Okay, so some people will buy a non-phone PDA. However, how many of you would be willing to pay $450 for it? It just doesn't seem to make sense to me if you already have a cell phone, and if you don't have a cell phone, what the hell do you need a PDA for?
Reference programs Programs that do complex formulas in a breeze Offline Wikipedia (this has saved me several times when I am on the open field, no internet by any means there, only satellite but that's another story) Remote terminal - to control robot computers VNC - to control personal computers
That's aside from the "typical" applications: PIM Mail checking Gaming - there are some killer games for PDA, not only the emulators Video playing Music playing (& even composing, though this is very impractical) Image viewing Image editing (sometimes it's so useful.. but complex editing, with layers and all, not "cameraphone editor" style) Document reading Jealous-friends making
No, it's still not exactly worth the $450, what makes it worth the 450 bucks for me is that it's probably the last non-phone device in history until I make my own..
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Okay, so some people will buy a non-phone PDA. However, how many of you would be willing to pay $450 for it? It just doesn't seem to make sense to me if you already have a cell phone, and if you don't have a cell phone, what the hell do you need a PDA for?
I don't have a phone..
And that's exactly the point, I don't want to have one... but need the functionality-to-go...
Which functionality, specifically? Like - is it worth $450 to you?
Well, a lot of uses:
Reference programs
Programs that do complex formulas in a breeze
Offline Wikipedia (this has saved me several times when I am on the open field, no internet by any means there, only satellite but that's another story)
Remote terminal - to control robot computers
VNC - to control personal computers
That's aside from the "typical" applications:
PIM
Mail checking
Gaming - there are some killer games for PDA, not only the emulators
Video playing
Music playing (& even composing, though this is very impractical)
Image viewing
Image editing (sometimes it's so useful.. but complex editing, with layers and all, not "cameraphone editor" style)
Document reading
Jealous-friends making
No, it's still not exactly worth the $450, what makes it worth the 450 bucks for me is that it's probably the last non-phone device in history until I make my own..