Where do PDAs go when they die?
I’ve added to my collection of dead PDAs - although my first Palm IIIx that died I threw away in a cleaning/purging frenzy. I usually maintain that purging is good, but I still regret throwing that out just for history’s sake. I can see myself wanting to bring that out in 20 years just to see what things used to be like. I guess the Visor is pretty close, but that cheap, grey plastic on the IIIx is classic.
Anyway, I pulled the trigger today and replaced my severely handicapped Visor, which I bought as a refurb off eBay, with a brand-new Palm m515. I can’t wait for the color screen! I can’t wait for it to actually turn on when I need it to!
I was going to get a refurbished Handspring Treo 90, but I test drove a co-worker’s, and there was no graffiti pad. You had to use the built-in mini-keyboard. That was a deal breaker. If I could have tried it out for a day or two to see how that was I would have, but I wasn’t about to blow $250 on yet another PDA with which I was disappointed. Plus, I got a free mini-keyboard and leather case for the m515 anyway. Seemed like a no-brainer to me.
