[plug] PDA's

[Senectus .]

On 11/30/05, Jonathan Young <jonathan at pcphix.com> wrote:
>  Senectus . wrote:
>  I have an XDA2 (smart phone, like a mobile phone crammed into an
> iPaq), that will do most of what your after.. Not sure about mac
> integration but getting it to sync with Linux is an interesting bit of
> fun. (ie not for the feint of heart)
>
> Incidentally I'm trying to sell it at the moment (along with a brand
> new never installed car hands free/docking kit) if anyone is
> interested..
>
>  Only from one computer geek to another could you get away with the
> contradiction that we so often see when buying or selling second hand
> computer gear...
>
>  "It's really great.... but it's hardly been used!"
>
>  "I can highly recommend this one..... buy the way, I'm selling mine!"
>
>  "It also has a really great hands free kit... I've never installed it."
>
>  No offence / harm intended, Senectus, as I have found myself saying these
> kind of things on more than one occasion.
>
>  With most people who are buying second hand electronics (and cars), unless
> you are leaving the country / getting married / selling regretfully / have
> just bought the latest model that is out of their price range, they would
> assume that if you don't want it it's no good to them! ;)
>
>  When it comes to the rapidly changing market of handheld technology it is
> not hard to understand that you may be ready for the next model before
> you've fully used the existing one - that's computing and the continuous
> upgrade path we take.

Although this is getting off topic and we all know how grumpy I get at that :-P
I'm not actually saying any of the above..
I use it every day and constantly (in fact the email I sent about
bringing the ubuntu CD's in was done from it while on the bus).
The car kit I bought with the intention to install in my 180sx only to
find that it wouldn't fit on any of the dashboard as they are not
large cars.. and I refuse to drill holes in my new Prius dashboard
yet.. :-P
It's been perfectly reliable and is still in perfect working order,
and the only reason it wish to sell it is because I'm a bit of a toy
geek and like (and with a bit of fudging can afford) the newer gear.
Plus the Palm syncs to Linux a bit easier (so I'm told) and it's a
little bit smaller than the XDA2.

I'm also considering getting something in the 3G range of devices as
the cheaper/faster web access is very very attractive to me.


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