Handheld device keyboards

[Jerry Feldman]

On 12/04/2008 08:35 AM, Tom Buskey wrote:
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> On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 12:42 AM, Brian Chabot <brian at datasquire.net 
> <mailto:brian at datasquire.net>> wrote:
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>     Ben Scott wrote:
>     >   Aside: I got to try the BlackBerry Storm for a minute.
>
>     The keyboard was one of the deciding factors in my choice to go
>     with the
>     Blackberry 8130 Curve from T-mobile.
>
>     It has a raised, backlit, chicklet style keyboard and unlike anything
>     else I've seen on the market today, it has haptic feedback in the form
>     of a click you can feel, as well as a tit on the "5" key, so you can
>     find the number pad by touch.  The keys are almost square, but still
>     slightly vertical with space between them.  You can feel them easily
>     enough and the click helps let you know if you hit the wrong one.
>
>     There is Linux software to backup & restore, but my greatest finds
>     were
>     that it can sync over the air to your Gmail account's calendar.
>      Google
>     also has a pretty decent set of their more widely used services
>     you can
>     download.
>
>
> I have an 8820.  The Google Apps are very good.  The Yahoo app is good 
> also.
> I have Exchange at work to do all my syncing so I haven't used the 
> Google sync on the phone.  I use it on the desktop and it works well.
>  
>
>
>     One of my favorite Linux compatibility parts is that it uses a
>     standard
>     USB connection and acts as just another USB thumb drive.  This makes
>     transferring images, videos, and ring tones a breeze. (It uses MP3
>     format for the ringtones... natively.
>
>
> And any USB cable will charge it.  A bit slower then the wall plug 
> (which is also USB) but it works.
>
> I use Mobipocket on it for eBooks.  Transfer to the SD card via the 
> USB & it just works.  Like it should.
>
>
>     I love my crackberry.
>
>
> There's a reason they dominate the market.  I don't think anyone does 
> email as well though the iPhone comes close enough.
Last year I chose the Blackberry Curve for a number of the same reasons. 
I found it is more stable than my Palm Treo. I like the built-in GPS. 
The only drawback is that it does not sync on Linux. I use the address 
book, calendar, and memo. I can easilysync the calendar to Google, and 
the rest to Window at work. The challenge over the next month is to get 
USB to work on KVM/QEMU. I prefer the phone features over the Treo.

-- 
Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
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