Re: Old Palm Zealot: Moving On?

Ted 'Submarine Captain Wannabe' Kennedy <ausstu@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 19:19:27 GMT, Logan Shaw
> <lshaw-usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> was understood to have stated the
> following:

> >This reminds of a story (which I've told a million times) about a friend
> >who went skydiving. He showed me the video, which included some footage
> >promoting the skydiving school. They wanted prospective clients to feel
> >confident that it was perfectly safe, so on the video they assured
> >everyone that they used "nothing but the latest technology". At which
> >point my friend and I had a good laugh: if they really wanted it to be
> >safe, using the latest technology is the LAST thing they should be doing.
> >Instead, they should be using nothing but the oldest technology with the
> >most field testing.

> Most excellent story and point; thanks!

Yeah, very good story.

Judging by the responses here sounds like a lot of the "Old Zealots"
aren't moving on as of yet :-)

Today I was wondering why I upgraded from a IIIC to the Clie...the form
factor and screen is a big improvement, but I had a GoType keyboard
(originally for the PalmPro) that worked well with the IIIC...and I would
take notes in meetings, rather than the notebooks I use now.

It seems like the selection of keyboads is icky these days, these little
too-cute foldup things that use IR...the GoType's sturdiness was
reassuring.

I have a small laptop, but it doesn't have the battery life or "effortless
in bag" portability of the IIIC/GoType combo.

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