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

[Tom Buskey]

On 3/20/07, Ben Scott <dragonhawk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello, world!
>
>   So, I'm thinking about getting a new handheld computer (AKA PDA),
> before the one I have now finishes crumbling into dust.  (For purposes
> of this discussion, let's assume my handheld and my mobile phone will
> be two different devices.)  I'd like to hear people's opinions and
> experiences on brands, models, etc.



What do you want?  A computer you can carry around with you?  Or something
to carry around w/ your data until you can get to a real computer?


=  One thing I want from a handheld is that it has to be a good PIM
> first -- good calendar, contact, task list, and notepad functionality.
> Not Emacs, but something easily usable with one hand while I've got
> my head stuck inside a computer cabinet.  This is one thing the Palm
> always did *very* well.  What about the Zaurus?


Palm is what you use until you get to a real computer.  It does the basic
PIM very well and can be coerced to do a few other things well enough.  Used
Palms are always available on eBay.


I have a Palm I use to track appointments, addresses, todo, notes and
encrypted stuff with Strip.  When I get back to my computer, it syncs with
Exchange at work or jpilot at home or Palm Desktop at home.  In a pinch I
can run POSE for read only access to the data that's been sync'd that I
can't get otherwise (strip, etc).

I have a Blackberry w/ Nextel for work.  Lousy phone, lousy walkie talkie,
barely ok phone reception, great email tool, lousy notes, lousy calendar,
very good addresses w/ email/phone integration.  Does gmail well (w/ either
agent or browser).  gmap agent, Opera web browser and other things on java
me are ok.

Personally, I want a phone that syncs the address well.  Then a PDA for
everything else when I don't have a computer.  Someday, I think there will
be a phone that will do all that but I don't see it yet.
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