thanks for the personal account, tie.
in our local Staples sunday newspaper ad they offer the palm m100 for $149. there is a special offer ad also that provides for free palm software ("a $90 value") with the purchase of any palm organizer. interestingly, the ad copy says, in parenthesis, "excluding Hewlett Packard and Handspring". both the palm IIIxe for $249 and the palm IIIc for $399 are featured.
the free palm software is Dataviz Desktop To Go (regularly $49) and Dataviz Documents To Go (regularly $39).
the only other handheld being advertised in this staples insert is the handspring visor deluxe for $249. incidentally, the ad states that the visor will store (among other things) "approximately 12,000 addresses and 10 years of appointments". pardon me, 12,000 addresses? is that practical? who in the heck needs 12k addresses? and 10 years of appointments? hello! wake up somebody at visor! nobody, and i do mean nobody, has any use for storing 10 years worth of appointments. how dumb.
[edit: reading on in the ad i see they are claiming further that the visor will also store "up to 6,000 to do items and 6,000 memos". more gross ignorance, imo! if someone has a list of six thousand to do items, they need more than a handheld to help them out!!]
i love the palm free software ad. it looks terrific and it tells me good things are happening with the company i own shares in.
:)
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