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Ideal PDA Feature Wishlist?

Posted by Cliff on from the talk-about-those-cool-ideas-you've-thought-about dept.

RichiP asks: "My memory is so poor I forget friends' birthdays and appointments I made a day ago. I sometimes have an idea I want to jot down but that I end up forgetting when I finally come upon pen & paper. To help myself, I was thinking of purchasing one of those integrated PDA and cellphone devices (first the Handspring Treo then another by Samsung), but I've always felt that these devices were still far from ideal. I was wondering if the Slashdot community would share their wishlist of features for what they believe would be the ideal Personal Digital Assistant. Features for input, processing and output are all welcome. Perhaps the device I want may be years from becoming commercial. Given the right ideas from input from others, I might be able to come up with my own device or start an open project geared towards it." Even if you do feel that PDAs have a limited lifespan, if you had a chance to add a feature to a PDA (especially if you felt it would increase the lifespan of the PDA), what would it be?

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  1. Re:What is wrong with the Palm and Visor? by Eros · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ha ha

    I'm not the one who is upset. I'm glad I could ruin your day. But Cliff is a fuck-up. People having been saying it since he took over Ask Slashdot. He is just one of the worthless jerks that drove Slash into the craphole of a site it is now. CmdrTaco and Hemos use to be great. The only reason many long time Slashheads like myself stick around anymore is that half the time there is a nugget of great insight in a post. Probably posted by some other old Slashhead that is holding out hope that VA will tank and Taco and Hemos will be the only ones left.

    Anyhow the community(which is really what Slashdot is) has been bitching to Taco and Hemos for a couple years now. Taco and Hemos just don't have the balls to fire someone once they bring them on -- example, Jon Katz.

    P.S. - That is right, I don't pay for Slash. Nobody does.

  2. old news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    insightful? Most cell phones (outside the US?) have voice recognition for dialing, answering, etc. Why is this such a big deal as a request...it's already enabled.