Comments on: E&B Kyocera Case Review http://the-gadgeteer.com/2001/07/23/e_b_kyocera_case_review/ Gadget reviews and news by Julie Strietelmeier and friends since 1997 Fri, 25 May 2012 16:21:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: BTS http://the-gadgeteer.com/2001/07/23/e_b_kyocera_case_review/comment-page-1/#comment-15385 BTS Thu, 03 Jul 2003 20:14:56 +0000 #comment-15385 I can certainly see that if you want just the basic PIM functions. My PDA has become an extension of my brain. I need to have my Word and Excel at all times. Tablets look nice but they are still way out of my price range. I think we still have a few years of the PDA left....maybe more! I can certainly see that if you want just the basic PIM functions. My PDA has become an extension of my brain. I need to have my Word and Excel at all times. Tablets look nice but they are still way out of my price range. I think we still have a few years of the PDA left….maybe more!

]]> By: thsu http://the-gadgeteer.com/2001/07/23/e_b_kyocera_case_review/comment-page-1/#comment-15384 thsu Thu, 03 Jul 2003 20:01:18 +0000 #comment-15384 My old Palm V has a broken button, and I still haven't found a good enough reason to upgrade to a newer PDA. After I got my iPod, 1.5 years ago, I realized that a stand alone PDA was a dead product, and this is coming from someone who's bought about 10 different Palm OS PDAs (most as gifts). As I see it, PDA technology will become incorporated into another device, either your cell phone or your MP3 player, and the standalone class as a whole will dissappear. My old Palm V has a broken button, and I still haven’t found a good enough reason to upgrade to a newer PDA. After I got my iPod, 1.5 years ago, I realized that a stand alone PDA was a dead product, and this is coming from someone who’s bought about 10 different Palm OS PDAs (most as gifts).

As I see it, PDA technology will become incorporated into another device, either your cell phone or your MP3 player, and the standalone class as a whole will dissappear.

]]> By: astrosfan http://the-gadgeteer.com/2001/07/23/e_b_kyocera_case_review/comment-page-1/#comment-15383 astrosfan Thu, 03 Jul 2003 18:03:09 +0000 #comment-15383 The new business class BMW....with matching Palm T2 :) The new business class BMW….with matching Palm T2 :)

]]> By: opg2001 http://the-gadgeteer.com/2001/07/23/e_b_kyocera_case_review/comment-page-1/#comment-15382 opg2001 Thu, 03 Jul 2003 16:55:55 +0000 #comment-15382 Now that all the general PDA's are pretty much the same, it would be nice to see some specialist PDAs. I think Palm had the right idea, if not timing and implementation, with their Cladia Shiffer and Michael Jordan PDAs. How about a tie-up with an automotive company, so you could get a PDA in exactly the same color as your car, and the in-car PDA cradle could fold into the dashboard? Cool. You could even unlock your car with you PDA in an emergency. Now that all the general PDA’s are pretty much the same, it would be nice to see some specialist PDAs.

I think Palm had the right idea, if not timing and implementation, with their Cladia Shiffer and Michael Jordan PDAs.

How about a tie-up with an automotive company, so you could get a PDA in exactly the same color as your car, and the in-car PDA cradle could fold into the dashboard? Cool.

You could even unlock your car with you PDA in an emergency.

]]> By: BTS http://the-gadgeteer.com/2001/07/23/e_b_kyocera_case_review/comment-page-1/#comment-15381 BTS Wed, 02 Jul 2003 17:07:57 +0000 #comment-15381 My last major purchase (PPC) was a Casio EM-500. Only now am I going to by the Ipaq 2210 but that's simply to get more memory, faster processor, Nevo, and use a wireless card. That will be revolutionary to me. Aside for this, however, I just haven't seen anything that mind blowing in the last two years. Perhaps that's the way it should be. Besides, I can't afford anymore toys!! My last major purchase (PPC) was a Casio EM-500. Only now am I going to by the Ipaq 2210 but that’s simply to get more memory, faster processor, Nevo, and use a wireless card. That will be revolutionary to me.

Aside for this, however, I just haven’t seen anything that mind blowing in the last two years. Perhaps that’s the way it should be. Besides, I can’t afford anymore toys!!

]]> By: astrosfan http://the-gadgeteer.com/2001/07/23/e_b_kyocera_case_review/comment-page-1/#comment-15380 astrosfan Wed, 02 Jul 2003 16:07:38 +0000 #comment-15380 Totally agree. There is hardly any difference between today's model and 6 months ago, except the price. I have no reason to upgrade, and nothing is all that exciting with them anymore. Just another tool now. :o Totally agree.

There is hardly any difference between today’s model and 6 months ago, except the price. I have no reason to upgrade, and nothing is all that exciting with them anymore. Just another tool now. :o

]]> By: aybara http://the-gadgeteer.com/2001/07/23/e_b_kyocera_case_review/comment-page-1/#comment-15379 aybara Wed, 02 Jul 2003 16:01:15 +0000 #comment-15379 There really hasn't been much in the way of excitement for about a year now. Basically since the Dot-Com Bust things have gotten less interesting. Companies are 'playing it safe' and not being too extreme in anything they do. Internet content has gone from extensive to slim...Unless you are willing to shell out for every pay site to get the full news, and that number is multiplying. I await the day when I will need to buy a subscription to read my local paper online. Everything is stagnant right now. PDAs are getting faster, but nothing is 'Gotta Have', not even software is a must-have anymore. And being an avid PC and console gamer isn't even interesting with the loads of substandard movie tie-in games being rushed out the doors recently. :( There really hasn’t been much in the way of excitement for about a year now.

Basically since the Dot-Com Bust things have gotten less interesting. Companies are ‘playing it safe’ and not being too extreme in anything they do.

Internet content has gone from extensive to slim…Unless you are willing to shell out for every pay site to get the full news, and that number is multiplying. I await the day when I will need to buy a subscription to read my local paper online.

Everything is stagnant right now. PDAs are getting faster, but nothing is ‘Gotta Have’, not even software is a must-have anymore.

And being an avid PC and console gamer isn’t even interesting with the loads of substandard movie tie-in games being rushed out the doors recently. :(

]]> By: opg2001 http://the-gadgeteer.com/2001/07/23/e_b_kyocera_case_review/comment-page-1/#comment-15378 opg2001 Wed, 02 Jul 2003 13:12:30 +0000 #comment-15378 PDA's have moved from revolutionary to evolutionary. The moves from black and white, to grey scale, to color were huge. The move from reflective TFT to transflective is not. The latest changes, adding cameras, mp3 playback, thumbpads, are integration of existing technology, not new technology. Although I religiously read the PDA websites (this one's the best BTW), I've only owned a Casio A-10, and Palm IIIe, which I still use. I hope in 2004, Pocket PC will introduce VGA out via the cradle, allowing a PDA to completely replace the beige box for word processings, email, contacts, and internet surfing. PDA’s have moved from revolutionary to evolutionary. The moves from black and white, to grey scale, to color were huge. The move from reflective TFT to transflective is not.

The latest changes, adding cameras, mp3 playback, thumbpads, are integration of existing technology, not new technology.

Although I religiously read the PDA websites (this one’s the best BTW), I’ve only owned a Casio A-10, and Palm IIIe, which I still use.

I hope in 2004, Pocket PC will introduce VGA out via the cradle, allowing a PDA to completely replace the beige box for word processings, email, contacts, and internet surfing.

]]> By: Julie http://the-gadgeteer.com/2001/07/23/e_b_kyocera_case_review/comment-page-1/#comment-15377 Julie Tue, 01 Jul 2003 18:56:06 +0000 #comment-15377 No, you're not wrong. I totally agree with you. Everything is just soooooooo :bored: :bored: :bored: No, you’re not wrong. I totally agree with you. Everything is just soooooooo :bored: :bored: :bored:

]]> By: ChrisSpera http://the-gadgeteer.com/2001/07/23/e_b_kyocera_case_review/comment-page-1/#comment-15376 ChrisSpera Tue, 01 Jul 2003 18:48:27 +0000 #comment-15376 But its not just with PPC's lately... Its the entire Internet, too. We seem to be going thru a interesting interim period where there is a serious lull in excitement. Am I wrong..? But its not just with PPC’s lately… Its the entire Internet, too. We seem to be going thru a interesting interim period where there is a serious lull in excitement.

Am I wrong..?

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