> -----Original Message----- > From: Anna Edwards [mailto:anna2edw at yahoo.com] > Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 7:16 PM > To: cncole at earthlink.net > Cc: mbmiller at taxa.epi.umn.edu; tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: RE: [tclug-list] bribery-a case of cuerosity killed the wolf > forever > > > do you know of any that work with a razr v3r? Just "no info" plus negative interest in Razr. When the Razr came out I was interested in the ads I got that said it has GPS and stores music. I asked just what it would do if in the Boundary Waters away from towers and the answer was worse than "nothing" (after an ordeal to find someone who COULD answer). The GPS is only a tower-based solution, and there is no real GPS receiver in the phone: it's usless when in the Boundary waters and not great GPS otherwise. The music feature also was dependent upon tower services, but it also required a special memory card which had not been scheduled for production at the time of all those ads.... so music was "none here or there" unless and until the special memory chips exist. Things may be better now that a year has passed, but the ads were so deceitful I'd never consider a Razr and I look even closer at cell product specs. I use the older Samsung I-330 3G Palm-compatible smartphones which are a bit old, but do most stuff (including free and unlimited internet service) and can be bought or replaced from ebay for about $35. Chuck (often accused of being a curmudgeon) > Chuck Cole wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > >> [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Mike Miller > >> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 4:59 PM > >> To: Anna Edwards > >> > >> On Tue, 18 Dec 2007, Anna Edwards wrote: > >> > >> > i type with a cell phone. i am native born to the usa. if it > is bad, i > >> > dont have a smartphone. > >> > >> That explains it! Wow -- that's a lot of work. Maybe you can buy a > >> little keyboard for it! I have a smart-enough phone (Treo 600) > >> and I even > >> bought the external folding keyboard for it recently for only > $60 (it has > >> a useable built-in keypad). It's a pretty amazing little thing, that > >> keyboard. I plan to use it when traveling. > >> > >> Best, > >> Mike > > I usta do math by rubbing two sticks together, but migrated to a digital > > computer (abacus) when that became the rage.... > > I got a nice IR-coupled folding keyboard real cheap off ebay. > I think it's > > spec'd to work with more than just smartphones and PDAs. Mine > is only IR > > coupled, but others connect by wire. > > I'm sure I'd quickly want to try typing with a railroad spike > as stylus and > > mallet to drive it in if I had to depend on such a thing for my > "typing". > > Many phones and services offer voice-to-text. Perhaps that > would preserve > > the pocketable convenience and minimize the nuisance. > > Chuck >