Re: [SAGE] Handheld devices (phone, PDA, remote access)

[John Borwick <borwicjh@wfu.edu>]

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Bennett wrote:
> Hello,
>
> After reading Time Management for System Administrators, I've been
carrying an iPaq along with my phone.  Now that I've gotten over the
wall of making it a habit, I find myself wishing that I could just
simply carry one device.
>
> I would like to combine the PDA portion of the iPaq with the phone.  I
would also like to have the ability to remote into the systems either
via SSH or SSL.  I know the Blackberry and Trio do the PDA portion, but
I'm not sure about the remote access part.  I've also seen ramblings
about the Sidekick. 
>
> What types of devices has anyone used?  Does anyone have any particular
recommendations or gotchas to watch out for?

At Wake Forest University we standardized on a "Cingular 8125", which
runs Windows Mobile.  See <http://mobileu.wfu.edu/>.

You can then run "PocketPuTTY" on Windows Mobile:
<http://www.pocketputty.net/>.

Operationally, the main drawback for using Windows Mobile is you have
to use a Microsoft-blessed tool such as Outlook+ActiveSync to get your
tasks on the 8125.

HTH,
John B.

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John Borwick
Assistant Director, Data Delivery
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
web: http://users.wfu.edu/borwicjh/
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