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J. Clarke wrote:
> BrianHH wrote:
>
>
>>Hi, Tim.
>>
>>I've only had my T5 for a few days, but from where I'm sitting, it's
>>not a lemon. It's not perfect, by any means, but it's no lemon.
>>
>>One of the things that happened when I synched my new Palm was that
>>some of my apps were moved to a separate folder that the device
>>recognized as not being 100% compatible. I haven't checked that
>>folder, but I haven't missed anything that wasn't installed. I imagine
>>that some programs escape that check though. As was suggested, you can
>>try uninstalling other programs to see if it makes Act behave itself.
>>
>>I upgraded from an m515, and I notice a big difference. The screen is
>>much bigger and brighter, there's more support for sound, and there's
>>support for video. The show-stopper for me, though, is the
>>non-volatile memory flash drive. No more losing data when the battery
>>runs down.
>>
>>A lot of people have made much of the lack of Wi-Fi and an included
>>cradle. I have to admit that I miss the cradle (which is why I just
>>ordered one) but I'm having trouble seeing the necessity for Wi-Fi.
>>Wi-Fi access is hardly ubiquitous, so its usefulness is limited. (I
>>wouldn't be able to use one at work even if it had one, because we use
>>a hardware key to enable access to our network.) None of these
>>problems are deal-breakers, but I've only had it for a few days, so
>>maybe I'll have more criticisms later.
>
>
> FWIW, I've got the wifi adapter for my Clie. Dinked with it a few times and
> decided that there wasn't much real point to it. Don't even know where it
> is now.
>
I could see someone using it for accessing e-mail while they're
on-the-go. I was going to buy one so I could use the wireless keyboard
to have access to my e-mail for those 2-hour meetings without lugging
around my laptop. (I'm in a wheelchair, so it's somewhat burdensome to
carry a laptop around.) Like I said, what broke the deal for me was the
ID key we need to plug into our laptops. I cerainly can't see anyone
browsing the web on one of these things, anyway. Even with a keyboard.
I mean, if someone threatened to light me on fire if I didn't, then
I'd use it, but not otherwise. 
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Brian Hartman wrote:
> J. Clarke wrote:
>> BrianHH wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi, Tim.
>>>
>>>I've only had my T5 for a few days, but from where I'm sitting, it's
>>>not a lemon. It's not perfect, by any means, but it's no lemon.
>>>
>>>One of the things that happened when I synched my new Palm was that
>>>some of my apps were moved to a separate folder that the device
>>>recognized as not being 100% compatible. I haven't checked that
>>>folder, but I haven't missed anything that wasn't installed. I imagine
>>>that some programs escape that check though. As was suggested, you can
>>>try uninstalling other programs to see if it makes Act behave itself.
>>>
>>>I upgraded from an m515, and I notice a big difference. The screen is
>>>much bigger and brighter, there's more support for sound, and there's
>>>support for video. The show-stopper for me, though, is the
>>>non-volatile memory flash drive. No more losing data when the battery
>>>runs down.
>>>
>>>A lot of people have made much of the lack of Wi-Fi and an included
>>>cradle. I have to admit that I miss the cradle (which is why I just
>>>ordered one) but I'm having trouble seeing the necessity for Wi-Fi.
>>>Wi-Fi access is hardly ubiquitous, so its usefulness is limited. (I
>>>wouldn't be able to use one at work even if it had one, because we use
>>>a hardware key to enable access to our network.) None of these
>>>problems are deal-breakers, but I've only had it for a few days, so
>>>maybe I'll have more criticisms later.
>>
>>
>> FWIW, I've got the wifi adapter for my Clie. Dinked with it a few times
>> and
>> decided that there wasn't much real point to it. Don't even know where
>> it is now.
>>
> I could see someone using it for accessing e-mail while they're
> on-the-go.
If you're somewhere where there are wifi hotspots all over the place maybe.
For me it's a 20-minute drive to the nearest one.
> I was going to buy one so I could use the wireless keyboard
> to have access to my e-mail for those 2-hour meetings without lugging
> around my laptop. (I'm in a wheelchair, so it's somewhat burdensome to
> carry a laptop around.)
> Like I said, what broke the deal for me was the
> ID key we need to plug into our laptops. I cerainly can't see anyone
> browsing the web on one of these things, anyway. Even with a keyboard.
> I mean, if someone threatened to light me on fire if I didn't, then
> I'd use it, but not otherwise.
--
--John
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(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
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On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 19:05:03 -0600, Brian Hartman wrote
(in article <xumdnajUR9GHG6rfRVn-2A@comcast.com> ):
> I could see someone using it for accessing e-mail while they're
> on-the-go. I was going to buy one so I could use the wireless keyboard
> to have access to my e-mail for those 2-hour meetings without lugging
> around my laptop. (I'm in a wheelchair, so it's somewhat burdensome to
> carry a laptop around.)
For email, you can either use BT to a laptop, USB to a laptop, or BT to a BT
phone.
> Like I said, what broke the deal for me was the ID key we need to plug
> into our laptops. I cerainly can't see anyone browsing the web on one of
> these things, anyway. Even with a keyboard. I mean, if someone threatened
> to light me on fire if I didn't, then I'd use it, but not otherwise.
Not as painful as doing it from your phone.
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Hi, Verne.
I might use BT to a BT phone, if my phone had BT. After dropping $400
on a T5, I'm skittish about buying a new cell phone. 
I think you'd pretty much have to be insane to browse the Web on a
phone. I could see maybe if your phone was set up to go to view
certain sites (i.e., traffic or weather sites) by pushing certain
buttons, but I can't see how actual "browsing" could happen over a
phone. At least on the Palm you've got a stylus for a halfway-decent
input system.
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On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 18:01:07 -0600, BrianHH wrote
(in article <1111187996.758110.14910@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> ):
> I might use BT to a BT phone, if my phone had BT. After dropping $400
> on a T5, I'm skittish about buying a new cell phone.
I already had the phone (which I used to tether my Powerbook).
> I think you'd pretty much have to be insane to browse the Web on a
> phone. I could see maybe if your phone was set up to go to view
> certain sites (i.e., traffic or weather sites) by pushing certain
> buttons, but I can't see how actual "browsing" could happen over a
> phone. At least on the Palm you've got a stylus for a halfway-decent
> input system.
Yep, the wap sites aren't too bad but the normal web sites (using something
like the Doris browser) are just plain insane.
The best I can get is using T9 text input.
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