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Wednesday, September 28, 2005

The i-Mate JasJar Reviewed

Posted by Jon Westfall in "HARDWARE" @ 08:00 AM


The Average Day
On Tuesdays & Thursdays, my life becomes extremely complicated this semester. Anyone who has ever been a graduate student knows how the schedules can go from light to demanding in a heartbeat. And, if you've ever been a graduate student and part-time systems administrator for a web hosting company, you know that a light schedule isn't easy to come by. The JasJar accompanied me on my daily rounds this week:

7:30 AM
Depart home, i-mate fully charged. My Activesync peak time is set to 7 AM - 9 PM today, and the device will check for email every ten minutes to keep me current, and on top of any emergencies I must take care of. After driving an hour and 10 minute commute to school, I take the i-mate out and check my mail. The keyboard really shines in this moment as I'm able to browse mail, move it to folders, reply, and delete all without taking out the stylus. With, as Ed calls it, my e-mail triage out of the way, I head to class.

9:30 AM
Graduate developmental psychology - today is a round-table discussion on neurological development from conception to 1 year old. Previously, I had taken all the discussion questions from the class and compiled them into one post in my inbox through Outlook. Unfortunately, I had closed Outlook too quickly and it didn't get synced up to my Exchange server! Already using the i-mate, I connected to the school's LEAP-authenticated wireless network (I needed these quick - GPRS wouldn't do!) and used Outlook Mobile Access (some of the emails were older than three days, so my Activesync copies wouldn't do) to find the emails and get the questions:


Figure 10: WLAN Utility - LEAP Menu.


Figure 11: Outlook Mobile Access in PIE Landscape.

Ah, disaster avoided. However, I'm starting to feel a bit congested - allergies or am I getting a small cold... :roll:

10:45 - 11:00
And Jon's off... I have 15 minutes to get in my car, drive a few miles to a satellite campus, get into the building, get my laptop set up, and teach my intro Psych class to 130 waiting students. On top of it, I'm not feeling well and I've found while idly surfing in my developmental class that T-Mobile Easy Pay hasn't easily paid my bill this month! Time in the car isn't wasted as I call T-Mobile and pay my bill, and browse emailed trouble tickets for my server admin job during walks from classroom to classroom. For being a diligent sys admin, what do I get? Thankfully no major problems - however I could do without some of the less important email I seem to be plagued with (censored - we're rated PG here!):


Figure 12: Warning: not for the faint of heart - useless, ever-present spam!

12:15
Class is over and I'm feeling pretty beat. Text my fiancée to ask if she needs anything at the drugstore - I'm going to grab some Dayquil and fight off this bug. More email triage, ensuring I won't have 50 new e-mails in my inbox when I finally get to my office.

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