It has since been renamed "calculator". Similar to how a thingamatic is now a whatchamacallit and a peelamatic is now just called a paring knife.

If you have access to the android market (or can find an APK to side load) you could try installing a different keyboard. I looked on the web version of the android market and found Google Pinyin IME[^] and BaiduInput[^]. I can't speak on how well they work, having never used them my self, but there are others too. There should be at least one that will allow you to type in what you need.

What about this? Minno Wrist Slate[^]

Nemsis to Aim Data Segue. Its a data extract conversion tool.

I normally start with an acronym and fill in the letters later. Examples: ANEMICS, NADS, NETS.

I heard recently of an android phone that can be purchased out right (about $250 if I remember right) and used on the Virgin Mobile network for $25 a month with 300 minutes and unlimited data, no contract. It's the Samsung Intercept. link[^]

I bought the original Droid (buy one, get one free) for about $200 a few months back and I've used it far more than I ever thought I would. Day to day uses are: - Web browser - Weather tracker - Email - Web based email - To Do list - Bill/Appointment Calender - Communications (Google Talk (for those with Data plans), SMS, Voice mail, etc.) - Videos - Managing my home network (Almost forgot this one) Weekly uses: - Phone calls (I prefer sending SMS or IMs in place of short phone calls. I rarely go over 100 minutes a month) - GPS/Navigation - Camera - USB Storage - Password Manager Less often (Monthly or less) - Media Collection Tracking (DVDs, Games, CDs, etc.) - Key ring tag manager - Movie Ticket Purchasing - Price checker - Bill Paying - Finding new places to go/eat/explore - Flash Light - Bubble Level - Games - eReader I use it for a few other things every now and then, but those are the main ones. It's so useful that I just recently plugged my computer back in after the move, and that was back in October '09. I typically use over 3 gigs of data a month strictly through my phone (I don't tether) but it's been upwards of 6 gigs on occasion. The only reason I'm finally plugging my computer back up now is there's some .Net projects I want to work on in my spare time. This is the first smart phone I've had and I don't see me giving it up any time soon. The best part about it is I'm only spending about $10 more a month than I was with my previous carrier but I get so much more use out of it. It more than pays for itself in my opinion.

I have about : 3 yahoo (2 probably auto closed by now, 1 I keep for spam and old accounts I don't want to switch to my new address) 1 own domain 1 gmail (With several + filters for nearly everything. I use the YourAddress+Whateveryouwant@gmail.com type addresses very frequently.) 1 ISP (Not used. Ever.) I use the gmail one as my main for personal stuff and the domain address for professional/business (non-day to day job) type stuff and the old yahoo one is kept for legacy accounts that I can't switch over and for accounts I don't want to clutter my gmail with. Using the + filters help significantly with spam. For your cat-food example, you could use YourAddress+catfood@gmail.com and once you receive the emails you need, or start receiving spam, just set a filter to send the emails sent to that address to spam. Of course, not everyone sees email addresses with a + as valid. For those I use the old yahoo "spam" account.

Personally, I use Ragnarok blue. link[^]

I recommended the name ANEMICS for one of our company's products used for Non-Emergent Transports. It's generally used while transferring dialysis patients and such. Needless to say, they boss didn't pick my suggestion.

I'll cast a vote for the Legos as well. I remember building and programming a robot to play Bot Ball when I was in high school. After that I was hooked. Our whole class had a blast with it. Our task was to build a robot using the provided tub of Legos that was capable of searching for, gathering, and bringing back to "base" ping pong balls. Some were in PVC squares, others were in card board tubes. Bonus points for dunking the balls in a PVC hoop to the side of the arena. The different kits had different parts. You could have ended up with any combination of pneumatic pumps and levers, motors, gears, touch sensors, light sensors, sound sensors, IR sensors and transmitters, wheels, tank treads, etc. There were also various ways we could program them. We could do it using a programming language (I think it was some sort of modified C or C++ derivative) or you could use the GUI program where you dragged and dropped actions onto a time line. It's not a free start up cost, but I'm sure you could find a large lot of Legos for sale online for a decent price. After that all you'd need would be the motors, sensors and connector wires and the brain brick. It would certainly appeal to his creativity and affinity for robotics.

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