PDAs... Where next?

Cogs · 22nd December 2008, 9:39 AM

After a long and reasonably happy association with Palm PDAs of various types, my Tungsten Tx has recently expired, thankfully not before I managed a full back up!

A new one will set me back £180 at Amazon, much more on the street. I have been alerted to the Ipod Touch as an alternative and after a demo in Leicester's new Apple store I am mightily impressed.

Questions:

Anyone had bad experiences with one?

Does anyone know of software that will allow transfer of eight years accumulated data in Palm-speak to Ipod-speak?

CoGS

cookie · 22nd December 2008, 11:49 AM

the touch is nice, but unless you're always within reach of free wi-fi, the iphone is much more useful.

dryskier · 23rd December 2008, 7:31 AM

I bought a Touch last month as a replacement for the Palm PDA.

Wish I hadnt bothered - (as Cookie says - you have to be in WiFi range for it to be any use). Its OK as an MP3 or Games but absolutely useless for business applications.

I would go for another Palm.

Cheesy Mike · 23rd December 2008, 7:56 AM

Get the iPhone if you really want that slick interface - or consider the new Blackberry Storm. A really neat iPhone app is Evernote which allows you to keep notes synchronised between multiple devices and computers.

cookie · 23rd December 2008, 8:08 AM

+1 for evernote, but it's not just for iphones. and not just macs either

Cogs · 23rd December 2008, 9:24 AM

Whooooaaaaa!!

No phones please!

I may be a PDA geek of 10 years standing but I have never entered into a mobile contract and never intend to!

Free wifi is freely (?) available in cities and more and more hostelries are offering it (even the Vic bikers' pub in Coalville now has a hotspot)

The problem with 'getting another Palm' is the only option for me is to get another Tx and, at a minimum of £179.99 they ain't cheap for what you get. Or don't. I've had this one for nigh on three years and in that time Palm have not developed a new platform (though they recently poached someone from Apple so in a year or two...). The world has moved on but Palm haven't. Yet. I guess I could just get the 8 (£165) or 16Gb (£214) as a stop gap and still have a good MP3 at the end? It's just having masses of calendar, contacts and memo data (not to mention Docs 2 Go) tied up on my desk>

True, there are issues with transferring data -who wants to deal with Outlook unless they really have to (specially after the comparatively slick Palm Desktop).

Ooooh, decisions decisions...

Feel free to continue

mike wright · 23rd December 2008, 7:13 PM

If was to buy another PDA it woudl have to be another iPaq for sure...They can do nearly anything and work well... Heres a link for refurbished units

http://www.totalpda.co.uk/PDA-Cleara...30f02879eb7005

24th December 2008, 7:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cogs

Whooooaaaaa!!

No phones please!

I may be a PDA geek of 10 years standing but I have never entered into a mobile contract and never intend to!

You can get most decent phones as a pay as you go item now.

Most PDA development has stopped as things like the Nokia E71 do more than your last Palm ever did.

Faced with a similar choice to you last year I went the phone route as it is ultimately cheaper and a phone contract is not an onerous thing. In addition, don't you need a mobile as you are a businessman?

Cogs · 24th December 2008, 9:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mutley1150

...In addition, don't you need a mobile as you are a businessman?

Who told you that?

Fritz · 24th December 2008, 9:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cogs

Whooooaaaaa!!

No phones please!

I may be a PDA geek of 10 years standing but I have never entered into a mobile contract and never intend to!

Good lad

That's me an you left in the world

I'm still on a T3 I bought s/h a few years back. Some of the non-Palm PDAs are better maybe with their MickySoft interface but the Palms are good no nonsense stuff. I was thinking of AN Other for future travels, but the old T3 and manual connect fold out keyboard is hard to beat for size, weight and whatnot.

Blx to the new all singing all dancing all in bin in a year or two time

Cogs · 24th December 2008, 9:32 AM

Palm, bless, have offered to repair the kn*ckered Tx for 143 euros, free collection and return so that's what I'll be doing in the new year. in the meantime, the 8GB Touch is looking favourite as an ancillary gadget given I don't have a functional MP3 (never could get on with the TX's on board one

) and it has sooooo many nifty apps available through itunes. Or am I deluding myself?

Cogs · 29th November 2009, 11:45 AM

My second Tx is now showing it's age (heavy handed owner

) with a randomly numb screen. As I said before, too much data / history (>11 years

) so the lack of a suitable converter to iPhone/touch OS stoped me going down that route...

So, any opinions on the new Palm Pre?

Susi Pop · 29th November 2009, 5:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dryskier

I bought a Touch last month as a replacement for the Palm PDA.

Wish I hadnt bothered
I would go for another Palm.

Useful info, thanks mate. I have just successfully bid for some money to buy business equipment for my students and have been dithering between i-touch and PDA's. I cannot buy i-phones as I don't want to be paying out for their phone bills! I need them to be able to access business applications when out and about doing street surveys etc and get them used to the idea of conducting business using mobile technology. I assume then that PDA's are the best bet? Any advice very gratefully received.

madmikey · 30th November 2009, 10:48 AM

I've got a Palm lifedrive PDA I no longer use

30th November 2009, 3:36 PM

I have a Tx available. PM me if you are interested.

Cheers
Mark

mikethebike · 30th November 2009, 7:42 PM

i have no idea what a pda is .......

do i need one ?

where does it fit to my GS

What does it do for my GS

can't find it in the manual...

maybe someone will get me one for christmas....

22nd December 2008, 9:39 AM	#1
Cogs Midlands Co-ordinator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Leicester Posts: 1,033	PDAs... Where next? After a long and reasonably happy association with Palm PDAs of various types, my Tungsten Tx has recently expired, thankfully not before I managed a full back up! A new one will set me back £180 at Amazon, much more on the street. I have been alerted to the Ipod Touch as an alternative and after a demo in Leicester's new Apple store I am mightily impressed. Questions: Anyone had bad experiences with one? Does anyone know of software that will allow transfer of eight years accumulated data in Palm-speak to Ipod-speak? CoGS __________________ I use multi-million dollar satellites to find tupperware / Ammo boxes in the woods... What's your hobby? www.geocaching.com/

22nd December 2008, 11:49 AM	#2
cookie Club Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,832	Re: PDAs... Where next? the touch is nice, but unless you're always within reach of free wi-fi, the iphone is much more useful.

23rd December 2008, 7:31 AM	#3
dryskier Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Steel City Posts: 342	Re: PDAs... Where next? I bought a Touch last month as a replacement for the Palm PDA. Wish I hadnt bothered - (as Cookie says - you have to be in WiFi range for it to be any use). Its OK as an MP3 or Games but absolutely useless for business applications. I would go for another Palm. __________________ If you see a Frummer north of Watford - you know business is bad.

23rd December 2008, 7:56 AM	#4
Cheesy Mike Jobseeker Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cheddar, Somerset Posts: 3,661	Re: PDAs... Where next? Get the iPhone if you really want that slick interface - or consider the new Blackberry Storm. A really neat iPhone app is Evernote which allows you to keep notes synchronised between multiple devices and computers. __________________ Wouldn't it be nice if whenever we messed up our life we could simply press 'Ctrl Alt Delete' and start all over?

23rd December 2008, 8:08 AM	#5
cookie Club Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,832	Re: PDAs... Where next? +1 for evernote, but it's not just for iphones. and not just macs either

23rd December 2008, 9:24 AM	#6
Cogs Midlands Co-ordinator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Leicester Posts: 1,033	Re: PDAs... Where next? Whooooaaaaa!! No phones please! I may be a PDA geek of 10 years standing but I have never entered into a mobile contract and never intend to! Free wifi is freely (?) available in cities and more and more hostelries are offering it (even the Vic bikers' pub in Coalville now has a hotspot) The problem with 'getting another Palm' is the only option for me is to get another Tx and, at a minimum of £179.99 they ain't cheap for what you get. Or don't. I've had this one for nigh on three years and in that time Palm have not developed a new platform (though they recently poached someone from Apple so in a year or two...). The world has moved on but Palm haven't. Yet. I guess I could just get the 8 (£165) or 16Gb (£214) as a stop gap and still have a good MP3 at the end? It's just having masses of calendar, contacts and memo data (not to mention Docs 2 Go) tied up on my desk> True, there are issues with transferring data -who wants to deal with Outlook unless they really have to (specially after the comparatively slick Palm Desktop). Ooooh, decisions decisions... Feel free to continue __________________ I use multi-million dollar satellites to find tupperware / Ammo boxes in the woods... What's your hobby? www.geocaching.com/

23rd December 2008, 7:13 PM	#7
mike wright Club Role Model Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Dartmoor - Devon Posts: 1,852	Re: PDAs... Where next? If was to buy another PDA it woudl have to be another iPaq for sure...They can do nearly anything and work well... Heres a link for refurbished units http://www.totalpda.co.uk/PDA-Cleara...30f02879eb7005 __________________ If you like the feeling of being lost, always ask locals for directions and you'll get there soon enough.

24th December 2008, 9:32 AM	#11
Cogs Midlands Co-ordinator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Leicester Posts: 1,033	Re: PDAs... Where next? Palm, bless, have offered to repair the kn*ckered Tx for 143 euros, free collection and return so that's what I'll be doing in the new year. in the meantime, the 8GB Touch is looking favourite as an ancillary gadget given I don't have a functional MP3 (never could get on with the TX's on board one) and it has sooooo many nifty apps available through itunes. Or am I deluding myself? __________________ I use multi-million dollar satellites to find tupperware / Ammo boxes in the woods... What's your hobby? www.geocaching.com/

29th November 2009, 11:45 AM	#12
Cogs Midlands Co-ordinator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Leicester Posts: 1,033	Re: PDAs... Where next? My second Tx is now showing it's age (heavy handed owner ) with a randomly numb screen. As I said before, too much data / history (>11 years ) so the lack of a suitable converter to iPhone/touch OS stoped me going down that route... So, any opinions on the new Palm Pre? __________________ I use multi-million dollar satellites to find tupperware / Ammo boxes in the woods... What's your hobby? www.geocaching.com/

30th November 2009, 10:48 AM	#14
madmikey Events Manager Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: deep south Posts: 1,116	Re: PDAs... Where next? I've got a Palm lifedrive PDA I no longer use __________________ YOUTH AND TALENT ARE NO MATCH FOR OLD AGE AND TREACHERY

30th November 2009, 3:36 PM	#15
markoh Guest Posts: n/a	Re: PDAs... Where next? I have a Tx available. PM me if you are interested. Cheers Mark

30th November 2009, 7:42 PM	#16
mikethebike Club Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Hoddesdon Hertfordshire Posts: 323	Re: PDAs... Where next? i have no idea what a pda is ....... do i need one ? where does it fit to my GS What does it do for my GS can't find it in the manual... maybe someone will get me one for christmas.... __________________ If it's got Tits or Tyres it's gonna be trouble !

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