| ChromeDragon |
Hey guys, I find myself getting busier and busier all the time and I'm starting to get too much stuff overlapping so I need to get an organizer going. I've used paper ones in the past and I find them to just be a huge hassle to carry around so I never do.
I'm just looking for something pocket sized and straightforward. I'm on a good cell plan with Bell right now, so I'm not so sure I want one that does all the internet shite and texting, but I'm willing to consider them if they are decent.
Anyhow. Let me know what you guys have. Something with programmable audible alarms and stuff to alert to events would be nice.
Thanks! |
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| Orzel_pl |
| Blackberry Pearl is most excellent from experience. check out GSM arena for some reviews of different devices, and howard forums. Definetly your two best places for hardware advice. |
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| dtjohnst |
I'm not a fan of blackberry's. I carry one for work and they're "ok", but nothing spectacular. They're very plain and boring though, and it can be a hassle to navigate from application to application sometimes. I used to have a Windows smartphone I used as well, also wasn't impressed. Largely because they try to make it "windows" with 1/100th the power so everything is slow, and freezes often, etc. Like Windows 95.
Palm PDA's/Organizers are by far the best in my opinion. If you're the kind of guy who wants to be able to engage in such unsafe activities as sending text messages when driving it might not work for you, but aside from that I find them the easiest to use and the fastest to enter data on once you get the hang of Palm Graffitti. Plus their application look good, present data in a clear manner and they offer all the functionality of a paper organizer.
But then......I also love paper organizers. I've always got my paper backing up what I've got on my PDA. It helps me think. |
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| SilverNeonRacer |
Well..
My motorola v551 cell phone has a calendar function built in. not hard to use, gives audible alarms.
My Timex Datalink watch has the same feature, well not quit as nice, never really got to using it.. I think it would sync with outlook.
My Dell Axim has wifi and can take an air card if I want. I use it to browse the web if I have a wifi spot, the calendar funtion is really nice, well it works for me, I enter it all in the PDA, I don't use a pc side app to do it, but I could. I can catagorize the meetings/appointments and bussiness, personsal, etc even add my own catagories, each event you can set the reminder for minutes/hours/days ahead. The only prob is if you have the volume turned off aka silent mode, you don't get an audible reminder.
It has media player so you can play music and videos, has a small built in speaker and mic, and an earphone jack. I once went to a lunchoen seminar thing and recorded the keynote speaker. Had I planned ahead to record him it woulda turned out better, but I thought of as well I can so what the hey, I'll try it. Size wise, a little taller than a blackberry, but not quite as wide. has an on screen keyboard, but I also have a self powered blue tooth one as well that folds up pretty small. |
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| ChromeDragon |
Well I wouldn't mind having wifi that can connect directly to my wireless net at home.
I have been thinking about a Palm most likely, but I'm just wondering if there are better options out there. My mum just got the new Palm TX and I kinda like it. Being able to turn the screen and having the larger screen is a big plus. |
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| Z3r03rr0r |
| I don't personally have a pda, I had one for work before and found it to just be one more thing to carry around with me every where I went. Based on that premise if I were to be looking at getting one I would want one that worked as a cell phone as well I have looked at the palm treo's before and they seem like a good option for you if you going to get something that works as a cell phone and digital organizer |
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| SilverNeonRacer |
| My dell Axim has a larger screen and I can rotate the screen 90deg counter clock wise for a landscape view. my screen is 640 by 480 I think. |
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| ChromeDragon |
| That's the one thing I was thinking about, that it might just be easier to use it as a phone as well so I don't have to carry both. That's really the only reason I'm contemplating a crackberry. |
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| SilverNeonRacer |
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Originally posted by ChromeDragon
That's the one thing I was thinking about, that it might just be easier to use it as a phone as well so I don't have to carry both. That's really the only reason I'm contemplating a crackberry.
If all you want is a datebook and a phone some more basic phones will do, like i said my v551 has a datebook, it's not bad. I'd use it, cept my cell battery is shot and it spends half the time off charging. |
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| ChromeDragon |
| that's the other big issue. I need something that can handle use for several hours a day without a charge. I know many of these PDAs have shit for battery life. |
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| ChromeDragon |
| Oh, and my phone already has a little datebook function in it, but I find it to be a total pain in the ass. I need something that you can link meetings with contacts and shite like that. |
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| dtjohnst |
If you're thinking pda/phone all in one, avoid the UTStarComm 6700. It's junk. I've been through 3 in the past year. Keep sending them back for warranty work. Last time the DST patch borked it and it wouldn't even boot.
Every single time I've fallen back to my old gigantic Kyocera 7135 Palm Smartphone. The thing is rock solid, but the screen you write on has some scratches and it doesn't catch my writing the way it should anymore. Makes me sad.
Anyways, my next phone will be a Treo. Palms are rock solid. Blackberry's are too, I don't deny that, but they're a pain to get around in, and I'm way faster using graffitti than I am typing with thumbs...and I type fast. Too bad the Treo's got rid of graffitti. It makes me a sad panda. |
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