Re: [Thinkpad] OT: Which PDA should I consider?

From: Alex Austin <circuitsoft.alex_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri Oct 20 2006 - 00:34:15 EDT

What about an OqO? www.oqo.com - It's a full computer, running Windows XP at
800x480, handheld, several hours battery life, and has a docking cable to
drive a monitor at 1280x1024, Firewire and USB2.0

On 10/19/06, Lee Stewart <lee.stewart@attglobal.net> wrote:
>
> It's been a few months now, but I looked at doing it when I first got
> it. I seem to recall that there were a number of cards that went into
> the SD slot... But I quickly found using the mail/web on via the phone
> was more than sufficient and never pursued it (and never got so far as
> looking at others comments on the options...
> Lee
>
> nAt wrote:
> > I am not 100% certain but I thought the only way to add wifi to any treo
> 650 Palm OS is through an unpopular wifi slate...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Lee Stewart <lee.stewart@attglobal.net>
> > To: thinkpad <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 5:44:43 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] OT: Which PDA should I consider?
> >
> >
> > Or get the best of a couple worlds -- get a Palm Treo cell phone/PDA.
> > BE SURE TO GET THE PALM VERSION -- NOT THE WINDOWS ONE! I was in the
> > store a couple weeks ago to pick up a holster for my Treo 650 (which I'm
> > very pleased with!) and the guy next to me was demoing a new Windows one
> > for a customer and up came the (in)famous Blue Screen of Death.
> >
> > I had a Sony Clie TJ-37(?) and I was pretty happy with it... It was
> > Palm and had the WLAN.. But I had to carry a cell phone and the
> > PDA... I finally gave up and got the Treo and now only have to carry
> > one gadget with it all...
> >
> > I know my model (650) of the Treo needs an add-on card for WLAN, not
> > sure about others like the 700P... But with the web and email via the
> > phone, I haven't needed the WLAN...
> >
> > Lee
> >
> > dr.r.becker@gmx.net wrote:
> >
> >> I intend to get a PDA for situations where using the Thinkpad is
> inconvenient. Got to have 640x480 and WLAN.
> >>
> >> If any of the Thinkpad users here is using PDAs, which makes/models do
> they use?
> >>
> >> ipacs from HP are omnipresent, but are they good? Well, I don't really
> fancy their notebooks, that is for sure ...
> >>
> >> Any alternatives? What should I look for?
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance!
> >>
> >> Richard Becker
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
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