Palm vs other smart phones/PDAs

[Coleman Kane]

On Fri, 2008-05-09 at 09:28 -0400, Brian Chabot wrote:
> 
> Tom Buskey wrote:
> 
> > IMO, the original Palm UI and apps still hold up very well.  I've been
> > using Palm with Unix since I got a Pilot 1000.  I have a Blackberry for
> > work and my wife uses an iPhone.
> 
> I keep an old Handspring Visor Pro handy, myself.  I like that I can
> back it up to a CF card (with memplug) and not have to keep fresh
> batteries in it.  It uses AAA batteries so when I need to use it, I
> install them and load my data from the CF card.  It syncs fine in Linux,
> too.
> 
> I used to own (among many other PDAs) a Palm Treo 350. (Actually, I
> still have it, but it's bricked at the moment...) and a phone accessory
> for the Visor.
> 
> I recently got a Blackberry Curve 8320.  I really like the chicklet
> keyboard and the vast range of communications options (Edge, GMRS, WiFi,
> Bluetooth) and the fact that I can sync it with KDE PIM and back it all
> up to my hard drive.
> 
> Even better is Google's support for calendar sync and Blackberry's
> lightening fast push email.  With J2ME there are a lot of apps
> available, though not as many free ones as with the older Palm OS.  I do
> wish the Blackberry's development kit was a little more open (and Linux
> compatible) but again, there is the option of generic J2ME.
> 
> > I find the other devices don't improve on the basic apps and in the case
> > of the Blackberry's calendar, fall short.
> 
> Yes, the internal calendar alone does fall short.  BUT... the Google
> Calendar sync is quite nice.
> 
> > Palm hasn't updated it significantly.  They've made a number of abortive
> > attempts at modernizing the OS to a Linux based one.  They have added
> > web browsing and phone use.
> 
> Palm dropped the ball IMO when they split their hardware and software
> groups apart.
> 
> Brian

Yeah. After buying Be, Inc.

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Coleman Kane