I’ve started using Life Balance again, and this time I really think it’s
going to stick. Why? It frees my muse.
Over the years, I’ve done a lot of planning. Regular readers will remember
I’ve been doing advanced project planning for as long as I’ve had a Palm,
never content to rely just on plain to do lists. And [...]
“But I’m feeling MUCH better now.”
– John Astin, “Night Court”
December was a rough month for me, and many, many thanks to those of you
that helped out. I was able to climb out of my hole and get moving again.
Losing your job sucks, let me tell you.
But you know what? I learned a really important lesson [...]
Holo projector for mobiles - vnunet.com: “Scientists have developed a holographic laser projector that is significantly more efficient than today’s models and could be incorporated into handheld devices ? allowing you, for instance, to project snaps from a phonecam onto a wall.
It could also be used to replace the screen on a notebook or PDA.”
After reading Vidge’s comments on her UPC, a Sony U750P, I got to thinking about why I’m still using a PDA instead of a UPC. After all, my recent trials with DTG/WordSmith/Docs would be moot if I could just use Microsoft Word.
However, UPCs need a few fixes before they’ll take off.
1. They need to be [...]
Tom’s
Hardware has a news item claiming that the PDA in its “traditional”
form, ie one without cellular capabilities, is an endangered species in
today’s market. They claim that voice is the “killer app” for mobiles, and
PDAs need cellular technology to be taken seriously. They don’t know
whether smallish, cell-phone-like devices will take over, or if devices
more like Pocket [...]
Engadget - www.engadget.com: “We?re quite sick of Windows XP telling us we have 30 or 40 minutes of juice left on our laptop only to have the system shut down unexpectedly just a few minutes later, so we?re quite excited to hear of Texas Instruments developing a system for an accurate battery gauge. The system [...]
Finally, there’s a new word processor in town.
For the longest time, the PalmOS word processor market has consisted of two 500 pound gorillas. One was WordSmith, and the other was Documents To Go. There were plenty of text editors, but if you wanted real word processing, you were going to go with one of these.
Neither [...]
SD Card Doubles as USB Flash Drive - Everything USB: “Taiwanese-manufacturer Digimaster has released the first SD card that doubles as a USB flash drive, or vice versa. One end of the card has the connectors of a regular USB 2.0 interface while the other end has the same interface of a regular Secure Digital, [...]
Well, standalone ebook readers are still here. I’m not sure I’ve ever heard of eBookWise, but looks like other tablet ebook reader I’ve seen. I’ll stick with my PDAs for ebook reading, thank you!
Okay, We’ve seen the cool Sony U devices. We’ve seen the OQO. Now we have the Clio NXT. This device runs WinCE 4.2 rather than XP. Check the link for more. Compliments PPCT.