My last PDA crashed recently, causing me to lose an unholy amount of data because I grew lazy and didn’t backup properly. The PDA I had been using (an old but excellent - until now - Palm Tungsten T3) rarely crashed to where a hard reset was required (going to the back and sticking a pin or end of a paperclip into the reset hole).
Even when I had to do that, my data was always there. So, I never had to worry about losing contact info, or anything else, for that matter. If I forgot to put the palm on its base to charge, it still wouldn’t lose its data. It was great. And then one day last week, I went to grab my PDA from its base, and noticed it didn’t have a charge at all. It wasn’t sitting properly on it, and it seemed to just run down on its own. No problem, I thought. Just charge it back up and all the data will be there. Wrong.
It basically looked like it did the day I purchased it. I had to use the stylus to re-calibrate the screen, and none of my data was there. Not even ownership data or my name.
I realized that part of my problem is that I have too much crap that has versions of everything. A phone, a PDA, a laptop, a desktop computer. Why not eliminate one of these things? I decided to rid myself of the PDA if possible, and run programs I need as well as maintain a contacts list, and whatever else right there on the phone.
Is there a phone that best meets my criteria? I see the iphone is selling for $50. That seems like a great deal, but does it, would it make a good PDA?
making phonecalls is nice, obviously, but being able to work on a spreadsheet, for example, may not be easy to do on an iphone.
Anyone have any suggestions on what phone would be the best to buy?