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What was your first handheld / PDA type device
- Thread starter h4x0rj3ff
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I always wrote notes on the back of my hand, and that was my PDA or PAA for years.
SiempreTuna
Android Expert
Palm V here. Even then, I kept sayin' what this thing needs to do is make calls.
I should be suing Apple for stealing my idea ..
I should be suing Apple for stealing my idea ..
I hated the whole "Convergence" idea. I actually liked carrying a small cellphone that could share internet with my Pocket PCs.
h4x0rj3ff
Chemist
So you had a PALM pilot lol
Bob Maxey
Android Expert
I should be suing Apple for stealing my idea ..
Ahhhh . . . the stories I could (might) tell.
Been on the front lines watching all sorts of companies come after us (Palm). Believe me, Apple and threats are not unknown to me; it ain't my first rodeo.
Perhaps I'll pen a tell-all? I know where numerous skeletons are hidden.
Bob Maxey
Android Expert
Pocket Analog Assistant. Ha, love it.
I recall running into an old friend. She wanted my address and contact info. I waited for her to take our her laptop, start Outlook, enter the info (slowly), shut down her computer and put it away.
I wrote her info on a small notebook. Quick and easy.
This new electronical technology is not always the best tool to use.
Bob Maxey
Android Expert
Palm V here. Even then, I kept sayin' what this thing needs to do is make calls.
I should be suing Apple for stealing my idea ..
This is not a new idea. There was talk and a few engineering samples crossed my desk out there in Palmville. Lots of big talk, a few great ideas and plenty of vaporware, but the Palm V could have been a much different device.
I loved the Palm VII because it was wireless and very cool for the time. It is as close as I got to wireless connectivity before the Treo days.
Bob Maxey
Android Expert
Too bad, really.
You would have had a great time to be sure. Part of my job was to make visitors happy and show dignitaries a good time. I could also show you the horrors which was frowned upon, but I'll save that for the book.
Speed Daemon
Android Expert
Yeah, well...being part of the administrative staff at a law firm makes a person the opposite of a dignitary. The lawyers were very nice to me (I suspect it's only because I knew how to look natural in a suit and tie) but otherwise the place was a mix of Dickensian and Orwellian characters who were all unbearably insecure! My happiest day there was the day I got fired. :rofl:
Stuntman
Android Expert
I got an HP Journada in 2000. I carried it around for a couple of years. Then in 2003, I ditched it for a note pad and pen. For most situations, I just needed to write some notes down and it was just easier and more natural with pen and paper. It is also easier to just draw diagrams or write in Chinese (I don't know how to type Chinese). If I need to give someone some contact info or similar info, I just rip a page off and give it to them. I have been witnesses to a couple of car crashes and it is just easier to write down what I saw on my note pad than to do it on an electronic device. If I have to draw a diagram, it is just easy with pen and paper.
I have been using a notepad app on my phone recently. I sometimes use the app and sometimes use my note pad. If the notes that I take needs to be edited a lot like a list that keep adding and deleting items, then I use my phone app. If it is something that I just need to jog my memory or will not be changed very often, then I am more likely to use my notepad. Also, some notes I take do not need to be organised in a way or the info simply expires soon after. It is easier to just write a line on my note pad and then forget about it once the info expires. With my phone app, I need to do some work organising and garbage collecting.
I've been carrying my notepad and pen around for 10 years now and don't see myself stopping. Sometimes, you just don't need any fancy technology to have something that is simple and effective.
