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Handheld computers?
Aug. 17th, 2006 09:06 pm...apparently, there's not really a market for the sort of device I want.
The features of a mid-range MP3 player + basic wifi functionality? C'mon, that's not so much to ask, is it?
But I find no handhelds with actual hdd type storage - MP3 players, sure, but as far as I can tell, so-called pocket PCs - though much larger than the same MP3 players - are limited to a gig or two of flash memory.
And of course, they all require special software to hook up to a computer directly.
I don't want a glorified electronic address book and calendar with the sort of storage space alloted usually allotted for such a thing - I want something on which I can access media files, ebooks, instant messaging, and the web. The ability to word-process would be a plus. A really /big/ one.
...and it shouldn't be a phone. I mean, I wouldn't mind having a phone that does all that, but right now I don't want to add any monthly bills, like cell phone service.
However, I suppose I'll just go for a mid-to-high range MP3 player/USB drive and call that good until I can save enough for a laptop. The problem is the temptation to not view a laptop as a minimal device for word-processing and internet and to try to get as much as I can into it. >_<
The features of a mid-range MP3 player + basic wifi functionality? C'mon, that's not so much to ask, is it?
But I find no handhelds with actual hdd type storage - MP3 players, sure, but as far as I can tell, so-called pocket PCs - though much larger than the same MP3 players - are limited to a gig or two of flash memory.
And of course, they all require special software to hook up to a computer directly.
I don't want a glorified electronic address book and calendar with the sort of storage space alloted usually allotted for such a thing - I want something on which I can access media files, ebooks, instant messaging, and the web. The ability to word-process would be a plus. A really /big/ one.
...and it shouldn't be a phone. I mean, I wouldn't mind having a phone that does all that, but right now I don't want to add any monthly bills, like cell phone service.
However, I suppose I'll just go for a mid-to-high range MP3 player/USB drive and call that good until I can save enough for a laptop. The problem is the temptation to not view a laptop as a minimal device for word-processing and internet and to try to get as much as I can into it. >_<
