For the first time in 10 years, I am palmless. I've had a palm since forever. Ever since the Palm III, back in God-knows-when. Yeah, I know I could look it up but I'm lazy.
I held onto that Palm III until I lost it sometime around 2000, I think. Then I got a Handspring Visor Deluxe. I used that up until late 2004 when I bought a Tungsten T3 for my birthday. That's a good long time for a gadget. 4 years of the industry going from black and white pdas to color pdas. The megahertz went from 17Mhz to 400Mhz. I bought the T3 on clearance from CompUSA. That same month the T5 had just been released. So, I picked up the previous model for 50 bucks less. It's been my faithful companion for the past 1+ years.
Anyways, I decided that for once that I would not hold onto my palm until it is completely obsolete. I using the Palm Trade-in Program to upgrade myself. The T3 in excellent condition is worth $100 toward my new pda. And it is definitely in excellent condition. I always had a carrying case. And I used screen protectors to keep the screen totally scratchless and pristine. I got my shipping label yesterday and fedexed the T3 this morning.
For one month, I will be palmless until they send me back my $100 coupon for the purchase of a new one. Already this morning, I've experienced weirdness when I got gas for the car. Then I realized that I didn't have my palm on me for recording the milage. BAH! Also, there's also the shock of not having Astraware Sudoku readily available.
Before I started using Palms, my life existed in a series of pocket-sized notebooks I kept in my back pocket. I may have to return to that low-tech life temporarily.
So, the future! I intend on getting one of those Lifedrives. It's got basically the same features as the T3. Except wirelessness is built-in and it's got a 4GB hard drive. The screen is the same size at 320x480 and you can't collapse it like you do with the T3. It's an ounce heavier. I wonder if I'll like it?
I'll plan on holding onto it for maybe until the fall when those Linux-based Palms start coming out. Oh, yeah. That will be so cool.
Posted by joel at February 24, 2006 02:01 PM