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== iPhone (erstwhile?) == | == iPhone (erstwhile?) == | ||
Yeah, it's neat, but ... 2 year lock in, no add on slot, non replaceable battery, no GPS, and yet another platform that's fond of lock in? Meh. | Yeah, it's neat, but ... 2 year lock in, no add on slot, non replaceable battery, no GPS, soft keyboard, and yet another platform that's fond of lock in? Meh. | ||
== Glofiish m700 == | == Glofiish m700 == | ||
Revision as of 01:34, 11 January 2007
iPhone (erstwhile?)
Yeah, it's neat, but ... 2 year lock in, no add on slot, non replaceable battery, no GPS, soft keyboard, and yet another platform that's fond of lock in? Meh.
Glofiish m700
This looks like it.. a bit bulky but has all the major checklist features, and it looks like nothing with next gen features (higher res screen, usb host mode) will be available for a few months.
I especially love the name. It means you can easily find it on net searches.
Vendors
Canada
http://www.superiorgadgets.com/ca/product_info.php?products_id=205 - $818 - sent an email seeing if they can match int'l pricing.
http://sntradersonline.com/phone_details.php?product_id=snp476 - $818 - $50 less for in person pick-up (Missisauga), trade in for old models.
Int'l
http://egadgetdepot.com/catalog/product_info.php?currency=CAD&products_id=67&osCsid=cae3a047056297e8ea877d5ab61df774 - $639US in stock
Accessories
CC comes through with the best price for MicroSD - http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=012212&cid=990.218
Mac sync - http://www.markspace.com/missingsync_wm_devices.html
Benq p51
It's monstrous, but it has the feature set of the glofiish, along with a keyboard.
Nice that it has all the modern checklist features - usb mini for charging/synching (though no usb host), qvga screen, gps, wireless a/g, and even full size sd. Plus 128MB of RAM? I'm wrestling over the requirement for a keyboard.
Barring new phones (dual mode would be kinda nice). Alas, a lot of the newer features are designed around cost effective mobile internet, which is back in the stone ages in Canada.
hewlett packard hp hw6900 in Canada
[ipaq hw6955], from the series (hw6915, hw6910 - uk versions, hw6955, hw6950 - no camera, US hw6920, hw6925 - they sure don't want to make it easy) since it's available locally and will support Java easily,
Who carries it?
- http://www.wirelesswave.ca/rogers_phones_details.asp?PhoneID=449 (hw6515)
- $665 - http://www.handheldcanada.com/netCoreWebRequest/handheld/UserShowProductDetail?productId=49313
- $640 - http://www.softmagic.ca/product.asp?pf_id=FA746AA%23ABA
- http://www.canadacomputers.com are bound to have it at some point, since they have the hw6515 and are expanding their handhelds
accessories
http://www.proporta.com/F02/PPF02P05.php?t_id=1841&t_mode=des - $75US usb cable, screen protector, car charger, case
http://www.proporta.com/F02/PPF02P05.php?t_id=1243&t_mode=des - silicon case (available with above)
or their travel charge kit + charge/sync cable + screen protector/case deal
http://www.pocketpctechs.com/main.asp?unit=HP_Compaq_iPAQ_hw6900-587&area=accessories - headphone adaptor
loox t830
- http://www.solopalmari.com/content/view/1741/143/1/2/ , http://www.fujitsu-siemens.com/campaigns/pocket_loox_t/index.html - since it has usb host mode and an autofocus 2mpix camera and slays the hw6950 in just about every other way
http://support.fujitsu-siemens.de/forum/viewforum.php?f=25 - fujitsu-siemens evidently ineffective support forums
http://www.expansys.ca/forumthread.asp?code=130765&thread=5 - let's see if expansys can help
misc
http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/archive/2006/08/04/689069.aspx - nice article on power usage on PDAs
data access
Of course, I must be a fool for wanting such a device, since in Canada, after Fido pulled their $50/month unlimited data plan, data access via GPRS is stupidly expensive (something like $20 to send a high resolution image).
development
http://dcg.ethz.ch/theses/ws0405/gps_ipaq_report.pdf - nice doc on creating GPS apps using Jeode
gpl java J2SE vm - http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~dat/java/project/jvm/index_en.html
using swt with ibm's j9 - http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=604997&tstart=0