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> From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org
> [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Mike Miller
>
>
> Overall, I recommend these devices as cell phones.  They are
> killer cell
> phones.  But, they aren't very good PDAs.  The integration of
> PDA with
> cell phone is fantastic though.  For me, the integration
> aspect definitely
> outweighs the mediocrity of the Treo as PDA.  I only want to
> carry one
> device, and I absolutely love making calls directly from the contacts
> list, or from Vindigo or from a web page.  If you lose your
> phone, all of
> your phone numbers and other data are backed up on your
> computer, so you
> aren't totally SOL.  Cell phones that don't sync to a PC are
> a disaster
> waiting to happen.

I like the Samsung I-330.  Has color and touch screen instead of "button
pad" and does more lots better than a Palm IIIxe plus separate cell
phone.  The I-330s can be had cheap off ebay and are good Palm OS
phone/PDAs, but too old to have plug-ins.  I use Docs-to-Go to load a
bunch of reference text files that usually exceed the 4K Palm limit.
D2G makes them searchable, but it's slow.  What's mediocre about the
Treo's PDA features or are you just saying that you want more
functionality than PDAs have been offering?

>
>
> > It however is not a linux os but it plays very well with them.
>
> I have a Treo 600 and I run PalmVNC on it and use that to
> connect to a
> Linux box.  It works.

FYI, Smartphone Palm OS SDK is available with source for the Kyocera
6035 and maybe their later 3G color model.  I think the phone add-ons
and other stuff may be minor differences.



Chuck