[Novalug] PDAs vs. Notebooks

Igor Birman igor_birman@yahoo.com
Mon Jan 5 08:51:59 EST 2009


Forget all that, I'm waiting for direct neural input.. :)

Igor



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From: William Sutton <william@trilug.org>
To: Ken Kauffman <kkauffman@headfog.com>
Cc: Igor Birman <igor_birman@yahoo.com>; Novalug <novalug@calypso.tux.org>; Beartooth <beartooth@beartooth.info>
Sent: Sunday, January 4, 2009 4:44:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Novalug] PDAs vs. Notebooks

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?
>>
>> --
>> Beartooth Implacable, Curmudgeon On Line
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