From: Richard Kilpatrick (dmc12_at_btconnect.com)
Date: Fri Jan 21 2005 - 14:52:00 PST
On 21 Jan 2005, at 22:01, Hannes Wolf wrote:
>
> I use a Palm Tungsten W and a Treo 600 90% of my time, but the lack of
> VGA screen and WLAN (I know that I can have WLAN on CLIEs, but than
> I=20
> have to use MemorySticks...) gave me the idea to try out the VGA=20
> PocketPCs and as the software there was so bad I tried the VNC
> client,=20=
I like MemoryStick, though it is slightly more expensive.
> and suddenly the PocketPC behaved like my PowerBook, albeit a little=20
> slower due to VNC...
I generally figure the point of having a PowerBook is that it is
portable ;)
> BTW: some websites just don=B4t work on the PalmOS browsers, but are =
> easy=20
> to use via Safari...
Hmmm. Netfront 3.1 (which can be installed on models with 3.0 at least)
fixes a lot of bugs. It's the best handheld browser I have used for a
long time.
> if the Zaurus would be available more easily, if it had WLAN and=20
> Bluetooth, I would rather use Linux than PocketPC!
I was under the impression that it did, although WLAN has to be added
it has sufficient slots to do so.
> And you are totally right, the whole idea of VNC is ages old, but=20
> interesting enough, I now get feedback from all over the world from=20
> people, that didnt know about VNC before! And as Wired is a
> CondeNast=20
> publication, they cater to the nontechnical people, too.
But the nontechnical people get nothing from this article. They don't
explain that you have to be using some sort of secure route to your
desktop machine unless you're on your own LAN (unless you have the
worlds greatest antenna and have WiFi on your own LAN everywhere?),
they don't mention the real technology behind it - so nontechnical
people will just get "oh, that's neat! How do I do it" and be none the
wiser.
> I tried concepts like Soyo (http://ww.soyo.com), but VNC is just=20
> working right for me. When I have access abroad to a real Mac with=20
> 1280*854 pixels resolution, I use VNC in fullscreen mode to access
> my=20
> Mac at home quite well, but for a portable solution, I prefer the=20
> PocketPC with the VGA screen. Hopefully I will get my hands on one
> of=20
> the Sonys smaller than a Newton with SVGA resolution and WinXP and a=20
> real touchscreen, that you can use with your fingers instead of using
> a=20=
> special pen.
I wasn't aware that you couldn't use fingers on a regular touchscreen,
aside from the grubbiness. That's what screen protectors are for :D...
and the price of the Sony is insane. Why not just carry another
PowerBook or iBook. I suppose that being a 'columnist' you can blag it,
but one hopes that your coverage is considerably more productive than
the Wired article proved to be.
> Nobody forces you to do the same...
Er, my point was that I do do the same, albeit with a Clie instead of
MS crap. So do thousands, if not millions, of others. It's like
printing an article saying "I have a car, and I have a garage, and I
use ROADS! to get from one place to another. And hey, I run my car on
FUEL!". It doesn't even specify what fuel!
Richard (WTF is up with this quoting still? Is it something in mail.app
perhaps which I can change when I send an email?)
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