[Tfug] PDA non-usage

[Bill M.]

Here's my take on the PDAs. I've been a PDA user for almost 10 years, 
first with a Palm Pilot Professional (yow!) and now a Palm IIIxe: both 
monochrome screens and funky. I consider the Palm to be my external 
brain: I keep all my daily appointments in MS Outlook 2003 (for school 
where we're a Novell shop with Windows PCs, soon to be Windows servers) 
- sync with the Palm, indispensable for me! I keep all my contacts and 
NOTES files with all kinds of lists and info. I also use Documents To Go 
to sync up Excel files of little flat-file databases (Inventory info).
I do have quite a few eTexts on the Palm. I am looking to get a 
smartphone to replace the Palm and cell phone keeping my iPod for music 
and video. I currently don't do anything online with the phone, though 
that may change. That's the issue I have: carrying three things around. 
I want to stay with Verizon for my cell carrier - best reception, but 
data restrictions are a pain.

-*-Bill