[Novalug] PDAs vs. Notebooks

Ken Kauffman kkauffman@headfog.com
Sun Jan 4 13:19:22 EST 2009


That'd be a bit large to hold to your head or carry in a pocket.

Ken

On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 13:16, Igor Birman <igor_birman@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'm waiting for a large cell phone/tablet gadget with a real thumb keyboard
> and a big screen.  The rumor is Apple is working on a double size
> iPhone/iTouch - it would work except for the keyboard.
>
> Tech Crunch has been advocating building a cheap tablet:
> http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/21/we-want-a-dead-simple-web-tablet-help-us-build-it/But I don't think anyone has done it yet.
>
> How about a Kindle?  Same size as a book, holds more stuff, but slower to
> turn the pages and the screen could be improved..
>
> Igor
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Beartooth <beartooth@Beartooth.Info>
> *To:* Novalug <novalug@calypso.tux.org>
> *Sent:* Sunday, January 4, 2009 12:31:46 PM
> *Subject:* [Novalug] PDAs vs. Notebooks
>
>
>     I have an antiquated "organizer" (a Sharp OZ-5600, which
> sits in a drawer), four GPSs, a minimal cell phone which I keep
> turned firmly *off* unless I make a call (I never met a telephone
> I didn't hate.), no digital camera -- and an EeePC 701 which has
> been nothing but trouble.
>
>     Now that public wi-fi is spreading so much, a Net
> connection would at least be better than the reading material in
> any of the local waiting rooms. Hence the apparently accursed
> 701; but, now that I finally have it connecting wirelessly, Puppy
> 4 and Fedora 10 each take over ten minutes just to boot on it --
> making it effectively useless in waiting rooms.
>
>     NB: my huge trifocal fingers and dimming arthritic
> eyeballs already have trouble with the EeePC 701 -- I carry a
> mouse and roll-up keyboard with it, and would carry a fold-up or
> roll-up monitor if I had one. (I don't suppose they exist.)
>
>     I was just looking into a replacement notebook, bigger in
> every sense,,when an Alpha Technoid young friend showed me his
> new Blackberry (model 83xx, iirc) -- which is of course way to
> Helen Gone smaller than any EeePC (but also that much lighter in
> weight).
>
>     It was surprisingly tempting .... (though I do not look
> forward to thumb-typing nor to carrying a stylus. My pocket
> protector is jam-full now, and only half the things in it even
> make marks ...) It's also cheaper, in the short run, if you buy
> it with a phone contract, or so he says; and certainly faster.
>
>     I forgot to ask if it could interface its GPS with a PC;
> I took a camera interface for granted.
>
>     Is there a good answer? Had I better just go back to
> carrying a book?
>
> --
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