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

[Tom Reingold <tommy@whatexit.org>]

Tom Limoncelli wrote:
> On 3/27/07, Bennett <a42n8k9@dejazzd.com> wrote:
> 
>> What types of devices has anyone used?  Does anyone have any 
>> particular recommendations or gotchas to watch out for?
> 
> And would people please post their responses to the TM2SA wiki ;-)
> http://wiki.everythingsysadmin.com/twiki/bin/view/TM2SA/WebHome
> 
> I also recently tried to consolidate my hand-helds.  I have a Palm
> Treo 700p which has pssh (good for emergencies, not much more), a
> "placeholder web browser" (to use Steve Jobs' term) that is good
> enough for reading news and gmail on the train to work, and crappy
> todo-list management.  However, if you add DateBook6 the todo list
> stuff becomes amazing.
> 
> Tom


You say you *tried* to consolidate, but you don't mention if it 
succeeded. Could you please let us know?

I have a company-issued Blackberry with the Exchange sync service. What 
is that called, BES? It works very well. I don't have to initiate a 
sync, ever. My memos, calendar, address book, email, to-do are always 
sync'd (sunc?).

I also have my own Palm Treo 680. It's Palm's latest Treo with PalmOS. 
It's the smallest one yet. I like the user interface very much, except 
that I have to initiate syncs. I have not activated a data plan because 
I don't feel the need to pay for it, given that I can read email 
(personal and work) on the blackberry.

This means I'm down to two bumps on my belt. Formerly, I had the 
Blackberry, a Palm, and a personal cell phone. I considered moving my 
personal data to the Blackberry for as long as I'm with my current 
company but decided against that.

Tom Reingold
Noo Joizy