Sunday, July 24, 2005
Hello!
Hi. This is a blog that will focus on the new Palm Mobile Manager called the LifeDrive. I picked one
up over the weekend and I've been pretty impressed with it.
Why the LifeDrive ? Well, I considered it and the Dell Axim V50. Both provided Bluetooth, Wifi (802.11b), web and email access, music and video playback, and voice recording among other things. The Dell runs Windows Media 2003 and the LifeDrive runs Palm OS 5.4 (aka Garnet).
However, when I looked at reviews of battery life, the LifeDrive was reviewed at having much longer battery life than the Dell. I had also used a Palm m130 so I was more familiar with the Palm OS. Also, the LifeDrive had a built-in 4GB hard drive, and I was interested in using it to listen to Podcasts. So I went with the LifeDrive, and so far my experinces have been pretty positive.
This is the stuff I've done with it so far:
-Connected it to my Motorola V551 via BlueTooth
-Connected it to my home network Linksys wireless router
-Surfed the web
-Read my email
-Connected to a work Unix machine via ssh
-Accessed the shared files on my PCs
-Moved all my MP3s to it
-Set up IPodder to put the podcasts I want on it
I'll post more details on how I did these things and more as I learn how to do more with it. I hope you enjoy this blog and I look forward to sharing with people about this exciting new product.
up over the weekend and I've been pretty impressed with it.
Why the LifeDrive ? Well, I considered it and the Dell Axim V50. Both provided Bluetooth, Wifi (802.11b), web and email access, music and video playback, and voice recording among other things. The Dell runs Windows Media 2003 and the LifeDrive runs Palm OS 5.4 (aka Garnet).
However, when I looked at reviews of battery life, the LifeDrive was reviewed at having much longer battery life than the Dell. I had also used a Palm m130 so I was more familiar with the Palm OS. Also, the LifeDrive had a built-in 4GB hard drive, and I was interested in using it to listen to Podcasts. So I went with the LifeDrive, and so far my experinces have been pretty positive.
This is the stuff I've done with it so far:
-Connected it to my Motorola V551 via BlueTooth
-Connected it to my home network Linksys wireless router
-Surfed the web
-Read my email
-Connected to a work Unix machine via ssh
-Accessed the shared files on my PCs
-Moved all my MP3s to it
-Set up IPodder to put the podcasts I want on it
I'll post more details on how I did these things and more as I learn how to do more with it. I hope you enjoy this blog and I look forward to sharing with people about this exciting new product.
# posted by LifeDriver @ 7:53 PM 
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Hi,
this is a very interesting blog! Your writing style is nice.
However, I beleive that it may be difficult to make it popular asd there already are way too many PalmOS blogs.
So, why not join TamsPalm? this blog has hundreds of visitors a day and is watched by multiple PalmOS companies!
So, email me at Tamog@gmx.at if you are interested!
Best regards
Tam Hanna
http://tamspalm.blogspot.com
this is a very interesting blog! Your writing style is nice.
However, I beleive that it may be difficult to make it popular asd there already are way too many PalmOS blogs.
So, why not join TamsPalm? this blog has hundreds of visitors a day and is watched by multiple PalmOS companies!
So, email me at Tamog@gmx.at if you are interested!
Best regards
Tam Hanna
http://tamspalm.blogspot.com
Hey, love the blog and feel it is of value and I appretiate your perspective. Please do not become part of some other blog but keep going with your own unique perspective!
I did have a LifeDrive myself but returned it, I think it is a killer machine, just not quite ready yet for my somewhat picky constraints. I am looking forward to a LD2!
Here is a link to my experience with te LD:http://discussion.brighthand.com/palmhandhelds/showthread.php?s=8a22279e2422668c530ee53fc95418f5&threadid=78545
Thx again, I will be returning from time to time to see how it is going!
Adam
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I did have a LifeDrive myself but returned it, I think it is a killer machine, just not quite ready yet for my somewhat picky constraints. I am looking forward to a LD2!
Here is a link to my experience with te LD:http://discussion.brighthand.com/palmhandhelds/showthread.php?s=8a22279e2422668c530ee53fc95418f5&threadid=78545
Thx again, I will be returning from time to time to see how it is going!
Adam
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