On 11/6/06, Alexander Samad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The one advantage of having the 2 together is you can dial straight from your contact list.
This is pretty much the only reason to put the two together, but don't forget VoIP. You'll need WiFi on the PDA so you can call out with VoIP and no doubt it will require some effort to integrate that with your contacts. In all honesty, it's not that hard to just dial a number into your phone. That small act requires about 5 seconds more per call than calling straight out of an address book, but it gives you masses more choice in what product you get. You could get a PDA with a nice large screen and some really decent features, or even an oqo and then just get a cheapo phone with Bluetooth. The other point is that getting a phone/PDA combo isn't the efficiency helper it might seem to be, (which I'd forgotten about, having been rid of the things for a while now). Try using a PDA phone, for it's PDA functions, while on a call. First of all, you need speaker phone (which is no good in public), or a headset (which is usually impossible to switch to mid call). Even then, you can be limited in what part of the PDA phone you have access too. In any situation where dialing from your address book is beneficial, usually you want to enter appointments during calls - and for the smart phones I've used that issue was so much of a PITA that I resorted to carrying around a (paper) notebook and pen, and if I had to check appointments while on the phone in public, I'd have to resort to calling the person back after putting my BT headset on. Ben -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
