Gadget Thingeys
Feb. 27th, 2004 10:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
legalmooseSo, decided to get one of those iPod thingeys. I guess this means I'll be spending more time ripping more of my CDs down onto the computer now. I only have a measley 2 gigs on there now, and the new thingey is going hold 40, so I need to get moving on more of my music. :)
I swear, though, they need one device (one ring to rule them all) that'll do everything: music, PDA, phone, etc. They're getting there, but the current ones aren't quite up to snuff yet. The Treo 600 comes closest, and I was soooo tempted to get one last fall, but the lack of wireless networking is a big drawback to me (I don't necessarily always want to have to connect through AT&T's network to check email, especially when I have my own at home, 'k?). And bluetooth is fine and dandy, but if you're using the same device to check email and phone messages, why bother?
So, one small step on a possible conversion to Apple. Though the news that PalmSource is going to drop support for synching with Apple OS (although, as the article mentions, you can buy another program to make it work with your Apple) is not happy stuff. Will have to see how that works, because I'm more wedded to the Palm OS than I am to either Windows or Apple OSX.
I swear, though, they need one device (one ring to rule them all) that'll do everything: music, PDA, phone, etc. They're getting there, but the current ones aren't quite up to snuff yet. The Treo 600 comes closest, and I was soooo tempted to get one last fall, but the lack of wireless networking is a big drawback to me (I don't necessarily always want to have to connect through AT&T's network to check email, especially when I have my own at home, 'k?). And bluetooth is fine and dandy, but if you're using the same device to check email and phone messages, why bother?
So, one small step on a possible conversion to Apple. Though the news that PalmSource is going to drop support for synching with Apple OS (although, as the article mentions, you can buy another program to make it work with your Apple) is not happy stuff. Will have to see how that works, because I'm more wedded to the Palm OS than I am to either Windows or Apple OSX.
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Date: 2004-02-27 08:55 am (UTC)I use pockettunes and real player one on the Treo, along with a memory card for mp3 storage -- I have relatively few mp3s and even less time for listening as I commute by car, but for the metro-riding downtown crew an iPod would prove to be a far more worthwhile investment on that front. I would agree with your assessment of the Treo, it comes close but not quite close enough. It suits my needs well and allowed me to finally ditch the Blackberry+phone combo I have relied upon for years...I am looking forward to the next thing.
If Sony-Ericsson would only come out with a Symbian-based smartphone WITH KEYBOARD....I hate stylus-driven devices.