On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 8:39 AM, John BORIS <jbo...@adphila.org> 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 her to use but the usb hot > synch is not compatible with Vista 64 bit. I tried to get it to synch > with the Virtual PC software but the USB is not being recognized by the > virtual PC software. I went to Palm web site and they only have the > smartphones now. > > So Ebay or Amazon is my next place to look but before I go and plunk > down the $$$ does anyone on the list use a Palm device (non smartphone) > with Vista 64 bit. She just needs this to handle her calendar and her > collectibles lists so Documents to Go is probably the one app I would > need. Any info would be appreciated.
John, You appear to be gravitating towards PalmOS devices, which is understandable if you and/or your wife have used that platform in the past. If you're willing to consider a different platform, I'd suggest looking at an Apple iPod. An Apple iPod Touch has many of the capabilities of a smartphone but without the phone part, so there's no cell phone plan cost. It has Wifi support so it can connect to your home network, and since it's a current product, you can buy a new device with a support plan rather than trying to buy/support used Palm gear. I haven't used it, but I see Documents to Go has an iPod Touch version. There are a variety of other apps you can download from the App Store for the iPod Touch and iTunes, the desktop software, runs on modern 64-bit Windows systems like Vista and Windows 7. -- Brian _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list Tech@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
