Since I've had PVRs (DishPlayer and Dish 721 in my case), I almost never watch shows "live". Much nicer to watch things when I want to, instead of when broadcast.
Well, because then you have to use a cable. And you have to carry said cable with you any time you may want to use it. And you have to juggle devices around to connect said cable.
With bluetooth devices, there is no extra junk to carry around, and no fooling around hooking up cables (or trying to align IR ports if you're thinking of that).
This is assuming you care about songs. I'm planning on getting one of these boxes mainly just to timeshift NPR shows. Music I'll hit the iTunes store or buy CDs.
The Treo 600 has some PalmOS ssh clients available for it, and I recall there are some PocketPC ssh clients that I assume, but can't verify, would run on the Pocket PC phones.
I don't think the T3 is all that flakey with respect to Bluetooth. I use it pretty heavily, both to sync to my Macs and for internect connectivity via either the Macs or using a cell phone. It's been pretty reliable.
For email, I keep it on the imap server anyway, so VersaMail handles that. For calendaring, we use Oracle Calendar and I can use a SyncML client on the Palm to sync to that over the network. Contacts I do sync to the computer but as that list is rather static compared to mail and schedules, I can do that weekly or so.
It's interesting but I notice a lot of people still think of PDAs more as PC peripherals than as standalone clients, even though the power is more than there.
One of the issues I have with all these "travel" APs that I've seen is that none of them have a modem in them. Most of the places I've had to set up a temporary wireless net when travelling don't have any existing network access aside from a phone line. I wish Apple had left out the USB port and dropped in a modem instead.
Because my PDA is usually with me, not necessarily near the AV rack. So then I'd need to get another PDA to act as a remote anyway. And if I'm going to do that, I should get something deisgned to act more as a remote and less as a general-use device (buttons desiged for remote control, better IR, etc.).
On the down side, I believe DirectTivos lack the home media option, so you can't so some interesting things like transfer programs between units on a home network. I'd briefly looked at DirectTV back during Dish's contract problems with Viacom, and was disapointed to discover this.
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We need a new moderation level, "inane movie reference".
Making some of the most innovative, practical systems available? Yep, I'd have to agree.....
Don't see this elevating anything. Still sounds like scribbling defacing building and such.....
Mainly because we want cheap phones, so we let the providers have more control over them and subsidize them.
>What did people do before there was a 911 system?
Died more often?
apple.com/opensource! Waiting to catch......
No, I hate it more. On the plus side, it's a good way of quickly identifying the clueless....
It's 19.99 if you add it to voice service. 29.99 is for data-only. Not well documented on the website.
Six Feet Under, a crime show? You must be posting from an alternate reality....
So, what does ALAC have to do with DRM? Hmm?
Since I've had PVRs (DishPlayer and Dish 721 in my case), I almost never watch shows "live". Much nicer to watch things when I want to, instead of when broadcast.
Actually, if they charged you a price that you were willing to buy it at, that's the right price. Supply and demand.....
Actually, 720p is 1280x720, so 1024x768 also falls short
The internet was designed to move packets from A to B.
Well, because then you have to use a cable. And you have to carry said cable with you any time you may want to use it. And you have to juggle devices around to connect said cable.
With bluetooth devices, there is no extra junk to carry around, and no fooling around hooking up cables (or trying to align IR ports if you're thinking of that).
Repeat after me, it was just a story......
NPR.
This is assuming you care about songs. I'm planning on getting one of these boxes mainly just to timeshift NPR shows. Music I'll hit the iTunes store or buy CDs.
GPRS here in the States starts at around $20 a month for unmetered service. And people say we're behind the times here.....
The Treo 600 has some PalmOS ssh clients available for it, and I recall there are some PocketPC ssh clients that I assume, but can't verify, would run on the Pocket PC phones.
I don't think the T3 is all that flakey with respect to Bluetooth. I use it pretty heavily, both to sync to my Macs and for internect connectivity via either the Macs or using a cell phone. It's been pretty reliable.
For email, I keep it on the imap server anyway, so VersaMail handles that. For calendaring, we use Oracle Calendar and I can use a SyncML client on the Palm to sync to that over the network. Contacts I do sync to the computer but as that list is rather static compared to mail and schedules, I can do that weekly or so.
It's interesting but I notice a lot of people still think of PDAs more as PC peripherals than as standalone clients, even though the power is more than there.
One of the issues I have with all these "travel" APs that I've seen is that none of them have a modem in them. Most of the places I've had to set up a temporary wireless net when travelling don't have any existing network access aside from a phone line. I wish Apple had left out the USB port and dropped in a modem instead.
Guess the graphite Airport keeps travelling!
Because my PDA is usually with me, not necessarily near the AV rack. So then I'd need to get another PDA to act as a remote anyway. And if I'm going to do that, I should get something deisgned to act more as a remote and less as a general-use device (buttons desiged for remote control, better IR, etc.).
On the down side, I believe DirectTivos lack the home media option, so you can't so some interesting things like transfer programs between units on a home network. I'd briefly looked at DirectTV back during Dish's contract problems with Viacom, and was disapointed to discover this.