New cool technologies...
Okay, so I played with the iPhone today for the first time. Nice machine and very easy to use, but I decided last week not to jump ship from Verizon. I need a smartphone to do many things and enjoy the ability to customize. I have had a Motorola Q for the past year, and tolerated it, but I sold it on eBay and went back to a true Windows Mobile smartphone, the Treo 700wx. I am a happy camper again!
I also picked up the Microsoft Wireless Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000 this week. It is a sweet little Bluetooth mouse that has function keys on the bottom to control a PowerPoint presentation as well as including a laser pointer and volume controls. It comes with a Bluetooth USB dongle, but worked fine with the Bluetooth built into the MacbookPro on both the Windows XP and Mas OSX sides of the machine. Great new toy and one of the most innovative packaging systems I have ever seen!
I am so glad to have time to "play" in the summer months!
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Kathy Schrock
I also picked up the Microsoft Wireless Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000 this week. It is a sweet little Bluetooth mouse that has function keys on the bottom to control a PowerPoint presentation as well as including a laser pointer and volume controls. It comes with a Bluetooth USB dongle, but worked fine with the Bluetooth built into the MacbookPro on both the Windows XP and Mas OSX sides of the machine. Great new toy and one of the most innovative packaging systems I have ever seen!
I am so glad to have time to "play" in the summer months!
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Kathy Schrock
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2 Comments:
Kathy, so glad you posted your comment. My school recently purchased several new Treos for our directors. I didn't get one yet but was wondering about getting an iPhone instead. The older Treos we had were palm-based rather than Windows-based. The directors who got the new Treos seemed to be a little frustrated with them. I'm not sure exactly what the difficulties. This will be my first smartphone, so I want to make sure I'm happy with my choice. What features do you feel are the most important?
Tina,
This is my fifth smartphone and they take some getting used to. I like the Windows Mobile devices (rather than the Windows Mobile Smartphone Edition ones like the Moto Q) because of the touchscreen (easier to navigate) and the inclusion of Pocket Word, Excel, and PPT, which allow me to get work done when I need to and sync the files easily with Office.
Of course, the most important aspect of every smartphone is the access to information. Having the Internet in your hand at all times is very useful!
I had two PalmOS-based Treos in the past, and there are many more free and low-cost PalmOS apps available for that platform. I have found a program for the Windows Mobile 5.0 Treo 700wx that will allow me to run the Palm apps I miss on this device, so that is solved!
Hope this helps a bit! (BTW, next time include your email address in the post. I don't necessarily always want to share things via comments on the blog!)
Kathy
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