Re: [SAGE] Handheld devices (phone, PDA, remote access)

["Sandor W. Sklar" <ssklar@stanford.edu>]

On Mar 27, 2007, at 10:52 PM, Brad Knowles wrote:

> At 10:21 PM -0700 3/27/07, Michael T. Halligan wrote:
>
>>  Man, if the Treo is the Best, I'd hate to see what's Worse. My  
>> Treo700p
>>  is more of a worthless piece of trash than my Treo650 was, and the
>>  Treo650 used to rank on my list of "worst piece of technology  
>> next to
>>  the television".  Windows 3.11 needs to get rebooted less.
>
> In the PDA/smartphone field, anything from Microsoft ranks bottom- 
> of-the-barrel.  Proprietary stuff is just above that, Symbian stuff  
> is above that, and PalmOS Treos are the creme-de-la-effluent.
>
> Yeah, they're bad.  They're really bad.  They suck boulders.  But  
> everything sucks at least huge planetoids, if not entire planets,  
> solar systems, galaxies, or entire Universes.
>
> All devices of this type are a steaming pile of poo.  It's just  
> that PalmOS Treos are somewhat less aromatic and somewhat less  
> steamy than the others.

Wow.  I've had my Treo 650 for maybe two years, and while it has  
rarely given me warm fuzzies, I don't think its that bad.  I use  
ChatterEmail for IMAP mail; it works great.  I've got an ssh client  
which is great for super emergencies when I don't have my laptop or  
WiFi access.  It syncs with our enterprise scheduling program (which  
is "steaming poo in itself), Oracle Calendar, and the contacts in my  
Mac's Address Book.  It isn't perfect, but I'm pretty happy with all  
the "stuff" packed in that little box on my belt.

	-s-