New Technology

I recently purchase a new PDA out of a sad necessity. After purchasing a hard drive today for it.. I started thinking.. What? I just bought a hard drive for a PDA? What's the matter with me?, I thought. After a little reflection I've come to the realization that I've always taken my PDA seriously. Maybe a bit too seriously...
So, for those keeping score, this new PDA makes number 9.
Let's review John's PDA's which is itself a brief history of the PDA itself.

1)Apple MessagePad 100
The one and only.. The original. This thing was awesome.. except for the handwriting recognition. Compare the Newton to the Palm Pilot. See what Apple got right!
Status: Still Own

2)3Com Palm Pilot
The one that got it right. Took a good idea and made it work! Loved this thing!
Status: Given to brother

3)Compaq C120 HandHeld
QWERTY Keyboard and MSWORD! But.. WinCE 1.0 was clunky. No one supported the 1.0 devices... Strike 1, Microsoft
Status: Still Own, non operational

4)Handspring Visor
Cool expansion pack and cool look and feel! This was the first Palm "clone". This was a real work horse! Great design. Very durable.
Status: On loan to coworker. Used daily!

5)iPaq H3700
Used a lot for work (development) Wrote some code for this one. Wasn't really ever my "PDA". PocketPC software not as quick or elegant as PalmOS.
Status: Still Own, gathering dust...

6) Sony Clie PEG-SJ22
Brief, brief life. It seemed everyone was buying a Clie' at the time. Nice but ONLY MemoryStick! I hate MemoryStick! Although the "JogDial" rocks!
Status: Died and taken back. Strike 1 and 2, Sony.

7) PalmOne Zire 72
Loved this one until it lost all my data..twice! Got the chance to tell Palm face to face about this one... didn't get a good response. As much as it pained me to do so because of my long love affair with the PalmOS, strike 1 and 2, Palm.
Status: Died and taken back.

8) iPaq 3715
REALLY loved this one. First PocketPC device I liked. Great set of features. Great screen, 1.2MP camera w/video. SD slot.. Bluetooth, 802.11b.... (sigh).
Status: MIA. If found, please call! Reward!

9)Dell Axim x50v
Current PDA. Bluetooth, 802.11b (w/LEAP), VGA(wow), 4GB CF microdrive. Going to be putting some video and music on this one. Maybe some maps for a GPS...
Status: Still breaking in...jury is still out. The VGA screen is just gratuitous. I miss the camera from my 3715... I suppose a new digital camer isn't far away...