martinlittle.com:thinkThin

Handspring have released the Treo - a combination of phone and PDA. Is it the ugliest thing ever? Wired have a good article on it. The whole area of phones getting bigger and more PDA-like vs keeping them small and cute, and with all the pertinent data stored on a central server is one that fascinates me. Based on my current phone and setup ... I prefer the second option of having a small cute phone, with everything stored centrally. My Ericsson T39 syncs perfectly with my work mail system for contacts, my calendar and my to-do list, which is pretty much all I really need in terms of that data. I can pick up my POP3 mail on it, and access WAP sites, such as Yahoo! to see my personalised pages. Yes, the screen is small, but I prefer that, to having to cart around a much bigger device. I am using GPRS too, which makes things nice ... although the bill at the end of the month can be somewhat offputting! Once those costs come down, I will be in heaven.

Meanwhile, those crazy Finns at Nokia have come up with an equally hideous phone - the 5510. Allaegedly they are offering it as a prize in the NokiaGame, which always proves to be a VERY strange and interesting experience to be involved in.