In article <fsh705$b6b$1@aioe.org>, elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com says...
> True- but the misconception flown by the anti-MS crowd is that these
> devices lock up hourly or so- that just isn't the case.
>

I don't know where that idea has come from other than deliberate
muddying the field. I reboot my JAM maybe once a week when I see the
memory indicator get low or whenever some application has a new version.
Other than that I can't even remember when I've had to reboot because of
a crash or lockup--it's been a year at least. Once I stopped testing
programs and got everything loaded that I wanted it's been more stable
than my XP tablet--actually a LOT more stable :-)

The JAM is getting up in age though. But I don't want the new models
with the keyboards--they're a *lot* thicker. I don't need a keyboard--I
use a program called Fitaly that replaces the soft qwerty keyboard with
one optimized for tapping with a stylus. I can easily do 30wpm with the
amount of use I do--some users on their forum who do a lot more texting
than I do report 70wpm.

The iPhone is going to have to add quite a few applications before I
venture that route. How many of these can iPhone do yet: powerful PIM
application (Agenda Fusion) with features galore; configuable multi-
alarm clock/stopwatch application; Word and Excel; PhatPad that allows
handdrawn notes and designs to be shared between PPC and PC; MP3
recorder; configuable database; virtual wallet (passwords etc) shared
with pc; RepliGo that can transfer a zoomable/readable image of *any* pc
document or screen; Pocket Streets with street level map of entire DFW
metroplex (with GPS if I wanted it); eReader to read novels (free and
purchased); removable memory card; file syncing to/from any folder on
the pc (activesync with mightysync addon). When it can do all of those I
might consider it. 'Course by then HTC and others will have duplicated
the touch interface...
--
Jud
Dallas TX USA