lpret's Journal: My switch ad (no apple involved)

Okay. Let me give you a little background. When I was just a high schooler, I started using a PDA. I used the top of the line...Palm Vx. This thing was a beast, it had 8mb, and was the best of the best. It had a 2 week battery life and was sleek and sexy. I think that is the best PDA ever developed hands down.

I had that Vx until my sophmore year of college. Right before finals in the Winter it was stolen in the library. So I started looking on the internet for the most awesomest PDA out there. Mind you, this was when Palm was in it's slump and was making the crappiest PDAs ever. I was almost certain they would stop making PDAs and just focus on the OS. Then I heard about the Toshiba e740, with built-in wifi. This was the first PDA to do this, and since my school has wifi, it was love at first sight. Just think: slashdot while in class, Messenger while in class, etc.

What I didn't count on was the abysmal battery life, the incompatibility with linux, and the larger size of the pda. I had that for nearly a year, and over that year I have had it replaced 3 times and I've grown to hate ActiveSync. I was starting to eye the new breed of Palms and PocketPCs. And my Toshiba died once again.

So I take it to Bestbuy, where I have a Service Plan for it, and told them I wanted a new PDA, I hate this one, it's a piece of crap. I about crapped my pants when the guy said, OK, go pick out a PDA 500 dollars or less. So I did. I picked the Palm Tungsten T3.

Now, I'm really worried about the lack of wifi. I mean, it's kinda like "once you go black you cant..." you get what I mean. Luckily I won't have to sacrifice mp3 playing or that may have been the last straw. Needless to say, I'm really excited about this switch, and I'm looking forward to being able to stay in Linux a lot longer now since I can sync it in there. I will be givign a little report now and then about what I like/dislike coming from a Pocket PC device.

Cool!

[johndiii]

Nice of them to replace the one you didn't like. My Vx is starting to show its age (i.e., lack of features), and I haven't taken the time to get up to speed on the new generation. I'd be very interested to hear what you have to say about the Tungsten T3.

Keep it.

[pbox]

I myself went through quite some PDAs. Palm V, Palm m100, Sony T615, then Palm E. Plam V is still my favorite. While Palm E is nice (and good value) the battery life is just plain sux. You could use V for a day and a half with constant gaming, while Palm E dies off after 3-4 hours of gaming...