Re: [tlug] Recommended keitai or PDA?

["Jim O'Connell" <oconnell@example.com>]

I have a Handspring visor (Really low-end model) that I use for PocketKanji and the time zone program mostly.
Any phone will store phone numbers and such - some of the DoCoMo phones even have English menus. I use a PHS because they are cheaper and sound better, though the coverage is patchy.

PocketKanji for pPalmOS is really handy to have when you're out and about in Japan. (http://old.mmdc.net/p/jp2.html)
My sister uses Dokusha (http://www.annoyinglycheerful.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=12) on the same model and swears by it.  
Low-end palms and palm-compatables can be had quite cheaply used.  I've never felt a strong need to upgrade, though the Sony Clie I got my girlfriend is quite nifty.

Cheers,
Jim



On Thu, 28 Nov 2002 22:42:03 -0500
dboudrea@example.com wrote:

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> I will be moving to Yokohama soon, and with all the great info on the list now
> about digital cameras, surely I could get some advice or recommendations for a
> PDA or a keitai?
> 
> Who uses a PDA (something like a Palm Pilot) all of the time and really feels
> they need it?  I'm trying to determine whether or not it would be worth it to
> purchase one or not.  There are many times when I don't feel it's worth it to
> boot up my pc but I think I've been getting along ok with my "analog" PDA method
> (a small notepad and pen to write things down).  For those that use their PDAs
> to schedule tasks and for calendaring, does it really save you time, what are
> your thoughts?  What are the best things about them, best features etc?
> 
> I have similar questions about getting a keitai.  These days, aren't keitais
> becomming more "PDA-like" in their feature set?  It'd be cool to have a handheld
> device that could do email, maybe surf the web, find out a train schedule, and
> just for kicks do voice as well, hopefully without giving me cancer (but with
> all the other keitais that will be around me in the Tokyo area maybe that would
> happen anyways).
> 
> Also I still need to settle on actually finding a place.  I've been searching
> Chintai (Able monthly book), went to a fudo-san agent, and the web, but if
> anyone knows a good place on or near the Sotetsu line please let me know!
> 
> David Boudreau
> 
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