Thread: Palm user: is it time to move to the Nxxx?
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bblackmoor is offline bblackmoor
2008-01-27 , 05:23
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Originally Posted by geneven View Post
I haven't used a Palm for years. Does the $200 version do Skype? Can you buy a $60 GPS device and use it to map your trip? Does it use wireless? How is it for browsing the net?
1) "Skype"? Why? I have a cell phone.

2) You can buy a GPS with or without owning a Palm. Not sure how this is relevant. Then again, I said "useful". I have yet to see any use for having a GPS. I have had a map book in my car for 20 years (not the same one that whole time, of course), and it cost a hell of a lot less than a GPS (or the full version of "Wayfinder").

3) As for browsing the web, I said "useful", not "entertaining". That being said, yes, you could browse the web on a Palm four years ago, although there is no question that the n810 does it better (thanks to the Gecko engine).

The n810 is a fun little gadget. But useful, or a replacement for a Palm, it isn't. Not yet, anyway.