Need general information about PDAs

[Jonathan]

I am in the market to buy a PDA. Can anyone here tell me what web
sites will give me everything I need to know about them, including
recommendations on specific makes and models?

-Jonathan

[r***@pen_fact.com]

If you are going to ask the same question in multiple groups, please
post to all the groups at once, so we can all participate together. I
answered your question in comp.sys.handhelds.

Post by Jonathan
I am in the market to buy a PDA. Can anyone here tell me what web
sites will give me everything I need to know about them, including
recommendations on specific makes and models?
-Jonathan

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[Jonathan]

A lot of people don't like cross-posted messages and don't respond to
them. That's why I posted separately to each group.

-Jonathan

Post by r***@pen_fact.com
If you are going to ask the same question in multiple groups, please
post to all the groups at once, so we can all participate together. I
answered your question in comp.sys.handhelds.

Post by Jonathan
I am in the market to buy a PDA. Can anyone here tell me what web
sites will give me everything I need to know about them, including
recommendations on specific makes and models?
-Jonathan

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[Bill Marcum]

On 24 Apr 2005 11:09:50 -0700, Jonathan

Post by Jonathan
A lot of people don't like cross-posted messages and don't respond to
them. That's why I posted separately to each group.
-Jonathan

Separate identical posts to multiple groups are worse than
cross-posting.

[Jonathan]

Is that the opinion of newsgroup users in general or just yours?

Post by Bill Marcum
On 24 Apr 2005 11:09:50 -0700, Jonathan

Post by Jonathan
A lot of people don't like cross-posted messages and don't respond to
them. That's why I posted separately to each group.
-Jonathan

Separate identical posts to multiple groups are worse than
cross-posting.

[r***@pen_fact.com]

Post by Jonathan
Is that the opinion of newsgroup users in general or just yours?

I've seen several other folks post notes like mine about posting to
all newsgroups at once. Once in a while, I've seen a complaint about
_excessive_ cross posting, especially when some of the groups are
inappropriate. Your reply is the first time I've seen anyone question
the suggestion to post simultaneously. I hope that doesn't mean folks
with contrary opinions feel inhibited. I think it means folks either
agree or don't care much. I'm genuinely curious about where you got
the idea that cross-posting simultaneously is unwanted.

Quite a few newsgroup denizens have strong opinions. At least some of
us try to state our preferences, but live with those of others. Some
folks get verbally abusive. And some folks simply ignore folks whose
behavior they don't like. No one can possibly satisfy everyone. With a
little practice, you'll find an approach that works for you.

Post by Jonathan

Post by Bill Marcum
On 24 Apr 2005 11:09:50 -0700, Jonathan

Post by Jonathan
A lot of people don't like cross-posted messages and don't respond to
them. That's why I posted separately to each group.
-Jonathan

Separate identical posts to multiple groups are worse than
cross-posting.

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[Richard Steiner]

I'm genuinely curious about where you got the idea that cross-posting
simultaneously is unwanted.

Speaking for myself -- a properly crossposted message is stored once in
my local news database (since it only has one unique message ID), and
it is automagically marked as read when I see the first occurrence.

A message which is posted individually to multiple groups (a practice
often referred to as "multiposting") is stored once for each group that
I read, and I have to see each copy and mark it "read" again even if
I've read it already.

I dislike multiposting for the above reasons. It's wasteful.

Crossposting has generally been frowned upon also if done to extremes,
but there are times when it's quite legimate.