[Cialug] Replacing a Palm

[Jerry Heiselman]

I second that.  I really liked my Blackberry (hardware issues caused
me to replace it and I hate the phone that I got).

It sync's with Windows and Mac easily enough, there are some great
howtos on using Barry(?) to sync on Linux, it syncs Calendar,
Contacts, and of course mail with Google, supports IMAP/POP3 for mail,
and if you feel so inclined has Blackberry Unite, a free application
for personal use that acts as a mini Exchange server that you run
yourself and allows control for up to 5 Blackberries.  Great for
families that want to share address books and calendars.

My only strong complaint about Blackberry is the lack of support for
developing your own apps on anything but Windows.

--
Jerry

-----Original Message-----
From: Nathan C. Smith <nathan.smith at ipmvs.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:09 PM
To: 'Central Iowa Linux Users Group' <cialug at cialug.org>
Subject: Re: [Cialug] Replacing a Palm



Have you considered blackberry?  Very palm-like in basic
functionality.  Not as many loadable apps but some of the favorites
are available. Can play media and has stereo Bluetooth.  Has strong
email and web capability.

Probably not as shiny as some of the other phones you are looking at
but I just thought I'd throw it out there.

-Nate

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org
> [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of L. V. Lammert
> Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 5:41 PM
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> Subject: [Cialug] Replacing a Palm
>
> It was a lot of fun meeting folks last night, .. if anyone
> ever heads towards St. Louis let me know!
>
> We had an interesting discussion at the far end of the table,
> .. and I wanted to see if the 'other end' had any input.
>
> Problem: I have 10+ years of calendar & contacts in a Palm
> environment, ..
> which, I'm sure everyone knows, is dead h/w. In migrating to
> a new environbment, it would be nice to have ssh as one way
> to 'justify' the investment. Current contract with Verizon,
> which seems like the best coverage for our use.
>
> Solution: 'Droid - Seems design-challenged to me (e.g.
> keyboards with top rows you can't use with the edge of the
> display in the way) and requires Cloud services [a negative to me], ..
>
> Solution: Pre - Really nice nice form factor and interesting
> from a s/w standpoint, but has a keyboard that is totally
> unuseable and migrating from Palm Desktop is unknown, ..
>
> Solution: iPhone - Fairly nice, but the touch keypad is not
> really usable, calendar/contact capability lacks
> migrationpath, .. also not open source.
>
> Solution: Web Services - TJ described a pretty slick business
> environment with SugarCRM, which might bear investigating, ..
> but would require 'Net access for use [as opposed to a Palm].
>
> What other options should be considered? THe Nokia N900 is
> pretty big and bulky - I'd almost rather carry a Netbook than
> that; I'm almost thinking that a Netbook/Fliphone would be workable?
>
> 	Lee
>
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