Re: Critical Need

I need one very portable device to be both a phone and a PDA for
everyday use and have it sync USB or Wi-Fi with Outlook. I don't really
need a tablet or mini until/unless they get to the point where they are
viable replacements for the full-featured Windows laptop I carry with me
on trips. This is all about productivity.

Mango WP7 looks like a potentially good phone OS  (except for hijacking
your SD card which I don't understand). Moreover it seems to be the only
viable alternative to iOS and Android since Nokia ditched Symbian. I'd
very much prefer to keep datebk over other alternatives because of the
time zone functionality and because it works well. I might go to Android
if Android Datebk (or Pimlical if it's the same thing) syncs all fields
with Outlook via USB or Wi-Fi. It's not clear yet if this is the case or
not.




--- In [email protected], Bert Latamore <bertlatamore@...>
wrote:
>
> HP has a small Windows 7 tablet, the Slate 500, that it is selling to
the SMB market. It costs $800. I have not gotten to try this device, but
it looks interesting. You might look at that. Say what you want about
Windows, in the end everything runs on it, while the Android and iOS
solutions are much more limited in general functionality.
>
> The other choice of course is the iPod Touch, a nice machine IF it
provides the functionality you want. I presume that you have already
looked at that.
> Â
> Bert Latamore
> Mobile Computing Blogger at http://theinfoboom.com/
> Associate Editor "The Seybold Report" http://www.seyboldreport.com/
> Editor, www.wikibon.org
> Freelance Writer, Editor and Book Doctor
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Barbara Needham barbarajfn@...
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2011 10:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [pdbk] Critical Need
>
>
> Â
> On 6/1/2011 5:41 AM, John Tserkezis wrote:
>
> --snippage--
>
> My short term solution has been to get a mini-computer to carry in my
> purse. It is a bit hefty for a guy to carry in his pocket, but it runs
> Windows XP and therefore runs Pimlical Desktop on it. As it happens I
do
> sync through Google to Pimlical Desktop on my laptop but I could carry
> the databases from one computer to the other manually [usb drive] or
by
> sending files through e-mail. Some folks use Drop Box but I think you
> still have to be sure to only make changes on one platform when you
use
> that, maybe not.
>
> Pimlical Desktop will still sync with Palm so if your Palm holds out,
> CESD is working on a direct sync between Pimlical Desktop and Android.
>
> One thing about those concerned about syncing through Google, if you
are
> using Pimlical Desktop your data is robustly backed up [to backup
> everything it must be initiated manually, but the calendar is
> auto-backup] on your own computer so you don't have to be concerned
> about LOSING data to the cloud, only whatever privacy concerns you
have.
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>





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