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Originally Posted by samkent
A tool box in one hand.
A 12x12x12 box (or 2) with a part in the other.
A clipboard tucked in the back of your pants.
Walk from a parking garage, down the lobby, up 10 floors and down the hall.
A laptop would just be left in the truck. Then they would pull their cell out and call the shop. "I just need that one adjustment" "Can't you just look it up for me?"
You have an extra man burning time and a laptop just waiting to grow legs and walk away.
A PDA cell will be with them all of the time. No excuses.
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Understood. And it's easy to see why Neverfly saw this right off, given his similar occupation.
Back to the OP:
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Originally Posted by samkent
So far I have escaped the cell phone trap.
But now I am running up against the need to be able to read PDF ... Am I missing something in my thinking process?
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Again, you're missing the cell phone part of it all. Skip it. Just go with a decent PDA with built-in WiFi and the ability to clearly display a PDF.
On the other hand, if you
must have a cell phone, and/or already have a cell phone and a decent plan you like, then buy a PDA with cellular technology (Several very nice ones are out there) and jack in to your service. Your service plan shouldn't change, and you'll probably be able to use your current SIM card, though you might want to pay the $15 and get a new one.