The Treo (or any phone/PDA combo based on Palm or PocketPC) and PocketDBA is *the best* paging device for Oracle (and SQServer, DB2 and Teradata) DBAs out! ;) I'm biased though. ;) Mark Mark Leith Cool-Tools UK Limited Tel: 01905 330 281 Fax: 08701 275 283 mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.cool-tools.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Wagoner Sent: 16 March 2004 15:00 To: ORACLE-L (E-mail) Subject: Paging Devices for Oracle DBAs I'd like to get some feedback on good communication/paging devices for Oracle DBAs. I currently have a crappy old Nokia phone that can recieve email, but it's not very good for this purpose. Are any of you using devices that work really well for DBA alerts? The Treo and Blackberry units look nice, but they are expensive. Are they really worth the expense for this function? I used to carry a clam-shell Motorolla pager that was useful, but too big for comfort. A phone/pager combination would be ideal I think, if it works well :-). What are you guys using that you like/don't like? Best regards, David B. Wagoner Database Administrator --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.619 / Virus Database: 398 - Release Date: 10/03/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.619 / Virus Database: 398 - Release Date: 10/03/2004 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------