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Apple recently unveiled its iPhone to much hoopla. Along with rave reviews for Steve Jobs’ labor of love have come a new spate of reports in the media blaming Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) for everything from causing Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) to ruining marriages. A recent Forbes article was even entitled “Is Your BlackBerry Ruining your Sex Life?” These reports have been targeted at members of the workforce—from the up-and-coming attorney to the Fortune 500 CEO—yet have failed to account for the newest class...
...PDAs are also expensive. Undergraduate Daniel A. Ford ’08, who recently purchased a Cingular Blackjack, laments his new phone’s cost: “My cell phone bill is $30 for the Internet, $10 for text messages, and $60 for a medium-minutes package. That’s 100 bucks a month, or $1,200 a year, which is really a lot when you think about it. That’s 30 fifths of Maker’s Mark, and honestly I would rather have the latter...
Despite this hefty price tag, a number of undergrads tote such phones around largely to show off. Right now their ranks are small enough that others do not feel compelled to follow suit, but as the number of PDAs on campus grows, that could change. In a worst-case scenario, PDAs, which can increase cell phone bills by up to $50 per month, will become ubiquitous symbols of privilege on campus. In other words, the PDA is on the cusp of becoming must-have, ivory tower “bling,” a nauseating prospect...
...time, Wall Street employers will be arming us with PDAs to help us better cope with 100-hour workweeks. Until then, let’s ditch the Treos, tap a few kegs instead of keys, and try to behave more like the college students...
...mail setup is fairly straightforward as long as you know the correct names of your incoming and outgoing mail servers (example: pop.mail.yahoo.com and smtp.mail.yahoo.com). T-Mobile's setup is easier, but like the BlackBerry Pearl, the E62 won't download Hotmail. Unlike many business PDAs, the E62 doesn't "push" mail to you automatically. Instead, you set it to check for mail, as frequently as every five minutes...