My Treo 650 has been sitting on the charger on the floor, reminding me of recurring meetings and other alarm-worthy processes for several weeks, waiting for me to confirm that I’ve gotten everything off of it that I need.
Which, I figure by this point, not having needed to go back to it to look for something for several weeks, I have. So last night I did a hard reset on it, to wipe out all my various installed settings, content, and software, and I yanked the SD card, and now it’s back to being a baby again.
Adios, Treo. I enjoyed the ride. And to you, too, PalmOS … you’ll always have a special place in my heart.
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My plain vanilla (it doesn’t even have a color screen!) cellphone is about nine years old. The battery is shorting on occasion, so maybe it is time to take a leap into color screens and the like.
The problem is: I really don’t have any need for 90% of the stuff they load cellphones with these days. I don’t need a camera, I don’t need to surf the web, don’t need to download music, etc.
That’s what you say now …
I’ll confess, I’ve said each of those things before. I only go the Treo in the first place because I’d learned to find a PDA indispensible, and I needed a new one and a new phone and why the heck was I carrying two devices?
Once I had the Treo, I discovered the advantages of having IM access all the time, and the ability to surf the Web at will (though it was not something I took advantage of).
I also discovered the amazing power of always having a camera with me. Whether it’s taking pictures for practical reasons, or just seeing something you’d love to keep and share, having a camera always at hand is amazingly empowering (especially if you have a kid).
One thing I’ve not gotten into is portable music playing, though. Even though both the Treo and my new BB Curve can do it, it’s just not something I find that compelling (that’s why I carry books around, dagnabbit). That said, I also find it handy with my BB to hit my e-mail and my RSS feeds when I have a few minutes here or there, waiting in line or something like that. It’s not an obsession, and I could live without it if need be — but it’s a very nice convenience.
That the BB ties into my office mail and contacts is icing on the cake.
Blackberry has allowed me to never look back to Palm. I sorta miss it, but then Blackberry functionality slaps me back to reality.
I have a blue-collar job, and the ability to play music, OTR, podcasts, and audio books (in mp3 format) on my BB helps get me through my 10-hour shifts. I can also check in here throughout the day at my otherwise internet-free job. Or, if there’s nothing new here, I can play Brickbreaker or Blackjack when I have a couple of minutes to kill. 🙂
I miss having a stylus/touch-screen — and I’m still expecting the screen to shut off when I hit the red button.
I’ve had both problems as well. I am getting over the stylus, but I still hold down the red button to turn it off till my brain wakes me up…
“That’s what you say now …”
Remember, I’m the guy who still functions with plain old dial-up. Heck, we only have one computer and one TV in the house. Our VCR hasn’t functioned in a year. I’m down to one hour of TV a week, maybe (it’ll go up once the season starts, but the season is so fractured who knows when it’ll really go up–January?).
So even if I had all that functionality, I still probably would not miss it if I didn’t use it.
You may well be right — as I said, everyone seems to think that carrying around a bunch of music on your phone is Really, Really Important, whereas it really doesn’t seem to float my boat that much.