Can I Really Use a Treo?

A month ago I snagged a Treo 600. I was a nay-sayer who believed that the Treo was too large to be a good phone and too small to be a good handheld.

I know when to admit I'm wrong.

The Treo has become as comfortable as my old handheld (all the program from my Tungsten C transferred effortlessly) and even more useful than my GSM Ericsson cell phone. The 320x320 pixel screen is incredible, as are the photos I can shoot with the tweaked on-board camera. It synchronizes just like my old handheld, but with a new twist. Now I synchronize via Bluetooth®! I just walk in, put my handheld down on the desk and then tap HotSync. BAM! DONE!

If it's time to get a new phone (isn't it always time to get a new phone?) and you've got Cingular/ATT, Verizon or T-Mobile - GET a smartphone.

You won't regret it.

SPIT and SPIM: Spam grows more heads

Move over SPAM, here comes SPIM and SPIT.

Like we need more acronyms? SPIM - spam by instant messenger, and SPIT - spam over internet telephony, are not only new acronyms - these two new spaminals are growing.

In the last week, I logged three different VoIP SPIT messages and one SPIM (on my Treo).

As you probably know, Internet telephony (voice-over IP (VoIP)) involves making phone calls using the internet instead of traditional phone lines. VoIP uses internet protocols to send information, meaning one message can easily be sent to thousands of recipients.

What do you do? Where there's SPAM, SPIM and SPIT, there's a software solution. GOOGLE these acronyms to find them.