{"id":5626,"date":"2004-02-09T07:14:20","date_gmt":"2004-02-09T14:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/02\/09\/be-careful-what-you-ask-for.html"},"modified":"2004-02-09T07:14:20","modified_gmt":"2004-02-09T14:14:20","slug":"be_careful_what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/02\/09\/be_careful_what.html","title":{"rendered":"Be careful what you ask for"},"content":{"rendered":"

About four months back, one of our senior IT managers left for better opportunites. She left behind a brand-spanking-new Palm Tungsten\/W<\/a>. <\/p>\n

It was offered up for grabs briefly, but somenoe nabbed it before me. Which, I thought, was a shame, because my old Palm Vx is getting pretty long in the tooth.<\/p>\n

I was doing a favor for the person who got the Tungsten a month or so ago, and she jokingly said, “Well, if you managed to do X, I’ll ship you Susie’s Tungsten.”<\/p>\n

Whoa.<\/p>\n

I actually didn’t manage to get X done, but she was happy enough with my efforts to do so that she shipped it along anyway. And it arrived while I was on business.<\/p>\n

Only, to be frank, it’s not the Palm I would have ordered if I’d ordered one new.<\/p>\n

Granted, it’s a hell of a lot better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. But its main raison d’etre <\/i>seems to be to act as a cell phone. It also has Web-browsing and e-mail capabilities (both of which are tied to AT&T wireless service).<\/p>\n

Problem is, that’s not what I’m needing. And the integrated antenna poking up isn’t it, either.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, it’s certainly a better hand-held unit, per se, than my Vx. And its a $400-plus PDA, which, if I turn down, I’m not likely to be able to request in a different form any time soon.<\/p>\n

Hmmmm.<\/p>\n

Yes, I know this sounds like a “Jeez, I wish I had that kind of problem” sort of situation, and I acknowledge it’s the sort of embarrassment of riches that it a not-bad thing to have. But it’s sort of like angling for a sporty company car to replace the old banged-up sedan, and getting assigned a new Lincoln Town Car instead. Sure, it’s nice, but it’s not quite what you were looking for …<\/p>\n

When I get a chance, I’ll have to open it and see what’s what.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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