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Blackberry 5810. Phone and email. This looks better for me than the Palm. I really need good email when I'm on the move... Oooo... what am I saying! I'm not on the move, I'm always at my laptop. When I'm not, I'm glad to get away!
The face of the Net is a-changin'. "Long the playground of the young, affluent and geeky, the Internet is now attracting a more diverse crowd, Jupiter Media Metrix says, including people over 50." [CNET News.com]
They're saying that the digital divide between have and have-nots isn't going to happen as more less well off come on to the 'net. Maybe in the US but I'm still unsure about that here. And no matter what we're still 2 years behind the US (blame BT and it's holding back of broadband for so long).
LA Times: Mac software better than XP "...the Mac is less frustrating, less commercially intrusive and more elegant. Quite simply, it's a better computer."
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Well, I gotta listen to the right sort of information, haven't I.
BMWs hit the road with Microsoft. "The automaker's 7 Series, just released in the United States, boasts Windows CE software that allows BMW drivers to navigate, make calls and control other features of the sedan." [CNET News.com]
This is the one place that computers haven't really made in roads. But if you could get satellite internet as well as GPS, now, that would be interesting? Where's the nearest petrol station? And the one after that? Really, there's a car boot sale just over there? I've got £25 where can I get a blow job for that price near here?
New Palm a Tough Sell for Biz. "Analysts say Palm's low-end PDA should do well with first-timers; but its other new release, which is designed for business, doesn't impress." [Wired News] And Palm intros new color handhelds [MacNN].
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$280 for the low end and rechargable battery and colour screen.
My old Palm Pro's fucked. But it would still do 99% of what I need. An IR port would be good too... Hmmm. Am I really away from my laptop that much? Nah, not really. So I won't be tempted by the pretty pictures ";->"



