On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 9:39 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 J. Boris, Sr.
I have been a long time fan of PalmOS devices, and still have a TX in daily use. However, it doesn't work with 64-bit and never will. I was able to sync it with a 32-bit XP inside a VMware Workstation, but that's a major PITA. The most recent Palm devices also had a lot of stability issues as they tried to cram new features into a very old OS. It's already a dead platform, and I would not recommend anyone starting out with a new PDA to get a Palm (talking about the old PalmOS here, jury is still out on their WebOS). 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 a modern platform. It's no use pining for the days of yesteryear when these devices were called "PDAs" and they only did a few simple things. Those days are gone so you need to accept what's available today. Everyone has the chance to make recurring revenue with smartphones/data plans, which pretty much killed the standalone market. _______________________________________________ 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/
