Boys and Their Toys
What? You thought I was selling my older hardware for the fun of it? Things I love about Kwyjibo, my new Sony Clie UX50: size, shape, weight, screen, features, functionality, convenience, power cradle. Things I don't love about Kwyjibo: (1) it relies on the Sony Memory Suck; (2) No keyboard navigation; (3) unmanageable USB port cover; (4) no way to flip between portrait / landscape mode; (5) deep reliance on ass-nasty QuickTime codecs; and (6) poor out-of-the-box Outlook integration. Even with these grievances aired, I must admit that I've been quite pleased with “it” so far. Then again, who's ever completely happy with their PDA?









16 Comments
SocioBiblog
June 8th, 2007
at 9:24am
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Anonymous
September 19th, 2003
at 5:19pm
I MUST GET ONE OF THESE. I MUST…. trying to work an angle right now…
Anonymous
September 19th, 2003
at 5:20pm
Not really related — but I got a form in the mail today to get in on a class-action lawsuit for my Dell Inspiron. Just wondering if you'd received one as well since we both went through Dell-hell awhile back…
Anonymous
September 19th, 2003
at 6:21pm
Happy with my PDA? Bah! I can't even decide on an OS! I have gone through 2 Windows CE (Pocket PC) PDAs, and 2 Palm OS-based PDAs. I am clueless as to which one suits me better. Palm with it's lawsuit against Grafitti, and windows CE devices with their grotesque prices throw me off every time. My next one MAY be a Clie, but I am looking at the T-Mobile Cellphone/PocketPC device. I just can't make do with my T-Mobile sidekick anymore – it isn't “sophisticated� enough for my uber-techie ego.
Anonymous
September 19th, 2003
at 6:58pm
Now that's a vague simpsons reference. Am I to assume Mr. pocket pc has gone palm?
Anonymous
September 19th, 2003
at 7:48pm
Sony memory suck. Ha! I'll have to remember that one. You'd think Sony would figure out propietary doesn't sell well nor warm you to the geek masses but I guess not. Intel got a clue and dropped RAMBUT like a hot potato.
So I guess the Nokia 3650's organizer really sucks?
Anonymous
September 19th, 2003
at 8:07pm
I love my iPaq h5555. I used to have an iPaq 3765 but it broke down. iPaq all the way!
Anonymous
September 19th, 2003
at 10:41pm
RAMBUT? I'm gonna let that joke slide.
Anonymous
September 20th, 2003
at 8:19am
Hey, did u hear that everyone in California that uses windows gets a 15 dollar microsoft credit due to some lawsuit between them and lindows.
I was reading about it on some technology news site.
Anonymous
September 20th, 2003
at 9:00am
I agree. I sometimes use my cell phone for a PDA because its less bulky. Whatever works I guess. One of these days Ill invest on a PDA with a cellular service like yours
Anonymous
September 20th, 2003
at 12:39pm
I'm the opposite of uber-techie. I don't need a PDA, and I cancelled my internet subscription with my cell phone. Waste of $20 extra bucks a month just to download stupid ring tones and look up movie show times. Ah maybe if I get a camera/cell phone, but I really don't need that either :(
Anonymous
September 20th, 2003
at 7:32pm
I think I am the opposite, I am after a camera phone, the whole moblog thing has sparked my interest. I think I would be after the whole PDA/camera/phone, but I can live with just the PDA I have, and a phone.
Anonymous
September 20th, 2003
at 10:00pm
I just got one. The keyboard is better than TG50 and Tungsten C. However, with the landscape mode all games I have are tiny. Wonder why they don't have a method for viewing portrait. May have to return it.
Anonymous
September 21st, 2003
at 9:30am
No, I'm never satisfied w/ my PDA. I went through 3 palm pilots in one year, I started w/ a classic, then a Palm III (I think it was), then a handspring visor. Then I went over to the clie line, and my first color clie to the 760 then to the nz90 The nz90 is the “pinnacle” as far as I'm concerned, but just two days ago I was listing it's drawbacks and considereing selling it on ebay and re-buying my 760c. Nope, never happy.
Anonymous
September 21st, 2003
at 6:20pm
Dude, I really recomend you drop the Palm OS. I have alot of em here taking space, i705, m505, Visor. I really recomend pocket pc. despite the evil, it works alot better than palm.
Anonymous
September 22nd, 2003
at 5:52am
I'm still using my Handspring Visor. Just waiting until I can afford one with a phone and camera and MP3 player all in one.