[SATLUG] [OT] Cell phone rant / open source idea

[Robert J Hewitt]

I like my Cell I like my computer and I like my Radio equipment I would
like a PDA one of these days but I don't think I am gonna get a PDA and
Phone in one.  This includes the much talked about iPhone.  My reasons
are very simple I like gadgets I Like Tech and I nearly Wrecked My truck
tunning a radio station just because I can't leave well enough alone.
That being said If I do get a PDA more then likely I will use it for
keeping Pics, Schedules and maybe to odd E-book or two and lots and lots
of music.  As for now I will settle on the Books, Music, and games  left
on my PSP (PlayStation Portable) and a 4 GB Microdrive attached. SO to
all the Blackberry, Iphone, and other PDA phone types enjoy your phones
and techno gadgets I'll stick to my Brick Phone just kidding I have a
Nokia Flip phone.


   RObert

P.S. 
  I have used PDA with the windows OS the color was the only reason I
never looked at others, NOw I have seen a Palm color and like it more
then the Windows Junk.
  
On Tue, 2007-07-17 at 15:14 -0500, Sean Carolan wrote:
> >
> >
> > @Sean I also use the 8125 it did take some time to get use to but after
> > several hacks and reassigning the shortcut keys on the face and sides I've
> > come to terms with it.
> 
> 
> If I'm shelling out $500 for a phone I don't want to "come to terms with
> it", I just want it to work.  Every feature on the Blackberry can be
> accessed with one hand, without fiddling with a stylus or pop-out keyboard.
> The pearl has a little trackball (hence the name) that allows you to do all
> navigation with one thumb.
> 
> Personally I felt the design of the 8125 was a bit half-baked.  There are at
> least four or five buttons around the edges and sides of the thing, which
> invariably get pressed if you leave the thing in your pocket or holster.  I
> would often pull the phone out of my pocket or holster to find that the
> camera  had been on for two hours draining the battery.  I ended up just
> disabling all the special buttons.
> 
> I also got the 8125 to the point where I could deal with it, but finally
> gave up after the cheap touchscreen started to get misaligned every day.  I
> couldn't even get into the settings to fix the misaligned screen, so I gave
> up and switched to the crackberry.