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New uses for Blackberrrys, PDAs soon
United Press International ^ | August 19, 2005 | Gene Koprowski

Posted on 08/20/2005 7:18:06 AM PDT by kerrywearsbotox

CHICAGO, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Phil Hammond carries a PalmOne Treo personal digital assistant with him almost all the time. "It's like carrying my office in my pocket -- I can get my e-mail, my contact list, my notes, even my combination to my locker at the Y," Hammond, marketing director for the Boston-based interior design firm of Margulies & Associates, told UPI's Wireless World. By Gene Koprowski


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News
KEYWORDS: blackberry; palmpilot; pda
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To: cyborg
"The word 'yes' brings many troubles. The word 'no' leads nowhere"

My quote for the day from Franklin-Covey Leadership.
;-)
41 posted on 08/20/2005 8:48:11 AM PDT by Talking_Mouse (Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just... Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Talking_Mouse

LOL!


42 posted on 08/20/2005 8:49:03 AM PDT by cyborg (I'm having the best day ever.)
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To: Pharmboy

Yeah. . .saw that after I posted. . .now, if they can sell those for $40 bucks instead of $400 and up, I'd buy it.


43 posted on 08/20/2005 8:51:22 AM PDT by Gunrunner2
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To: wvobiwan

ping


44 posted on 08/20/2005 8:52:52 AM PDT by pax_et_bonum
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To: Milhous
My M130 died recently and I have been lost without it. I have order the T5 to replace it. I take it you like yours? How's the performance, apart from the keyboard issue?
45 posted on 08/20/2005 9:02:59 AM PDT by Reaganesque
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To: kerrywearsbotox

I don't have one yet, but I might ask for one for Christmas. ;o)


46 posted on 08/20/2005 9:09:35 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: kerrywearsbotox

I have a Dell Axim X50v and damm I can tell you I receive a heck of alot of spam.


47 posted on 08/20/2005 9:34:47 AM PDT by Petey139
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To: kerrywearsbotox
Electronic chains, these things are. Certainly makes it more convenient to stay in touch with work 24/7, but really, who wants to?!?
48 posted on 08/20/2005 9:35:09 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Democrats.. Socialists..Commies..Traitors...Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Reaganesque
I have order the T5 to replace it. I take it you like yours? How's the performance, apart from the keyboard issue?

The T5 best meets my principle criteria of a PDA optimized for taking field notes: maximal landscape display with a keyboard. It works great for me in this note taking role. OTOH, the T5 lacks cell phone and camera functionality. Its optional flimsy WiFi card extends about 1" out of the expansion slot and quickly depletes batteries while providing spotty WiFi access for up to about a dozen unobstructed feet at best.
49 posted on 08/20/2005 9:36:29 AM PDT by Milhous
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To: Milhous
I'm not particularly concerned about WiFi at this point so it sounds pretty good. Thanks!
50 posted on 08/20/2005 9:48:02 AM PDT by Reaganesque
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To: Reaganesque
One more thing. Palm's optional spartan leather wallet case allows me to minimize my electronic gadget baggage. It provides just enough room for a driver's license, auto insurance cards, a couple of business cards, a couple of credit cards, and a bit of folded paper money. Family photos get digitized and put into the Palm.


51 posted on 08/20/2005 10:19:19 AM PDT by Milhous
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To: Talking_Mouse
I keep the boot disks to 2003 and Solaris 8 in mine. That way I can reinstall the operating system or recover the root password without wasting time hunting for disks.

Holy Smokes! Do you have to perform those procedures often enough to justify toting that stuff around?

52 posted on 08/20/2005 10:21:33 AM PDT by papertyger (Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will." – Frederick Douglass)
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To: kerrywearsbotox

CHICAGO, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Phil Hammond carries a PalmOne Treo personal digital assistant with him almost all the time. "It's like carrying my office in my pocket -- I can get my e-mail, my contact list, my notes, even my combination to my locker at the Y," Hammond, marketing director for the Boston-based interior design firm of Margulies & Associates, told UPI's Wireless World.

"Before that, I had a Palm Pilot. That one was good, but this one is even more advanced. The only problem is that it is a little cumbersome -- my fingers are too big for the tiny keyboard."

According to a new survey by eAccess Solutions Inc., based in suburban Chicago, businesses like Hammond's firm are increasingly realizing a return on the investments they have made in PDAs. They first were enticed by wireless e-mail, and now, the survey says, they want to see what other applications can be pushed out to the PDA.

"Customers continue to demand mobile devices that are high in functionality, low in front-end cost, easy to install, administer and, most importantly, low in support costs," said David Bean, president and chief executive officer at eAccess, a provider of wireless devices to the corporate market.

The survey of 1 million online visitors to eAccess.com shows that the most popular PDA is the Research in Motion Blackberry Handheld, used by 68 percent of the survey's respondents. The second-most popular device was the PalmOne Treo, used by 12 percent of respondents. Smart phones were the third-most popular PDA, followed by the Pocket PCs.

Some business professionals claim their office mates are addicted to using PDAs. "Blackberry is known as 'crackberry' because of its addiction," said Stephanie D. Miller, a marketing professional at Vercuity Solutions Inc. "We even have to develop policies, telling employees not to take their Blackberries to the 'john' as IT folks want to prevent employees from accidentally dropping them in the toilet."

Soon, experts said, business professionals will continue to be wireless even when on vacation or at a conference.

Starting in September, Rosewood Hotels & Resorts will provide each of its guests with the new iQue M3 GPS navigator, spokeswoman Sonia G. Weymuller said. "The device also contains e-mail, Microsoft Word, Excel, Internet Explorer, etc., and enables guests to search restaurants and addresses and, thanks to an integrated speaker, gives voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions," Weymuller added.

Even teenagers are now starting to carry PDAs -- albeit modified for their demographic. Zipit Wireless Messenger has developed a portable instant-messaging device that allows teenagers to connect via "802.11 wireless home networks or free hotspots," said Mike Crisp, a spokesman for Zipit. This enables teens, and even some pre-teens, to "chat away with no service fee."

The future should be full of new PDA innovations, experts tell Wireless World.

Next year wireless carriers plan to introduce a number of new technologies including bandwidth-on-demand, instant replay, and real-time updating of pre-paid accounts. Bandwidth-on-demand will enable users to purchase high-speed downloads such as movies and load them onto a PDA before they board a plane for a cross-country flight. The instant-replay technology will allow consumers, watching a live sporting event at a stadium, to use their handhelds to connect to a stadium's wireless system and watch an instant replay of the spectacular play they witnessed. Those with pre-paid minutes will be able to update their services live without having to interrupt whatever they are doing on the PDA at that time.

Usage of the devices may grow exponentially with the new services. Right now, users are limited to e-mail and phone calls and still consume a lot of time. "I am a two-year user of Blackberry, and I average about 1,000 e-mail messages per month and about 4,000 cell-phone minutes," said Robert Cooper, vice president of sales at Haley Systems, based in suburban Virginia near Washington, D.C.


53 posted on 08/20/2005 10:39:09 AM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: Afronaut

Ok, you've convinced me. I don't need any more aggravation.


54 posted on 08/20/2005 11:00:26 AM PDT by dljordan
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To: papertyger
I keep the boot disks to 2003 and Solaris 8 in mine. That way I can reinstall the operating system or recover the root password without wasting time hunting for disks.

A top dawg in my capitalistic computer centric world, defined by me as the field engineer who services mission critical Walmart Point Of Sale systems, uses a PDA, a notebook, and a Daytimer.

Holy Smokes! Do you have to perform those procedures often enough to justify toting that stuff around?

Better safe than sorry. Many of my clients act awfully careless with their software media. Few things more frustrating than discovering that a CD needed to complete an installation lies 100 miles away at the home office.

Anyhow, it seems to me that a guy could load ISO images into memory expansion cards then use USB or something to boot Intel mobos.
55 posted on 08/20/2005 11:08:17 AM PDT by Milhous
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To: Milhous

Are you related to Charlie Brown's teacher?

:o)


56 posted on 08/20/2005 11:12:49 AM PDT by papertyger (Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will." – Frederick Douglass)
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To: adam_az
I wanna party with you.
57 posted on 08/20/2005 11:53:48 AM PDT by RightOnline
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To: kendu
just stinks, you can't post on FR with them yet.

Not with a Blackberry, but I do it all the time with my Verizon Samsung i730 with Windows Mobile 2003. The world is changing fast... ;)

58 posted on 08/20/2005 11:56:06 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ("Feelings are not a tool of cognition, therefore they are not a criterion of morality." -- Ayn Rand)
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To: kendu

Posting this from an HP iPaq...


59 posted on 08/20/2005 12:02:03 PM PDT by scott7278 (Before I give you the benefit of my reply, I would like to know what we are talking about.)
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To: papertyger
Are you related to Charlie Brown's teacher?

:o)


Oh oh. Looks like this thread stimulated my obsessive-compulsive neurosis into rearing its fugly head again. LOL. Probably best for me to return lurk mode for the time being.
60 posted on 08/20/2005 12:06:11 PM PDT by Milhous
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