[TriLUG] Maybe OT: PDAs

[Andrew Perrin]

I have had random battery-related issues with it, but never a literally
dead battery. My understanding is that they are pretty impermeable and in
order to change the battery you have to do a Palm repair ($75). But in my
experience doing two hard resets in a row makes it take a charge
again. (use  a paper clip to hit the reset button on the back, complete
the reset routine, then do it again.)

I also had a charging cradle go bad (stop charging) but bought a new one
on ebay (around $20 I think).

ap

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Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin
Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
clists at perrin.socsci.unc.edu * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu


On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Daniel Monjar wrote:

> ever figure out as way to change the battery?  My Vx died after only about 
> a year of use.
> 
> --On Tuesday, September 03, 2002 3:12 PM -0400 Andrew Perrin 
> <clists at perrin.socsci.unc.edu> wrote:
> 
> > I can't be comparative, but I have had a Palm Vx for about 2.5 years now
> > and have been, in general, very happy with it. It syncs fine with jpilot,
> > the linux-based software available for it; I have no need for syncing with
> > KDE or Gnome so YMMV.  I find its simplicity the best thing about it -
> > write things down, they're there; no fuss.  I no longer use my laptop
> > almost at all, because its main use (taking notes in meetings and on
> > things I'm reading) has been usurped by the palm.
> >
> > ap
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin
> > Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
> > clists at perrin.socsci.unc.edu * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 3 Sep 2002, Douglas Kojetin wrote:
> >
> >> Hi All-
> >>
> >> This might be a bit off topic, but I'll throw in an "on topic" question
> >> at the end!
> >>
> >> I'm looking into getting a PDA, and wanted to get some advice from
> >> people on the list (who might have one).
> >>
> >> I was thinking of getting one of the following:
> >>
> >> Handspring Treo 90
> >> Handspring Visor Pro
> >> Palm m500
> >> Palm m515
> >> Sony CLIE PEG-T615C
> >>
> >> 1) Any comments on the thumb-board vs. Graffiti?
> >>
> >> 2) Anyone know which of the above can by sync-ed into Linux?
> >>
> >> 3) How long have you had one?  I'm afraid I may stop using it after
> >> awhile -- which would be a waste of money -- but I'm still tempted.
> >>
> >> Any other suggestions/comments are welcome -- and if you feel it's too
> >> OT, feel free to reply to me only.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >> Doug
> >>
> >>
> >>
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