BRUNO
STRASSER


work ...
TEACHING
IT-TUTORING

eLite

leisure ...

MUSIC
LANGUAGES
EMULATION
FUN

personal ...
BRIEF BIO
PERSONAL INTEREST
FRIENDS ONLINE


updated: 4 DEC 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

... not without my PDA

Yes, it is fun to use my CLIE TH55 (before that it was a TRGpro, then a ZIRE 71). Its fun to carry around more than 15 books (from Virgil, Twain, Conan-Doyle, to Hesse and Michael Moore), five different Bible editions, the complete Holy Qur'an, eight dictionaries, an impressive encyclopedia (Wikipedia) plus three CDs of classical music - without feeling any weight. All that fits on a 512 MB memory stick, and there is plenty of place left for my student, their grades, learning material, my time table and much more - possibly half of my brain.
I do my e-mail (via BT and a mobile phone) with it and browse the web. When I am bored (what was that?) I play a game. It is a gameboy for grown-ups, sure. So what! After all "Homo Ludens" does not live on work alone.

But why PalmOS? Because the people from Redmond did not convince me with their resource-swallowing, crash-prone OS for PDAs. If you need further reading, look here:

Palm versus Pocket PC: Which is better?
Palm vs. Pocket PC-The Great Debate
PDA Wars - Comparing PalmOs platform versus Pocket PC platform


There is also a PalmOS-Emulator for Windows available

If you have any questions or want to exchange your experience you will find
other palm freaks here.

... and all those useful links