I didn't have one of the original Pilots, but I have a vague recollection of actually buying one and then returning it. This was back when I was in a lot of credit card debt and probably rethought the purchase. A little later (before getting a Palm V), I had both an HP Omnigo and a Sony Magic-something. The Omnigo was kind of interesting. It was a bit hacky from what I recall. You could customize it by doing various tricks with files, but otherwise there wasn't much in the way of commercial apps I don't think. The Sony Magic-whatever was huge! Probably as big as a Newton give or take. I really liked it, although it had pretty limited software and expandability. I don't think Sony wanted to give much control to 3rd party programmers to develop much, but I could be wrong. I used these for a few months each, but eventually they went in a desk drawer, and I suppose at some point to eBay, although I have no specific recollection of selling them. The Palm V I had for a little while and I think I upgraded to the Palm Vx, but I don't think I actually used them extensively for more than 6 months before they too went in some drawer. I actually freecycled the Vx recently since it's battery was dead and I probably would not have gotten much for it on eBay anyway. I didn't have another PDA until a friend of mine sold me his Treo 600 for a very cheap price ($100) almost 3 years ago and I've since had the 650 and 700P. Current finances are such that I probably will use the 700P until it's dead, but of course by then my situation is likely to change. I've had my current iPod now for I think around 19 months, which is a record for me since I bought my first one. When I bought my new computer last December, it was 3.5 years since buying the previous one, also a record, so I'm starting to get some real practice with stretching technology out! This I'm sure sounds ridiculous to some of my friends who buy a new computer every 5 years and only buy a new phone if they switch providers, or if their old phone breaks. But then there are those on the opposite side of the spectrum who seem to have a new phone every couple of months, and some (those with GSM providers), who even have a few different phones simultaneously!
Levi Levi Wallach http://twelveblackcodemonkeys.com http://dvdmon.com http://portraitplaytime.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Sam Kamens > Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 12:15 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Treo] Fun article > > Oh, by the way: before I had my first Pilot I had an original Newton. > > Man, I loved that thing! I still miss the little poof that it did when > you scrubbed something out... > > Sam > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Don Ferguson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thursday, Apr 12, 2007 12:04 am > Subject: RE: [Treo] Fun article > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Much the same path here, with the addition of a Workpad and a Treo 180 > and 270 in the middle, and a 700p at the end! > > > > My dad used to get my hand-me-downs before he died. Now my > brother-in-law gets (buys) them!!! Not sure what'll happen when I give > up my Verizon 700p for a (hopefully!) Verizon 755p, though, since he's > on T-Mobile where I used to be. I guess there's always Craigslist! > > > > I think I remember getting a memory upgrade to the Pilot 1000 but that > was a long time ago. Maybe an upgrade from 128kb to 256kb? Amazing > that just 10 years later I paid $42 for an 8gb SD card. I love > technology! It's one of the few areas you get more for less, year > after year! > > > > Cheers, > > Don > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Sam Kamens > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 9:36 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Treo] Fun article > > > Don Ferguson wrote: > Even though he got quite a bit of stuff wrong, it's still fun! > > Here's the article, with a nostalgic picture. I wish I'd kept my Pilot > (NOT Palmpilot, that came later) 1000. It would be fun to see it > again! > > I had a Pilot 1000 for about 5 minutes :-) > > I bought it, tried it, loved it, took it back to the store and bought a > 5000 instead right away (needed that extra RAM :-) ). Then I progressed > to a III, a IIIx, IIIxe, treo 600, treo 650, and now treo 680. > > And my wife has gotten my hand-me-downs along the way, plus I bought > her > > a Tungsten E2 at one point. > > Can't say I've owned 'em all, but I've tried a bunch! > > Sam > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
