'd say don't bother using a PDA for email, the interface is just crap. If you must, then use Multimail - which I *think* Palm have bought and bundle with new devices, which will send/receive via the hotsync cradle and your desktop

Re: [OT] PDA recommendation.

2003-03-17 Thread James Powell
On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 11:45:53AM -, Andy Williams (IMAP HILLWAY) wrote: Hi, I've decided to enter the 21st century and buy a PDA. Does anyone have any recommendations? As a minimum I'll need the follwoing: 1) Get at my email using my mobile phone as the modem. I guess

[OT] PDA recommendation.

2003-03-17 Thread Andy Williams \(IMAP HILLWAY\)
Hi, I've decided to enter the 21st century and buy a PDA. Does anyone have any recommendations? As a minimum I'll need the follwoing: 1) Get at my email using my mobile phone as the modem. I guess Bluetooth is the best way of doing this. 2) Read Word and Excel docs that people keep sending

Re: [OT] PDA recommendation.

2003-03-17 Thread Paul Mison
On 17/03/2003 at 11:45 +, Andy Williams \(IMAP HILLWAY\) wrote: Hi, I've decided to enter the 21st century and buy a PDA. Does anyone have any recommendations? As a minimum I'll need the follwoing: 1) Get at my email using my mobile phone as the modem. I guess Bluetooth is the best way

Re: [OT] PDA recommendation.

2003-03-17 Thread Frank Booth
On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 11:45:53AM -, Andy wrote: Hi, I've decided to enter the 21st century and buy a PDA. Does anyone have any recommendations? As a minimum I'll need the follwoing: 1) Get at my email using my mobile phone as the modem. I guess Bluetooth is the best way of

RE: [OT] PDA recommendation.

2003-03-17 Thread Dave Cross
From: Andy Williams \(IMAP HILLWAY\) Date: 3/17/03 11:45:53 AM Hi, I've decided to enter the 21st century and buy a PDA. Does anyone have any recommendations? I like my Sony Clie. It's one of the lower end models (SJ30 or something like that). As a minimum I'll need the follwoing: 1)

Re: [OT] PDA recommendation.

2003-03-17 Thread Andy Williams \(IMAP HILLWAY\)
- Original Message - From: Dave Cross [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 1:11 PM Subject: RE: [OT] PDA recommendation. From: Andy Williams \(IMAP HILLWAY\) Date: 3/17/03 11:45:53 AM Hi, I've decided to enter the 21st century and buy a PDA

Re: [OT] PDA recommendation.

2003-03-17 Thread Adam Spiers
Andy Williams (IMAP HILLWAY) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I've decided to enter the 21st century and buy a PDA. Does anyone have any recommendations? As a minimum I'll need the follwoing: 1) Get at my email using my mobile phone as the modem. I guess Bluetooth is the best way of doing