[clue-tech] handheld recommendations

[John Hamilton]

I have a Palm Tungsten T3 that I really like. I sync it to my Mandrake 
10.1 PC using jpilot and I've been able to easily do backups and 
download new applications, etc. I regularly install ebooks from 
palmdigitalmedia and have not trouble reading them. I added a 512MB SD 
flash card which I've loaded with a couple hundred ogg and mp3 files so 
I can now use it like an IPod by using a Palm application called pTunes. 
I don't use Outlook so I enter my appointments by hand but I can either 
do that through jpilot on my PC or directly into the T3. It really 
doesn't take that much time to do. It really depends on what you want to 
use if for but I've found that mine works great for reading ebooks, 
keeping my schedule and address book straight, playing music, and 
keeping a list of notes on various things and tasks that I need to 
remember. If that's what you are looking for then I would strongly 
recommend a T3. Even better, you don't need to go anywhere near 
Microsoft to use it.

John Hamilton

Collins Richey wrote:

>I'm thinking of getting a handheld sometime this year. Just curious if
>anyone has any recommendations for brand - HP, Dell, Palm, other?
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>Linux is always important, but I will probably wind up synching the
>beast with my laptop in (uggh!) Windows mode.
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