Gizmo Geek

[The_Big_K]

Here comes a starter -

Blackberry is a PDA like cell phone . Blackberrys are used for emailing & browsing the internet.

Well, for the next question - "How does it work?" , we will need telecom engineers.

-The Big K-

[Letsrock]

it just like a PDA with PUSH technology and user friendly



A BlackBerry, does everything a PDA can do, and it syncs itself continually through push technology. BlackBerry Enterprise Server or Desktop Redirector software "pushes," or redirects, new e-mail, calendar updates, documents and other data straight to the user over the Internet and the cell phone network. First, the software senses that a new message has arrived or the data has changed. Then, it compresses, packages and redirects the information to the handheld unit. The server uses hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) and transmission control protocol (TCP) to communicate with the handhelds. It also encrypts the data with triple data encryption standard (DES) or advanced encryption standard (AES).

[The_Big_K]

That was neat, Letsrock

Drop in more information if possible.

-The Big K-

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Originally Posted by The_Big_K

Blackberry is a PDA like cell phone

cell phone eh? hm, I don't know much about how a Blackberry works.. just that its a PDA but with additional syncronizing ability. Thanks Letsrock for the additional info!

About pen drives, I believe Kingston is the king. A Kingston Data Traveller I 2GB capacity (lime green colour) should be sufficient and its cheap anyway. If you have some security concerns, a pendrive from PenDrive (yep, its a company) has an additional partition which serves as a lock. If you enable it, you need to enter a password etc.. but it wont stop accidental format and all that. A side note, those two companies are the popular ones here in Malaysia. Im not too sure about other countries! Some things you might want to consider is the warranty and also the transfer speed of the pen drive. USB 2.0 is standard, but don't forget the read/write speeds within the flash chips.

If you think 2GB is too much, you can fill it up with portable freewares! These are software that can be run off your pen drive and do not leave any info on the computer that you are working on. For example, you can install a portable version of Firefox. You can carry bookmarks and addons with you anywhere! Hm, what if you want to view a PDF document, but the computer doesnt have Adobe Reader? No problem.. run Foxit Reader off your pen drive! You can even run a portable Anti Virus scanner. Anywayz, I can rattle on and on.. check out these links for the stuff:

http://www.portableapps.com
http://www.portablefreeware.com

Regarding Laptops, Acer and Dell seem to be the most cost effective and have great support, but I personally prefer HP/Compaq laptops. If you have money to burn, get a Toshiba or Sony Vaio Jerry has outlined a good guide for purchasing a laptop. In addition, AMD processors may cost a little less, but they tend to make the laptop heat up quick. Don't forget a DVD Burner too. Having a light laptop with wireless capabilities is a plus, so you can surf around in Starbucks

Just to end this post, I think Sony Ericsson phones are cool and have darn good multimedia capabilities such as music and camera functions. Nokia phones are user friendly and cater both for the budget market and the high end (N series), but can't find a phone that suits me (The 5300 did come close, though). I dislike Motorola phones the most (sorry BigK ). Razr looks good on the outside only.. nothing else.

[scandalouskk]

how to start an thread here??
plz help me
im an new bieee

[scandalouskk]

Hello ,
my pen drive is detecting when it is inserted into port.
When i tried to open, system displays an message "INSERT DISK INTO DRIVE "..
My keyboard and mouse are working properly which when connected through same port.
I tried at different port but in vain.
wat shall i do???
Thx in advance

[The_Big_K]

No point in posting the same question everywhere, scandalouskk.