[geeks] Cell phones: block incoming calls

[kevin marshall]

Glad to hear Palm OS is still being developed.  I had feared that WinCE
crap had over taken the market.

I started with a Samsung i300, then went to a Treo 300 then to a Treo
600, then back to my original Samsung i300.  All of these are/were Palm
based phones and i am of the mind that the Palm OS is by far the best
hand held OS around.  It makes much more sense to me to start with an OS
designed for use on small screens rather than try and shoehorn a desktop
OS onto a small device.

I just recently moved to Japan and of course my old cell phone doesn't
work in Japan.  Not having a PIM device with me at all times is likking
me.  I just ordered a Palm TX (from the US) to hold me over until i can
get settled in and choose a good Japanese smartphone.

/KRM

Dan Sikorski wrote:
> Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
>> Dan Sikorski wrote:
>>   
>>> If it's like my WM5 device, not much else works.
>>>     
>> Virtually everything works to my expectations on my Kyocera 7135, 
>> running PalmOS 4.  Unfortunately, it's getting worn out now, and Kyocera 
>> never made a follow-up device.  I'm not looking forward to getting a 
>> Treo to replace it.  I prefer this thing.  It doesn't do EVDO or 
>> Bluetooth, but it basically does everything else, including taking 
>> pictures and playing MP3s.  And I'm a bit of a klutz at times, and 
>> dropping a clamshell phone like my 7135 does a lot less damage than 
>> dropping a dove-bar phone like the Treo.  But, in any case, I can highly 
>> recommend PalmOS as a smartphone OS.  I've used Windows Mobile, and it 
>> doesn't hold a candle to PalmOS.
>>   
> I thought i had heard something about PalmOS being no longer developed, 
> but a quick search reveals that information was entirely wrong.  That's 
> refreshing, and also makes those palm centro commercials make more 
> sense.  I might have to check that out in a few months when I'm phone 
> shopping.  For what it's worth, the one thing i do like about the treo 
> 700 is it's size/shape.  it's very comfortable as a phone, and decent 
> for a PDA.  I dropped mine onto concrete from belt-height (i wear a 38 
> inch inseam, so that's a fair distance) and it survived with only a few 
> scratches.  Maybe I will give palmOS a chance, i haven't used it for a 
> very long time.
> 
>     -Dan Sikorski
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