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Palmtop Nirvana?
cakefool asks: "There seems to be a Slashdot article every day about a new palmtop/subnotebook/digitalwhoojerammy, and without fail people complain it doesn't have what they want. Let's do this the other way around - what do you need in a handheld computing device, seriously? I ummed and ahhed for ages before finally ordering a Psion 5mx, and it does everything I need it to, other than play Doom(1), and is a hell of a lot cheaper than the JVC micronotebook, and smaller than a budget laptop, with a much longer battery life than both." What features do you look for in a handheld/palmtop computing device?
Even better... Multiplayer Solitare!
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I've held Nirvana in my hand before. The entire discography fit on one cdr, in fact!
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All I usually want are features that invariably get released in the next model a week after I just bought one.
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My problem? I was perfectly gruntled, until some numbnuts came by and dissed me.
Should also make toast, stop world hunger and attract women.
Also, (but not necessary) if it could cure AIDS I'd probably pay an extra $50.
Send lawyers, guns, and money!
Would the kitchen sink be an option?
It needs to be observant and smart. It should know what I'm thinking and make it's best effort to help me. It needs to be intuitive, buttons should be very pronounced and easy to press. It needs to have some slots to plug things in.
It definitely should weigh under 115 pounds. Also, brunette would be nice.
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Solitare is probably the most low-tech gps you can get.
If you get lost, just start playing and wait for someone to come and give hints on what card goes where over your shoulder.
Then you can ask him for directions.
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You want a PDA to bring kayaking? What happened to "roughing it?"
I've got it. Hire some Sherpas. Have them lug your microwave, curling iron, hair dryer, refrigerator, and your PDA to your next stop.
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Only on slashdot are problems like world hunger and AIDS seen set equal to the problem of attracting women ...
No, you are WRONG! Cellphones are useless to me, so they must be useless to EVERYONE. There is no point in carrying with you a phone, when you can use a pay phone or ask to use the phone in the place you visit. There is no reason to send SMS when you can use e-mail. There is no reason to play games, because PSP and Gameboy are better at it. There is no reason to wirelessly connect to the Net via GPRS because you should use WiFi on your notebook.
QED. Cellphones are useless.
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That would be a problem because in my experience direct sunlight makes the screens of PDAs (grayscale and color) appear faded and difficult to read.
Y'see, that's where the solar energy comes in -- as the sunlight washes out the screen, the solar power is used to boost the backlight up to maximum power to try to combat the evil sun rays...Okay, so maybe this idea needs a little more thinking through...