My Zire is useless in sunlight. Period. Even if you shade it under your hand, or your shirt, or something else, it's still unreadable, even on a relatively cloudy day.
> All TX accessories are backwards compatible with the T5
So Palm's finally sort-of reformed on their highest-end model? Sorry, it's too late, I've already been screwed over too hard and I'll be switching to a Microsoft device when my Zire dies.
Since I use Linux, no one offers conduits. We use Oracle Collaboration Suite Calendar at work and I managed to dig the info out using their SOAP stuff and a Python script. I thought I'd write my own conduit. I figured I'd hook into Jpilot's sync or pilot-link or something, but it turned into a major nightmare.
After having owned a Palm III, V, m505 and Zire 31, I'll never buy another Palm device even though I love the OS and a PDA is indispensable for me.
Because the moment Palm intros a new model, all the support for the old ones instantly disappears. 3 months later you can't find keyboards, cradles, styli, or chargers.
Except for my Zire, which has USB built in, *EVERY* goddamn new model has a different and incompatible connector on the bottom. WHYYYYYYYYY!??
Plus with every new model, the battery life is 30% shorter than the one before. My Zire barely lasts 2-3 days, and my Palm V lasted 2 weeks minimum between charges.
And don't get me started on the fucking color screens you can't read in reasonably bright light or sunlight. Try sitting in your car and looking up an address in the day. You can't even tell it's on, the screen is so poor.
... where I've bought from a banner ad. This is how I heard about thinkgeek. I bought some of their dispair posters and I want more of their stuff. I bought some stuffed Tux toys from penguinpower.com, which I also saw on a banner.
This is because they had tasteful, informative, and useful ads, not "ads with a gimmick" - I think it's the insulting gimmick that makes people hate the "punch the monkey" bit, like the retarded TV ad for the guy dancing around and it's some cellphone company. I swear to god I will NEVER purchase any of cingular's products.
On the other hand, what the HELL is up with companies that DON'T advertise the unique features of their product?!? Like Lexmark, where their Z52 printer has Linux drivers, but it's buried in small print on their website. If I was Lexmark, that would be a major bullet point in large type. And digital cameras... god forbid they tell you ANY technical specs beyond the resolution. It took major digging to discover Olympus cameras can now make short movies, and they write TIFFs if you want, both of which were killer features for me.
I don't mind advertising and I even don't mind people collecting my demographics if it means they do a better job of targeting ads to me.
Something has to pay for slashdot's anime DVD hunger, and I'd prefer it not be subscription because I'd miss out. If I have to see ads, I'd prefer them be ads that might be useful. I think the user feedback idea is great. This is one very important place the internet differs from print, radio, & TV, and we should take advantage of it!
Plus I've always wanted a "why the hell don't you mention..." button on certain ads, for the above reasons.
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Nope. Still working on it...
My Zire is useless in sunlight. Period. Even if you shade it under your hand, or your shirt, or something else, it's still unreadable, even on a relatively cloudy day.
> All TX accessories are backwards compatible with the T5
So Palm's finally sort-of reformed on their highest-end model? Sorry, it's too late, I've already been screwed over too hard and I'll be switching to a Microsoft device when my Zire dies.
Sorry, I don't consider "it's available on ebay if you battle all the other poor bastards desperate for parts" as "available"
I have yet to find a keyboard for my Zire 31, for instance.
Since I use Linux, no one offers conduits. We use Oracle Collaboration Suite Calendar at work and I managed to dig the info out using their SOAP stuff and a Python script. I thought I'd write my own conduit. I figured I'd hook into Jpilot's sync or pilot-link or something, but it turned into a major nightmare.
After having owned a Palm III, V, m505 and Zire 31, I'll never buy another Palm device even though I love the OS and a PDA is indispensable for me.
Because the moment Palm intros a new model, all the support for the old ones instantly disappears. 3 months later you can't find keyboards, cradles, styli, or chargers.
Except for my Zire, which has USB built in, *EVERY* goddamn new model has a different and incompatible connector on the bottom. WHYYYYYYYYY!??
Plus with every new model, the battery life is 30% shorter than the one before. My Zire barely lasts 2-3 days, and my Palm V lasted 2 weeks minimum between charges.
And don't get me started on the fucking color screens you can't read in reasonably bright light or sunlight. Try sitting in your car and looking up an address in the day. You can't even tell it's on, the screen is so poor.
So in other words he's almost as nuts as Larry Wall...
... where I've bought from a banner ad. This is how I heard about thinkgeek. I bought some of their dispair posters and I want more of their stuff. I bought some stuffed Tux toys from penguinpower.com, which I also saw on a banner.
This is because they had tasteful, informative, and useful ads, not "ads with a gimmick" - I think it's the insulting gimmick that makes people hate the "punch the monkey" bit, like the retarded TV ad for the guy dancing around and it's some cellphone company. I swear to god I will NEVER purchase any of cingular's products.
On the other hand, what the HELL is up with companies that DON'T advertise the unique features of their product?!? Like Lexmark, where their Z52 printer has Linux drivers, but it's buried in small print on their website. If I was Lexmark, that would be a major bullet point in large type. And digital cameras... god forbid they tell you ANY technical specs beyond the resolution. It took major digging to discover Olympus cameras can now make short movies, and they write TIFFs if you want, both of which were killer features for me.
I don't mind advertising and I even don't mind people collecting my demographics if it means they do a better job of targeting ads to me.
Something has to pay for slashdot's anime DVD hunger, and I'd prefer it not be subscription because I'd miss out. If I have to see ads, I'd prefer them be ads that might be useful. I think the user feedback idea is great. This is one very important place the internet differs from print, radio, & TV, and we should take advantage of it!
Plus I've always wanted a "why the hell don't you mention..." button on certain ads, for the above reasons.
Kudos to Kurt Gray for a very orginal proposal.