I had the original palm, kept it for 5ish years, then upgraded to a palm III for the better (brighter) screen (about 2yrs). Bought a handspring visor (don't know which model but it cost $149, dropped my palm III (hard) about 2 months ago), been sorta unhappy with how fast its going thru batteries.
As an aside there is a neat app called omniremote (http://www.pacificneotek.com/omnisw.htm) that lets you turn your palm/handspring into a universal remote for tv/vcr/stereo... And there is palmVNC and top gun ssh, but I don't know how you'd palmVNC to run over/thru top gun ssh Jay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Jay Salzman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 3:24 PM Subject: Re: [vox-tech] palm questions > begin William Kendrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 12:04:20PM -0800, Richard S. Crawford wrote: > > > I've successfully updated my OS from 3.5 to 3.5.1. I know that PalmOS 4.0 > > > is available now and that you can upgrade it. > > > > The actual _ability_ to upgrade, and the highest version you can upgrade > > to, may be an issue, though. :^/ > > > > Pete - what kind of Palm device do you have? If I recall, it wasn't > > even a Palm III, was it? (Maybe I'm confusing you with another friend I > > know who's had a Palm for a while.) > > i currently have a palm (the original) and an agenda. the agenda is > really too hard to use for a pda. it's fun to hack on, and i've built > custom root filesystems for it, but at the end of the day, i think it's > too much of a toy, not enough of a pda. > > i'm thinking of switching back to palm. my current palm needs to be > recalibrated every week; i think it's losing its marbles. i'd like to > replace it before it fails completely. it has served me well for a > very, very long time. > > the palm VIIx is selling for 200 bucks, and it comes with wireless > communications hardware. the basic service is 10/month. i think what > would absolutely sell me would be if i can have an ssh client on the > palm. otherwise, wireless communication won't mean much if i can't get > into dirac.org. > > i made a gnumeric spread sheet comparing and contrasting the different > pda. it's ironic that the linux PDA's are the most expensive. with > the exception of the agenda, of course. but frankly, i don't really > need all the powerful hardware that comes with the linux pda's. when it > comes down to it, coolness != usability. > > i have contacts. i have a schedule. being able to sync "ical" with a > pda schedule is worth more than color, hires screen and audio capability > put together. > > pete > > > FYI, there's a Palm Users Group (PUG) in Sacramento. > > I don't know much about them (although I met someone from there at > > the Sharp Zaurus Symposium, actually!), but I'm sure a quick web search > > will find them, and they probably have a support mailing-list not unlike > > vox-tech. > > > > > > > I think I recall hearing that PalmOS is open-source, > > > > I'm fairly certain this is not true. :^/ > > > > > > > which is one of the > > > reasons why there are so many PDAs running it. But I've never attempted to > > > mess around with it. > > > > Nope... licensing deals. :) Handspring and IBM pay/paid Palm for > > the ability to include PalmOS on their devices. > > > > -bill! > > _______________________________________________ > > vox-tech mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > -- > PGP Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D > PGP Public Key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
