At 17 Jun 2008 12:07:25 +0000 Larry wrote:
>> Except it takes forever (comparitively) and requires an active data
>> connection. Remote desktop has it's uses, but PIM data lookup isn't
>> one of them!
>>
>>
>
> Your connection must really suck.
Are you really going to claim that you can run rdesktop on your tablet, log
into your PC and view your schedule faster than you could turn on a Palm or
PPC and see your day's schedule on it's home screen?
> I'm running Xnews from rdesktop on the
> little Linux tablet at breakfast over the free wifi as I type this.
> Because no database activity occurs over the link using rdesktop, it
> takes
> no bandwidth to do such tasks. Syncing, on the other hand, requires the
> link to accurately handle a whole database transfer....
I don't have to sync my entire PIM database each time I access it. It
resides on my device, and only updates when it changes.
Again, I'm not saying remote desktop doesn't have it's uses, but it's way
too cumbersome to look at one's calendar. Technology is supposed to make my
life easier- not more difficult.
> I do have a confession to make. I keep my "calendar", such as it is, on
a
> paper pocket book because all that typing is an even worse pain in the ass.
So, then, nothing you've said is really germain to the conversation, is it?
You've obviously come to the conclusion that any computer-based solution
is more cumbersome than a notepad, yet you suggest the MOST cumbersome of
cumbersome solutions for us!
> The paper pad hasn't crashed in 40 years, but it's a paper pad+R not a
> paper pad +RW so it doesn't erase...not a bad thing at all...(c;
It also doesn't alert you automatically to upcoming appointments- you have
to check it periodically. A pad also doesn't let you search a phone book
by any criteria other than last name (as a parent of young school aged
children you'd be surprised how often I have to search a phone number by a
child's first name since I can't for the life of me remember what
"Miranda's Mom's" name is!) The real power of a PDA for PIM data is that I
can schedule something far in the future and be notified when needed (i.e.
the refill date for my rarely used backup prepaid phone.)
> The do yellow a couple of decades after the CDRs are long dead.
Why not just sync it to the new pad you replace it with? ;-) Some of the
appointments on my current PPC phone (birthdays,anniversaries) and contacts
were first entered on my circa-2000 Casio E-100 and have synched their way
to the present through a half dozen PDAs and three or four PCs... No
notepad can do that.
