I have a big collection of early Palm devices from the first Pilot to
the fastest Palm III clones. Some of them I still frequently use.
I have been much less successful with more modern ones. I have had the
Palm/HP Touchpad tablet. After the HP killed the Palm I have had to
convert if to an Android device to be able to use it. Today it is
almost useless anyway.
Last year I have got an unused Palm Pixi Plus. A cute tiny phone with a
keyboard and with the Palm's WebOS system. But it have had damaged SIM
slot so it has been useless as a phone. And as a PDA it is much worse
than the much older Palm OS devices. Once there was a emulator which
allowed the old Palm OS programs to run on the Pixi. But it is long
gone.
Recently I have got a cheap Pixi from Germany. It is heavily used but
it seems to recognize the SIM correctly. The only problem is that I
have to activate the device which is a bit complicated process. We will
see...
Unfortunately for the Pixi two things happen: now I have a perfectly
working Palm Tungsten W which also provides some phone functionality
AND runs old good Palm OS 4. It is not as small or as cute as the Pixi
but it works well and it integrates into my workflow better. I use it
so intensively so I even lost the stylus. I hope I will find it soon...
The second thing is the arrival of the Nokia N900. It provides the same
functionalities as the Pixi but in much better quality (camera, music,
www, email, and even gopher - and it has backlit keyboard which is a
big plus). Now I set up it and equipped it with a new stylus, a new
screen protector and with the pouch so it is ready to be used...
