I am enjoying my combined electronic organizer and smart phone as my main communication device and personal digital assistant. I have noticed some areas where given the opportunity, I would like to have better features, faster connection to the Internet, a bigger screen with better resolution, and just plain newer better technology. But having said that, I am getting along fine and in fact better than I was with the separate communication device (MOTORAZAR maxx Ve) and separate electronic organizer (Palm Treo 700w).
About this time, Verizon sends me a coupon for $100.00 off on any new smart phone upgrade and I start to seriously .check out their options. I have made several qualifying decisions at this point. I have decided the platform I go with will be the Android operating system. I have and will for the foreseeable future been very partial to Motorola - their quality and reputation for building very good hardware. I have been looking at the Motorola Droid 3 because I like the slide out keyboard (it has both the virtual and the slide out), but it is a 3G device and since one only usually upgrades once every two years, I have a concern going with trailing edge technology while Verizon is bring the 4G technology online in my area and coming online fast across the country.
I have been to the Verizon Wireless store several times but now I am ready to make a decision so off to the store again. I am looking at the Motorola Droid 3 and the store associate comes over to help. We discuss the Droid 3 and then I ask about the 4G technology sticking with Motorola. It turns out the Bionic has just hit the market and It looks very attractive in not only slim design, but it is feature rich. The 4G choice is more money that the 3G as one would expect, but I decide to go with the leading edge personal communication device for my new electronic organizer and personal digital assistant.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Saturday, November 19, 2011
The Palm Treo 700w – 4
I am enjoying my move to this electronic organizer and smart phone - the Palm Treo 700w. This communication device has brought my cell phone and personal digital assistant together in one single device and that is very convenient. One of these benefits I notice is that the personal organizer / communication device at my side on my belt. I have always had my phone there, but the personal digital assistant has always been in my shirt pocket - I never ware a T-shirt because they don’t have shirt pockets. Now that the combined functions are on my belt, I am not so confined by shirts with pockets.
I also start to notice the size of the screen on the 700w. It is much smaller than my Palm T/X, approximately half the height and somewhat smaller side to side. The screen also appears to be grainy in when compared to the T/X. While I can see the information I need to see from Calendar, Contacts, Tasks and notes, I am used to seeing more of the information and not scrolling up and down so much. This is not prohibitive in the use of the Palm Treo 700w, but it not as convenient and pleasant to the eye as the larger screen.
Perhaps the most noticeable issue is the connection speed to the internet – or lack of speed connecting to the internet. I do get my emails on this older communication device which is very helpful, but surfing the net it is very slow to connect to and very slow to navigate.to a site or from site to site. In fact, it is so slow that I do not try to use the Palm treo 700w to surf the internet. I don’t know if it is an old device interfacing to new 3G or 4G technology Verizon is using or something else, but it is not very functional or convenient and my personal organization is not complete with this older device.
I also start to notice the size of the screen on the 700w. It is much smaller than my Palm T/X, approximately half the height and somewhat smaller side to side. The screen also appears to be grainy in when compared to the T/X. While I can see the information I need to see from Calendar, Contacts, Tasks and notes, I am used to seeing more of the information and not scrolling up and down so much. This is not prohibitive in the use of the Palm Treo 700w, but it not as convenient and pleasant to the eye as the larger screen.
Perhaps the most noticeable issue is the connection speed to the internet – or lack of speed connecting to the internet. I do get my emails on this older communication device which is very helpful, but surfing the net it is very slow to connect to and very slow to navigate.to a site or from site to site. In fact, it is so slow that I do not try to use the Palm treo 700w to surf the internet. I don’t know if it is an old device interfacing to new 3G or 4G technology Verizon is using or something else, but it is not very functional or convenient and my personal organization is not complete with this older device.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
The Palm Treo 700w – 3
Ok, the day has come and I have called Verizon and have now switched my phone service from my old Motorola MOTORAZAR maxx Ve to the somewhat younger Palm Treo 700w. I am actually live with a newer personal communication device from the smart phone family. I have already preformed a “sync” and all of my contacts from my outlook are in this smart phone.
As I start to make calls and check out the operation of this smart electronic organizer, I notice that if I enter the phone number from the dialing pad, the contact name associated with the number appears, telling me who I am calling – a very nice feature. I also make a call using the contact list and find I am able to select between the home, work and cell numbers under the same contact (if that information has been previously entered) – also very nice. In addition I notice that at the end of a call my phone prompts me to save the number or update a contact record – I am liking the way this personal digital assistant is thinking. Then, I receive a call from one of my contacts and their name is displayed as the person calling me – this is not so new as I had this feature in the older phone, only without the benefit of the information being the same as in my outlook contacts.
After several days of use, I am really enjoying the integration of the calendar, tasks and note functions along with keeping my contact records up to date through constant use of the borrowed (from my brother Ronald) communication device. This is definitely helping me to improve my personal organization as well as my productivity. I can see how easy it is to get hooked on this electronic organizer and smart communication device class of phone.
As I start to make calls and check out the operation of this smart electronic organizer, I notice that if I enter the phone number from the dialing pad, the contact name associated with the number appears, telling me who I am calling – a very nice feature. I also make a call using the contact list and find I am able to select between the home, work and cell numbers under the same contact (if that information has been previously entered) – also very nice. In addition I notice that at the end of a call my phone prompts me to save the number or update a contact record – I am liking the way this personal digital assistant is thinking. Then, I receive a call from one of my contacts and their name is displayed as the person calling me – this is not so new as I had this feature in the older phone, only without the benefit of the information being the same as in my outlook contacts.
After several days of use, I am really enjoying the integration of the calendar, tasks and note functions along with keeping my contact records up to date through constant use of the borrowed (from my brother Ronald) communication device. This is definitely helping me to improve my personal organization as well as my productivity. I can see how easy it is to get hooked on this electronic organizer and smart communication device class of phone.
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