RE: Last One Out, Turn Off the Lights

Hmmm.  I've been syncing my Palm Centro with Office 2007 on Vista for over a
year.  Never a problem.

 

Also my son has the Pre and it syncs wirelessly.  I am thinking of getting
one now but I don't want to upgrade my plan which includes everything for
only 49.99

 

I also have Sprint.

 

Ed Gallagher

phone: 484-638-3265

email:   <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of alanportman2002
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 11:56 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [GtD_Palm] Last One Out, Turn Off the Lights

 

  

Judging by the quality and quantity of the posts, this group will not be
around much longer. Pity. And I blame Palm for it. I have learned quite a
bit from members here, and I hope others have found my posts useful as well.

About three weeks ago I became a Blackberry user. This started when I
upgraded my desktop computer and discovered that Palm does not work with
Vista. Or at least, does not work easily wit Vista. I survived for several
months on PocketMod (www.pocketmod.com/, http://repocketmod.com/) printouts
from Time & Chaos (www.chaossoftware.com/). I have been a Time & Chaos user
for more than fifteen years and would be lost without it.

My requirements for a replacement for my Zire 71 were: Synchronization with
T & C, for free if possible; full qwerty keyboard; available from Sprint,
the cheapest carrier for me; web enabled, optional. I really wanted a Pre. I
have been a Palm user for more than ten years (anyone remember Handspring?)
Every time I looked at a Pre and then a Pixii, I ended up frustrated. I am a
computer support technician. I live and breathe technology. For me to pick
up a phone, have trouble powering it up, trouble sorting through apps and to
seem to always end up trapped in Pandora was maddening. On the other hand,
thirty seconds after picking up a BB Curve, I could find everything. Change
ringers, done. Take a picture, done. Check email, done. Make a phone call,
done. Check the calendar, done.

So, my Palm is now sitting on its charger no longer connected to a computer,
just in case I need something from it. My Blackberry is on my hip, contacts,
appointments and tasks all up to date.

I blame Palm for shooting themselves in the foot with the Pre/Pixii. The
fact that there is no easy way for a current Palm user to upgrade to the
WebOS is about as close to a design flaw as I have seen. Add to it that I
would have had to purchase the Palm legacy app for the Pre/Pixii is just
insulting to current customers.

Palm, while you are fixing things, your app store is a joke. The last time I
checked, it was barely viewable without first buying a phone. You did fire
the idiot who thought this was a good idea, didn't you? I wanted to know
what I could add to my new phone. I found a list that changed very little
from the first day the phone was released. Tell me again how this is
supposed to incurage me to buy a new phone?

I am not dropping my membership as I do find the posts interesting. 

So long, and thanks for all the fish

Alan Portman
IT Specialist
St. Louis College of Health Careers

www.theportmans.name





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