Re: [lopsa-tech] PDA suggestion

2010-12-21 Thread Matt Okeson-Harlow
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 09:38:42AM -0500, John BORIS wrote: > I have been looking for an electronic organizer for my wife. I know > there are a ton of smartphones out there but she will not use one of > them and the data rates are something right now I don't want to deal > with. I tried resurrecti

Re: [lopsa-tech] PDA suggestion

2010-12-19 Thread Brandon S Allbery KF8NH
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/14/10 10:17 , John BORIS wrote: > I am open to anything that will help her. I already have the last two > iterations of iPods so going for the new one will undoubtedly put me in > the dog house even if it is for her. ;-) FWIW I've been using an

Re: [lopsa-tech] PDA suggestion

2010-12-19 Thread Brandon S Allbery KF8NH
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/14/10 10:44 , Yves Dorfsman wrote: > Did you check what your contract says? Even if it is in the contract, I > wonder > how legal this is. Are there other GSM providers in the US? T-Mobile. - -- brandon s. allbery [linux,solaris,freebsd,

Re: [lopsa-tech] PDA suggestion

2010-12-14 Thread Phil Pennock
On 2010-12-14 at 10:33 -0500, Brian Mathis wrote: > The clear choices today are iPhoneOS or Android. You might be able to > pick up an Android phone without data service. I picked up a G1 early on, as a gift from $employer. I used it without a SIM card in it, as a wifi-only device, and it worked

Re: [lopsa-tech] PDA suggestion

2010-12-14 Thread Alden, David
On Dec 14, 2010, at Dec 14, 10:49 AM, Brian Mathis wrote: > You probably got caught because the iPhone specifically uses the data > plan all the time to check things like voicemail. That's the main > reason (other than profit) why they started requiring data for them. > This may not apply to all

Re: [lopsa-tech] PDA suggestion

2010-12-14 Thread Alden, David
On Dec 14, 2010, at Dec 14, 10:44 AM, Yves Dorfsman wrote: On 10-12-14 08:36 AM, Alden, David wrote: On Dec 14, 2010, at Dec 14, 10:18 AM, Yves Dorfsman wrote: On 10-12-14 07:38 AM, John BORIS wrote: If not, I am not sure how the following applies, but if you are, I think you should keep smartp

Re: [lopsa-tech] PDA suggestion

2010-12-14 Thread Matt Lawrence
On Tue, 14 Dec 2010, Brian Mathis wrote: > The clear choices today are iPhoneOS or Android. You might be able to > pick up an Android phone without data service. Otherwise, you're > looking at an iPod Touch. It's going to work with 64-bit, and has > plenty of apps as well as usability and it's

Re: [lopsa-tech] PDA suggestion

2010-12-14 Thread Brian Mathis
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Alden, David wrote: > > On Dec 14, 2010, at Dec 14, 10:18 AM, Yves Dorfsman wrote: > >> On 10-12-14 07:38 AM, John BORIS wrote: >> If not, I am not sure how the following applies, but if you are, I think you >> should keep smartphones into the equation, but don't

Re: [lopsa-tech] PDA suggestion

2010-12-14 Thread Yves Dorfsman
On 10-12-14 08:36 AM, Alden, David wrote: > > On Dec 14, 2010, at Dec 14, 10:18 AM, Yves Dorfsman wrote: > >> On 10-12-14 07:38 AM, John BORIS wrote: >> If not, I am not sure how the following applies, but if you are, I think you >> should keep smartphones into the equation, but don't look at price

Re: [lopsa-tech] PDA suggestion

2010-12-14 Thread Josh Smift
I have a Palm Treo 680 that I got before AT&T was requiring data plans on all phones, although I suppose I have a "data plan" of sorts, the penny-per-KB one. (Which lets me check my e-mail once in a while; my monthly usage is less than the cheapest data plan, so.) Anyway, I wonder if that counts a

Re: [lopsa-tech] PDA suggestion

2010-12-14 Thread Alden, David
On Dec 14, 2010, at Dec 14, 10:18 AM, Yves Dorfsman wrote: > On 10-12-14 07:38 AM, John BORIS wrote: > If not, I am not sure how the following applies, but if you are, I think you > should keep smartphones into the equation, but don't look at prices from > phone > companies, check the prices f

Re: [lopsa-tech] PDA suggestion

2010-12-14 Thread Brian Mathis
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 9:39 AM, John BORIS wrote: > I have been looking for an electronic organizer for my wife. I know > there are a ton of smartphones out there but she will not use one of > them and the data rates are something right now I don't want to deal > with. I tried resurrecting my Pa

Re: [lopsa-tech] PDA suggestion

2010-12-14 Thread Yves Dorfsman
On 10-12-14 07:38 AM, John BORIS wrote: > I have been looking for an electronic organizer for my wife. I know > there are a ton of smartphones out there but she will not use one of > them and the data rates are something right now I don't want to deal > with. I tried resurrecting my Palm Zire for h

Re: [lopsa-tech] PDA suggestion

2010-12-14 Thread John BORIS
Brian, I am open to anything that will help her. I already have the last two iterations of iPods so going for the new one will undoubtedly put me in the dog house even if it is for her. ;-) I will investigate that as an option. Thanks. >>> Brian Ruppert 12/14/2010 10:03 AM >>> On Tue, Dec 14,

Re: [lopsa-tech] PDA suggestion

2010-12-14 Thread Brian Ruppert
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 8:39 AM, John BORIS wrote: > I have been looking for an electronic organizer for my wife. I know > there are a ton of smartphones out there but she will not use one of > them and the data rates are something right now I don't want to deal > with. I tried resurrecting my Pa

[lopsa-tech] PDA suggestion

2010-12-14 Thread John BORIS
I have been looking for an electronic organizer for my wife. I know there are a ton of smartphones out there but she will not use one of them and the data rates are something right now I don't want to deal with. I tried resurrecting my Palm Zire for her to use but the usb hot synch is not compatibl

[lopsa-tech] PDA suggestion

2010-12-14 Thread John BORIS
I have been looking for an electronic organizer for my wife. I know there are a ton of smartphones out there but she will not use one of them and the data rates are something right now I don't want to deal with. I tried resurrecting my Palm Zire for her to use but the usb hot synch is not compatibl