Having recently been relying on technology for most things, I find myself not adjusting to it in a savvy way. I use a desktop, pda and now finally a netbook. There lies the problem. Syncing all the machines. They all use different operating systems.
Since, I don't really have time or want to spend the time at the moment to search for the apps that can do it, although it can be fun, I have resorted to text files that contains todo lists, notes, and a planner with templates for quick entry. It was great until I started to rely on alarms.
I realized I needed to sync all the alarms on all three platforms. You may wonder why I don't just choose the PDA as the main platform for alarms since it is the most convenient. Unfortunately, the only convenient thing about it is the size. Compared to the desktop, entry is slow and laborious. Adding notes on the small tiny keys are just tiresome. Viewing all the entries often involve a lot of scrolling, and the amount of information is limited on the small screen.
Some days, my schedules have to overhauled and on a PDA this is painful. There are also other days when I have to change the schedule on the desktop, sync with the PDA, only to find out I have to overhaul the schedule when I'm out with my netbook.
Then there is the interface. Don't you hate going from touch screen (pda) to mouse (desktop) to trackpad (netbook)?
What I really need is a really small clamshell PDA that runs the same operating system as the desktop, fits in the pocket and can instantly resume and have at least two working days of battery life, in case I forget to charge daily. Unfortunately, companies nowadays seems to purposely provide only four out of the five things I need.
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