Christmas of '99 I believe I received a Palm IIIx from a friend as a gift, they knew I REALLY wanted one. At this time I used the palm to record all the address/shuttle/flight/hotel info when I traveled (which was frequently). I used my Palm to record expenses during trips (when I came home it was a quick sync and a print out to mail off my expense sheet). I also used the Palm for playing games on the plane instead of lugging along a gameboy as well.

Istarted carrying my Palm everywhere for about 3 months - using it for schedule reminders and even grocery lists. It was very handy. I really used it the most for work though, mainly when I traveled. During like my third trip with the Palm (on the plane on the way home), I realized the batteries were low and needed to be changed.

When I changed the batteries, one didn't go in right and you only have so many seconds in which to change batteries and not lose your info. Since my last Sync had been before I left I lost quite a bit of info. Beacuse of the ease in which I lost so much of my info (and the wasted time in depending on my Palm while traveling for work I became very frustrated too easily.

For well over the past year my Palm has set in its cradle on my desk and has not been used. I do however use the Palm software on my PC frequently, it has an excellent scheduler and calendar.

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