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Looks like I may be going back to Palm this fall! I pray that it has an SD slot, color screen, and OS 5. Hey, I want it all!
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James Sorenson
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russ@russb.fsnet.co.uk
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russ@russb.fsnet.co.uk
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No earbud-only phone use, please!
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Boze
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RE: No earbud-only phone use, please!
On speakerphones--the Treo has speakerphone capability now. Maybe Palm's phone will follow suit. The one downside of a speakerphone is using it in public--both that it's harder to hear with more background noise and that I, at least, would find it hard to have a conversation without disturbing people. I can keep my voice down if need be if I'm talking into a phone, but I have to have the volume loud enough to hear the other person.
On a color screen, let's hope Palm's hearing enough of "Why isn't the i705 color?" to make this unit color.
RE: No earbud-only phone use, please!
However - when your PDA rings you don't want to have to dive into your bag to try and find the earpiece to answer the call.
So I'd agree that you want a mic and earpiece on the device. And they could be used for taking short voice-memos too - something ppl have wanted from a PalmOS device for some time.
Or... how about as well as a stylus in the back of the device, have a BT earpiece that you could detach and shove in your ear for voice calls?
RE: No earbud-only phone use, please!
Headset on beltclip, maybe? If the headset had buttons, the one wrinkle would be making sure you could answer the call quickly but still lock the buttons when putting it back on your belt. It's still a great idea, though.
RE: No earbud-only phone use, please!
First--Good points about voice memo capability and speakerphones in public.
Second--Personally, I don't believe that holding a small PDA up to my ear is as stupid-looking as using an ear piece (especially one stored on my hip). How many calls do we get these days that last less than 30 seconds (e.g. "Don't forget to pick up X at the store", "Where are you going to be at X time?", wrong numbers!)? Is a call that short worth putting on an earpiece? And for longer calls--wearing something on my ear (ear buds, headphones, etc.) for more than 20 minutes usually makes my ear sore! I certainly don't need that on a device I use frequently.
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Boze
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RE: No earbud-only phone use, please!
Same speaker/microphone could serve to connect to your mobile phone, pda, desk phone, computer, mp3 player, stereo, tv.... It would be worth spending a little money for a good one.
RE: No earbud-only phone use, please!
> was closer to $25/month, I'd happily carry around my
> old StarTac flip-phone and give up on the couple of
> benefits that an integrated smartphone currently
> allows me.
And if the i705 had a built-in keyboard, not that clumsy, expensive, bulky, add-on thing.
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