Justin Ng writes "CNet reports that the 8MB Palm Vx is due October 4th, and as a result Palm V and Palm IIIx models will be slashed in price. Read about it here. " Seems like it will be what the the Palm IIIx was to the Palm III. Wonder what sort of upgrade path will be provided...
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Alright, so the Palm stuff is really looking good. The Visor is promising, and the PdQ phone is a great hybrid...
The WinCE machines are surging over the retail counters.
Some time ago (a year or so) I bought the Philips Nino... It's a neat little device, and the virtual recognition area really appeals to me. But I think I would like to jump ship to the PalmV or Visor. I hate to just throw the Nino away, and it's not worth half of what I paid for it.
My question to/. then is this: What's there to be done with old PDA's?? They're still functional, they're still potent hardware. The Nino has a 75Mhz chip in it. Can I plug it into my fuse box and have it serve as a power consumption controller?? Obviously, I'm being facetious, but I'd like to dedicate the PDA to a task rather than just pitch it off a bridge - it's a matter of principle - I don't like to throw things out.
What have those of you who didn't throw out or retire the old PDA done with them? Are they of any use? Can my Nino run Linux (and hence be a web server) ? Can I wire it to my car, and have it at least show me what it's computer is thinking - i.e. diagnostics, efficiency, etc??
I'd be much more willing to buy a new one if I didn't feel the old one was going to go to waste.
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I own a Palm III and I've played with every model out there. Its nice for them to bump the memory up to 4MB, but I think the next release needs something a little more than a better screen or memory.
I guess I have two points to make. One is that I also own a Philips Velo 1 (one of the first CE machines), and my roomate is on his second Casiopiea (first one was stolen, and was the E-10. The new one is an E-100; color version). While I dislike the CE operating system for numerous reasons (real reasons), I do find one thing pretty cool: you can load an MP3 on it, plug headphones in, and listen away. Pilot has no such ability. Yes, I own a RIO, but that's not the point.
The second point I want to make is that recently I have also had an opportunity to play with a new type of PDA; the Motorola StarTac add-on organizer. One of the big complaints of some of my coworkers is that they have to carry around their pager, cell phone, pilot, etc. With the StarTac add-on, they can merge the pilot and cell phone into one device. The limitation is that there is no PocketChess on the train ride home nor can you really do much else other than the standard apps, but for most people, the Schedule, Contacts and ToDo list are all that matter. Additional bonus is that you can use the synchronized contact list to dial the cell phone.
Currently I carry around a pager, Nokia 6120 cell phone, Palm III and the occasional Rio. Now wouldn't it be nice if some of those could merge together? At the least, I'd like it if I could make my cell phone and pilot synchronize their contact lists. I've heard that there is something sort-of out there that lets you do that, but the cable appears to cost as much as a pilot.
Nice improvement on the Vx, but some other features might be nice. --
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Take a look at the Qualcomm PdQ PDA... It's a cell phone, pager and Pilot all in one.
But I agree with your statement. Integrated functionality, and modular items, are sorely needed. Hopefully this new Handspring Visor - with it's expansion slot - will spurr the other vendors to get on the bandwagon.
Of course we will see a bunch of competing standards until either a de facto standard is chosen for technological superiority, or more likely a consortium forms, and royalties are paid.
In any case, in about three years, there's sure to be a PDA bus standard, for which expansion modules, port duplicators and such are available. Hopefully the modules will be intelligently enough designed that their functionality will be software definable - so the MP3 player will be able to do multi-duty as a voice recorder & speach-to-text convertor etc...
This way we'll be able to buy the hardware option that matches all the software options we are interested in (storage, special purpose processing, DSP, opticals, audio I/O...). That Transmeta chip might be in for a broader market then they realize.:)
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Alright, so the Palm stuff is really looking good.
/. then is this: What's there to be done with old PDA's?? They're still functional, they're still potent hardware. The Nino has a 75Mhz chip in it. Can I plug it into my fuse box and have it serve as a power consumption controller?? Obviously, I'm being facetious, but I'd like to dedicate the PDA to a task rather than just pitch it off a bridge - it's a matter of principle - I don't like to throw things out.
The Visor is promising, and the PdQ phone is a great hybrid...
The WinCE machines are surging over the retail counters.
Some time ago (a year or so) I bought the Philips Nino... It's a neat little device, and the virtual recognition area really appeals to me. But I think I would like to jump ship to the PalmV or Visor. I hate to just throw the Nino away, and it's not worth half of what I paid for it.
My question to
What have those of you who didn't throw out or retire the old PDA done with them? Are they of any use? Can my Nino run Linux (and hence be a web server) ? Can I wire it to my car, and have it at least show me what it's computer is thinking - i.e. diagnostics, efficiency, etc??
I'd be much more willing to buy a new one if I didn't feel the old one was going to go to waste.
-- What you do today will cost you a day of your life.
I guess I have two points to make. One is that I also own a Philips Velo 1 (one of the first CE machines), and my roomate is on his second Casiopiea (first one was stolen, and was the E-10. The new one is an E-100; color version). While I dislike the CE operating system for numerous reasons (real reasons), I do find one thing pretty cool: you can load an MP3 on it, plug headphones in, and listen away. Pilot has no such ability. Yes, I own a RIO, but that's not the point.
The second point I want to make is that recently I have also had an opportunity to play with a new type of PDA; the Motorola StarTac add-on organizer. One of the big complaints of some of my coworkers is that they have to carry around their pager, cell phone, pilot, etc. With the StarTac add-on, they can merge the pilot and cell phone into one device. The limitation is that there is no PocketChess on the train ride home nor can you really do much else other than the standard apps, but for most people, the Schedule, Contacts and ToDo list are all that matter. Additional bonus is that you can use the synchronized contact list to dial the cell phone.
Currently I carry around a pager, Nokia 6120 cell phone, Palm III and the occasional Rio. Now wouldn't it be nice if some of those could merge together? At the least, I'd like it if I could make my cell phone and pilot synchronize their contact lists. I've heard that there is something sort-of out there that lets you do that, but the cable appears to cost as much as a pilot.
Nice improvement on the Vx, but some other features might be nice.
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Never hit your grandmother with a shovel, for it leaves a bad impression on her mind...
Take a look at the Qualcomm PdQ PDA... It's a cell phone, pager and Pilot all in one.
:)
But I agree with your statement. Integrated functionality, and modular items, are sorely needed. Hopefully this new Handspring Visor - with it's expansion slot - will spurr the other vendors to get on the bandwagon.
Of course we will see a bunch of competing standards until either a de facto standard is chosen for technological superiority, or more likely a consortium forms, and royalties are paid.
In any case, in about three years, there's sure to be a PDA bus standard, for which expansion modules, port duplicators and such are available. Hopefully the modules will be intelligently enough designed that their functionality will be software definable - so the MP3 player will be able to do multi-duty as a voice recorder & speach-to-text convertor etc...
This way we'll be able to buy the hardware option that matches all the software options we are interested in (storage, special purpose processing, DSP, opticals, audio I/O...). That Transmeta chip might be in for a broader market then they realize.
-- What you do today will cost you a day of your life.