PDA advice

[Matt Price]

On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 08:01:15PM +0300, Marius Gedminas wrote:
> On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 11:49:52AM -0400, Matt Price wrote:
> > I'm having a terrible time getting my palm V working with dapper (won't sync
> > at all, the /dev/ttyUSB devices are not being set up right;
> 
> Is there a USB cradle for Palm V?  I didn't know that.

no, there's a serial-to-USB converter.  IT worked pretty well for me
under debian sid for a while, but now neither the direct serial nor
the usb interface works under ubuntu (I do have a new ocmputer though,
so there may be some hardware issues here).

> 
> > for a whiel
> > pilot-xfer worked and now that seems broken too) and anyway the battery is
> > dying, so I think I'm going to get a new one.  I was thinking about the Palm
> > T|X but also wondering whether anyone out there has a PDA whose features
> > they really like, and which syncs more or less effortlessly with their
> > computer.  
> 
> I have a Tungsten T.  It syncs fine over USB, IrDA and Bluetooth.  I
> wouldn't call it effortless, but I'm quite comfortable.
> 
> I was thinking about buying a T|X (wifi! web browser!), but bought a
> Nokia 770 instead.  It is not exactly a PDA, though (no PIM software by
> default, although you can later install GPE or DejaPim).
> 

have you installed GPE/DejaPim?  Do you like thei nterface?  for me
the PIM is the mosti mportant part.  Also I'm not sure the folks at
work will spring for a phone, which doesn't have the
obviouswork-related functions.

Matt


> Marius Gedminas





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