> On Mar 17, 2010, at 20:13 , John Floren wrote: > >> On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Jack Johnson >> wrote: >>> On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 5:57 AM, Stuart Morrow >>> wrote: >>>> However, there is one "smart" feature that for me would be useful >>>> enough that >>>> carrying a big chunky thing that lives for a quarter of a day on >>>> battery might >>>> actually be worth it, and the feature is so damn trivial to do >>>> with Plan 9 - >>>> setting/unsetting the ring tone to/from silent in a cron job. >>> >>> I would like my ringtone volume to adjust periodically to the >>> ambient >>> noise, which also seems fairly trivial. >>> >>> What did you folks with bitsies and iPAQs find useful? Any of you >>> still packing one? >>> >>> -Jack >> >> I have fiddled with an iPAQ/bitsy on and off over the last few years. >> What's really nice about it is that you get access to a "real >> computer"; I booted wirelessly off my CPU server, which meant I had >> access to all my files and music, which was nice because the bitsy's >> sound hardware is supported. As long as you have a wireless >> connection, it's the best way to use a PDA. > Sorry to spam a bit more, but memory is returning... I wrote: > can agree to that. > used it to play music too, a bit. > > there was a time when I occasionally used it as small terminal, > at the university, at home, or even elsewhere, > to connect via vnc to a session running on the desktop at the office. > with a tiny font, an xterm would be big enough to read email via mh. > > I also used it on occasion when diagnosing plan 9 cpu server in > the server room - it was a nice small machine to bring there. I also used it to play games (sudoku, rush hour) > bulky it was - I have the bigger sleeve that allows > use of two thin pcmcia cards (e.g. wifi and hard disk). > > I don't know exactly why I stopped using it... > somehow the use I had for it disappeared, I guess. and there was also the issue that suspend/resume was not working for me, if I remember well (though it has been working for others - did it work for you, John?) and thus battery life was rather limited, unless I would shutdown/reboot every time, which was less convenient. Axel.