A Public Debate for a New Device
Greetings all, I've decided to play a piece of the discussion that I have been having with myself for the better part of the past 6 months on whether to move to a new mobile device or not. You see, I am one part very happy with my Treo 680 and the various means that it has enabled me to stay connected, on top of the Word and finances, and just flat out productive. I am also very aware of its limitations as in aspects such as non-universal hardware and Bluetooth abilities, a browser that doesn't take kindly to JavaScript (sometimes that's a blessing), and instability caused by programs that offer the kind of functionality that other phones offer by default.
I can and will admit that my time with the Nokia N800 and N95 have absoutely spolit me as well. Being able to use largely the same amount of music and document files (different types of memory cards in all three devices though); the ability to carry on the same bibles, and then use some other software that either doesn't work as well on the Treo, or doesn't work at all, has really made me think about not only what I want to use this tech for, but also how best it should be for me to use it.
And so I sit on one side of my debate:
To get teh extended OEM size battry for the Treo and then wait for the Foleo and exercise that type of "computing anywhere/anyhow"
or
To do nothing and wait for a touchscreen Symbian/Linux/but not Windows Mobile device that offers the same user experiences as my Treo, but the better functionality and usability that I have experienced with the Nokia devices.
To be blunt, I want a mix of my Treo and the N95 - but such a device doesn't exist (yet).
The other side of my debate hits the needs versus wants. I need for a mobile device to be my computer on the go as much as possible. Whether that is ability to knock out emials and posts, or listen to music, or give me directions, that ability needs to be in as few devices as possible, and yet as seemless as possible. The other part of that is I want for a device that I own to bee seemless and usable. For example, the TV Out on the N95 seems like a gimick to many, but instead of typing this on my desktop as I am now, I would be typing this on a BT keyboard to the N95 that is connected to my TV, allowing me to watch TV via Wifi and the N95's browser :) Yes, that all can be done, and the energy savings is even beter.
And so I ait my debate out there. I don;t know if any of you are running thru similar decsions in your computing needs whether hardware or software, but its good to really dign into these discussions with ourselves (or spouses if you have those that aren't as techie) and then make wise decisions.
Becuase really, for all I know, I might do nothing, and just purchase a new computer and spend all that excess electricity in trying to simplify things :P
I can and will admit that my time with the Nokia N800 and N95 have absoutely spolit me as well. Being able to use largely the same amount of music and document files (different types of memory cards in all three devices though); the ability to carry on the same bibles, and then use some other software that either doesn't work as well on the Treo, or doesn't work at all, has really made me think about not only what I want to use this tech for, but also how best it should be for me to use it.
And so I sit on one side of my debate:
To get teh extended OEM size battry for the Treo and then wait for the Foleo and exercise that type of "computing anywhere/anyhow"
or
To do nothing and wait for a touchscreen Symbian/Linux/but not Windows Mobile device that offers the same user experiences as my Treo, but the better functionality and usability that I have experienced with the Nokia devices.
To be blunt, I want a mix of my Treo and the N95 - but such a device doesn't exist (yet).
The other side of my debate hits the needs versus wants. I need for a mobile device to be my computer on the go as much as possible. Whether that is ability to knock out emials and posts, or listen to music, or give me directions, that ability needs to be in as few devices as possible, and yet as seemless as possible. The other part of that is I want for a device that I own to bee seemless and usable. For example, the TV Out on the N95 seems like a gimick to many, but instead of typing this on my desktop as I am now, I would be typing this on a BT keyboard to the N95 that is connected to my TV, allowing me to watch TV via Wifi and the N95's browser :) Yes, that all can be done, and the energy savings is even beter.
And so I ait my debate out there. I don;t know if any of you are running thru similar decsions in your computing needs whether hardware or software, but its good to really dign into these discussions with ourselves (or spouses if you have those that aren't as techie) and then make wise decisions.
Becuase really, for all I know, I might do nothing, and just purchase a new computer and spend all that excess electricity in trying to simplify things :P
posted by Antoine @ 8/05/2007 08:47:00 PM
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