[Novalug] PDAs vs. Notebooks

greg pryzby greg@pryzby.org
Sun Jan 4 17:09:04 EST 2009


Give an an isolation tank and leads that allow me it interact as
needed, retrieve what I need and be multiple places simultaneously


On 1/4/09, William Sutton <william@trilug.org> wrote:
> Then again, with the prevalence of headsets, holding your PDA/laptop/phone
> to your head is no longer strictly necessary.
>
> What *I'm* waiting for is a device that rests like a light pair of glasses
> on your face with a HUD for GPS navigation/chatting/streaming data update,
> incorporating a mic and earpiece for phone support, and is always
> online...
>
> William Sutton
>
> On Sun, 4 Jan 2009, Ken Kauffman wrote:
>
>> 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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