Handhelds/PDAs - Palm vs Zaurus vs others - Opinions? Experiences?

[Travis Roy]

>>
>>  ~sigh~  Yes, yes.  That's the way it would be, in an ideal world.
>> But wireless carriers universally see any cell phone, and all the  
>> data
>> on it, as *their* property.  They don't sell you a phone, they let  
>> you
>> use their phone, maybe, for a little while, so long as you keep up on
>> your protection payments.  My thoughts on that policy are best not
>> uttered aloud, for fear of waking the elder gods.
>>
>
> Well, this is just tinfoil hat logic.  Before my current  
> Blackberry, I had the same phone as travis, Treo 650.
> My Treo sits here in the drawer next to me, still 100% functional  
> (other than the fact it can't make a phone call).  I can still use  
> it as a PDA, I can still sync with my MBP, and so on.

Yah, for a Verizon phone, the Treos are fairly open. The very few  
locked options (using the treo as a bluetooth modem for example) are  
very easy to unlock. It's not like their other phones that are  
totally crippled.


> Although you don't want to hear it, I too prefer 1 single device.   
> I don't want to walk around with this "geek belt" of crap on my waist.

Ditto, I don't need to pretend I'm batman with his utility belt, or  
something adding weight to my belt and pull down my pants (thus  
eliminating the whole reason for having a belt)


>
> I've looked a lot at the Zarus models, they suck (IMO).  It's nice  
> that they run linux and have the potential for all this uber-cool  
> extended functionality.  But all I want/need in a PIM is the basic  
> functions done well and reliably.  I like my Blackberry a little  
> better than the Treo, but either option is (IMO) the best choice  
> out there.
>
>>  I also don't want to have to switch PDAs just because I switched
>> wireless carriers.
>
> Get something that uses a SIM card.
>
>
>
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