Personal Digital Adventure - Part 4
September 20, 2003Rumour became fact as Palm announced the Palm Tungsten C and the Palm Zire71.
Tale of two PDAs
The Tungsten C was probably everything a business person would want. 64 MB of memory, a fantastic high-resolution colour screen, and two rather unusual things: no Graffiti writing area (and a small mini keyboard instead), and wireless (WiFi) connectivity. All this came with two “warts” - a high price (street price $500) and monophonic sound.
However, the lure of a wireless PDA is almost irresistible. Wireless hotspots were springing up all over the world - at a airports, in offices, at coffee shops, at home. …
Personal Digital Adventure - Part 3
September 19, 2003By 2002, almost two years after I acquired my Palm Vx, there were a lot of new models and manufacturers in the market. Colour models abounded from Palm, Sony, Handspring, Toshiba, HP and other manufacturers. PalmOS based models continued to rule the market with unassailable market shares, vindicating my stand that there are things that make a PDA usable, simplicity being one of them.
Ramming an entire Windows or Linux desktop into a small form factor doesn’t improve the user experience in any way. PalmOS was designed to deal with issues that were never on anyone’s radar when designing a desktop …
Personal Digital Adventure - Part 2
September 18, 2003Now that I had room to grow, I did.
First of all, I subscribed to about almost 2 MB of channels from Avantgo. The service itself was just growing, and every day new stuff could be found, so you can imagine that there quite a few changes in my lineup over the next few months as I settled on what I could call my steady set of channels. These included BBC News, Reuters News, Slashdot.org, PalmInfoCenter.com, CNET News.com, Beyond 2000, and quite a few entertainment and technology channels.
Several times a day, whenever I had a few minutes, I would place my …
Personal Digital Adventure - Part 1
September 17, 2003In March 2003, I picked up a new Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) to replace my late (and seriously lamented) Palm Vx that has served me so faithfully since 2000. I can no longer conceive of professional or personal life without a PDA nestled in hand, and being without one was like going Cold Turkey!
This makes it the perfect time to tell my readers how I got into the “PDA” habit.
Electronic Diaries
I was introduced to the concept of “Electronic Diaries” way back in the early 1990s, when I picked up a Casio Digital Diary to track the lengthening list of telephone …
Quick Click Tricks
September 16, 2003I am an amateur photographer, and am fascinated with the ability to capture images. I have always owned a camera or two (since I was a child, which got me the position of “Family Photographer”). I also wield digital cameras with a vengeance. 
In the the process, I have learned a few tips and tricks - and here they are.
Digital cameras are the rage today. Instant photography, coupled with the unbelievable spread of the Internet, promises. A new baby, a new car, a wedding in the family or a snapshot of your latest product - they can be on your …
Do we want to WiFi today?
September 15, 2003As I sit here, using my notebook to write this article, several things work silently in the background, making sure that I have access to information I need, when I need it.
The single most important technology in this case is the wireless network - WiFi for the initiated - an 802.11b based network that lets me stay connected to my LAN and the Internet no matter where I am on the premises.
Which, in this case, is my garden, where I sit with my notebook in my lap, writing these words, while at the same time using an Instant Messenger to …
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