It helps to have really good eyesight. Underscores are a pain too, especially since pssh doesn't seem to support the alternate chars. Frees me up from the desk a little more though.
-Harry --- In [email protected], "Lynn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wow Harry, you can write code using the Palm Treo? Your my hero. LOL I can hardly punch in a phone number. > Lynn Hoyt > Cattail Designs > www.studiostyledesigns.com > > My blog: http://cattaildesigns.blogspot.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Harry C. Johnson > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2008 8:57 PM > Subject: [Treo] Re: DON'T BUY A PALM PHONE! > > > I had a 650 for years. It worked great until I left it on the cabin > counter while sailing in the rain and high winds and it ended up in a > puddle. > > Upgraded to the 755p. Even better!! It is a great phone/device. It has > full autosyncs of email, calendar and contacts with my work Exchange > server. Came with a good IM client and separate email client for yahoo > and gmail. Also comes with pocketunes for mp3's. I have added several > third party apps such as docs2go for handling windoze docs, iSiloX as > an offline web reader and ebook reader (go to www.memoware.com and > download some lovecraft for late night reading) and pssh which lets me > log in to our servers at work and actually write code! (I'm a software > guy). Finally I can run pdanet and use the treo as a modem for my > laptop and get some pretty good throughput while on the road/boat. > > Frankly I am fat and happy and not feeling particularly inclined to > start trying to ramp up on a different platform. > > The funny thing is that anyone who is browsing the group to decide on > a phone and sees your message will likely end up reading the replies > which extol the virtues of the treo. :) > > I do look forward to the potential release of a fully preemptive > multitasking PalmOS based on the linux kernel. If Android can actually > get to production before that happens, that would then be some serious > competition. > > -Harry > > PS. For what its worth, I agree with the moderators. Those posts were > not so much 'critiquing' (sp?) the treo as they were simply advocating > the crackberry. Its as if this were a mailing list for a particular > sports team. You can gripe about the players, or the coaches or the > owners all you want. But no one wants to hear some guy jump on and > start talking about how much better his favorite team is. > > --- In [email protected], "Jomo" <jomo@> wrote: > > > > Why? > > > > It is a Treo issue > > > > In my experience, each and everyone of them has been lacking someway or > > another - and what's more, I have parted up with a lot of money to > suffer > > their CRAP! > > > > My advice to anyone visiting this site to gather information as to > whether > > to buy a Palm phone. > > > > DON'T! > > > > The phones are CRAP and the company is CRAP, and their after service is > > CRAP! > > > > Echoing Roger and wishing them a speedy demise > > > > The truth needs to be told! > > > > Jomo (off out but happy to continued this thread later) unless I am > > moderated LOL > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Alli > > Sent: 07 June 2008 15:50 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Treo] Treo Yahoo Group > > > > Since this is the Treo Yahoo group, can we please get back to Treo > issues > > and stop discussing, iPhones, Blackberries, and any non Treo > device/issue? > > > > I know there are plenty of other groups out there for these other > topics. > > And in the meanwhile, please feel free to continue any non Treo > discussion > > off list if someone has questions about a non Treo issue. > > > > Thanks! > > > > -- > > Alli > > ASCII to ASCII, DOS to DOS. > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
