[geeks] Cell phones: block incoming calls

[Dan Sikorski]

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