No Slight of Palm

Well, I tripped on down to Circuit City today to look at the Sony Clié I had my eyes on. In fact, there it is, over to the right. Spent a lot of last night reading reviews of it and watching the back-and-forth from people who'd either liked it or not. It was heartening to note that, though a lot of people thought the screen sucks, there seemed to be just as many who liked it. I took a good look at it, decided I liked it a lot...and then realized that, since my tax return money hadn't come in yet, I couldn't yet purchase it. So, I settled for giving it a longing glance, then headed back home to put the old Visor and backup module up for auction on eBay. I'll put the Stowaway keyboard up there, too...if I can find it, in this mess of a room.

I suppose that the Visor might actually be reparable, with skill and patience and the right tools. I'd just have to buy a $50 part myself, then crack the thing open and put it in. But let's be honest here, I don't have skill, patience, or the right tools, and if I were to try it, I'd end up pestering my brothers or friends or whoever until I found someone who could do it, and even then there's no guarantee they could get it done. Better to sell it on eBay to someone who might be more willing and able, and use the money from that to help defer the cost of the newest model, with all the toys I could possibly want in a PDA. Ironically, at ~$220, $233 with tax, the Clié is cheaper than my Visor Deluxe was when I first bought it. Technology does indeed march on.

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