I don't like smartphones, on the grounds they're bulky for phones but a bit small as PDAs, plus a lot of them tend to be tied into a particular service provider. However, my Palm Tungsten won't live forever, and I'd really like something pocket-sized that does the same sorts of things. A friend has suggested the iPod Touch, and it seems reasonable, but I'd like other options.

The question is, how crippled would something like a Treo or an EnV be if I didn't sign up for phone service at all? Are there any smartphones that work just fine as keyboarded PDAs (I reallllly like keyboards, and have largely lost my ability to do stylus writing) and can by synched with a Mac desktop without needing to buy into the wireless plan?
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From: [identity profile] dvandom.livejournal.com


The main thing I dread about changing over synch software, and which apparently I'll have to do no matter what since Palm Desktop is no longer supported, is copy over all my Notes. I've got inventories of all the boxes of stuff I have in storage, plus stuff like the toys I'm seeking on behalf of others, lists of Prismacolors I already own (so I don't accidentally buy a second one of a given color), etc. At worst, I'll need to do a cut and paste from Palm Desktop into something I could put onto the new device. At least with an iPod Touch I can be pretty sure it has a Mac synch that's easy to use. :)

From: [identity profile] sigma7.livejournal.com


And now that the Google Calendar two-way sync is running flawlessly, I take back the last complaint I had about it.

And you can always save them as Google Docs and read them that way -- it's saved my bacon a few times.

From: [identity profile] dvandom.livejournal.com


Yeah, if I have to do a manual shift, whatever format I put them in would easily enough be uploaded to GD or some other server.

From: [identity profile] robotech-master.livejournal.com


You might want to consider migrating your notes to Evernote (http://www.evernote.com). It's got an iPhone/iPod Touch client, as well as Windows and Mac desktop and ubiquitous web access. Plus, you can even send photos to it and have the text in them OCR'd and searchable.


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