06.22
(And I don’t mean “Tomb Raider Legends” for the PSP – that was a planned purchase.
I want to buy a Palm TX. Not really sure why… I’ve tried to buy PDA’s in the past. (I have an original Newton MessagePad in a box somewhere and a Sharp Zaurus that I really should do something with).
Why?
I’ve been looking at Tablet PC’s for the last year… and I’ve checked out similar objects (Microsoft calls their version of the PC between a tablet and a PDA the uMPC. Sony has a similar Vaio and other companies have attempted similar things)
But none of them meet what I want… too expensive (I don’t want to pay more than $1K) or the wrong size… something between trade paperback size and my 12″ Powerbook with the cover closed would do it for me. (Mac OS X support would be even better)
It’ll be a couple more years before that happens (Of course, I’ve been waiting for something like that since buying that Newton – 15 years ago)
So… I thought I would buy a cheapish PDA while I wait. The Palm TX does bluetooth and WiFi (802.11b like my PSP) and there are at least 2 different GPS options (though they seem to cost as much as the TX).
The LifeDrive is slightly faster and has a 4GB hard drive but costs $100 more… more than I want to pay for this kind of thing when it is an impulse buy…
We’ll see…
