07-14-2004, 02:47 PM
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Well I have gone and done it....
Yep that's right I have ebayed my old faithful Jornada and assorted bits and pieces. The auctions closed today and soon I will hopefully ahve some hot cash burning a hole in my paypal account.
It was a very hard decision for me to make, but in the end it seemed that if I wanted to get any sort of useable sale price on them then it had to be now or never. I hope it is going to a good home.....
So now my big decision is what to replace the Jornada with. Anyone who has read any of my recent posts will know that I am thinking of a refurbished e755 - the amount I got for my Jornada and extras just about exactely matches the price these are going for on ebay (I am helped by the € v US$ exchange rate). Now I just have to wait for the payments to clear.......
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07-14-2004, 04:47 PM
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Mystic
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Please tell me you still have your Newtons?
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07-15-2004, 08:57 AM
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Please tell me you still have your Newtons?
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Ohhh pleeeesee.....
It will be a very cold day in hell when I part with my Newtons :devilboy:
In fact in the "down time" between sending off the Jornada to its new owner and deciding on/ordering/receiving a replacement I am looking forward to firing up my Newton uMP2k and reminding myself what a real pen based OS should look like 
And of course no need to worry about restoring from an old backup or reloading all my programs - just slap in a new set of batteries reset the time and date and I am good to go!
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...waiting for the arrival of my Axim x50v...But I still love my Newtons!
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07-15-2004, 09:21 PM
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Mystic
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Originally Posted by Stephen Beesley
And of course no need to worry about restoring from an old backup or reloading all my programs - just slap in a new set of batteries reset the time and date and I am good to go!
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I love that feature. How many newtons do you have? |
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07-16-2004, 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by dean_shan
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Originally Posted by Stephen Beesley
And of course no need to worry about restoring from an old backup or reloading all my programs - just slap in a new set of batteries reset the time and date and I am good to go!
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I love that feature. How many newtons do you have? |
Just the two now - a Messagae Pad 130 and an upgraded MP2000 (my user name here used to be uMP2k infact!) At different times I have also owned a MP110 and a MP120, but these are my favourite models. Even now, I would love to get my hands on an eMate as well.
Although I do not use them anywhere near as much as they deserve I still have a lot of fun with them when I do dig them out. The one area that the Newton always shined for me was notetaking. The PPC just cannot compete at this stage IMHO.
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07-17-2004, 12:35 AM
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Mystic
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Hey same here, I have a 130 and a 2000 (no upgrade). I find it funny that the old Newtons have true multitasking and a new Palm still doesn't.
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07-17-2004, 04:32 AM
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I also have a 130 and a 2100...I still use them on occasion...
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07-17-2004, 04:59 AM
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If you don't need anything really really flash, consider the IPAQ 2215. As an all-rouder device it still scores very highly and being an older model, is being sold at very reasonable prices.
But IMHO, the PPC market has gotten to a point now where almost all the major vendors are producing top quality devices! :mrgreen:
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07-22-2004, 02:12 PM
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Well - I just posted off my poor ol' Jornada to its new owner. I hope he gets as much fun and utility out of it as I did.
I have also taken the plunge and bought myself a Toshiba e755 on ebay. Now the wait begins......
P.S. - I guess that means I have more time to play with my Newtons
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07-25-2004, 05:55 PM
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Well, have fun with your Newtons.. I wish I owned one.. :?
Just out of curiosity, how much did you sell your Jornada for, and how much did you pay for it when you bought it?
I've been buying stuff off of eBay since 1998, but I've never bought or sold an electronic device on ebay. I was always afraid the person who received the item would replace it with a different one and ship it back to me. Am I worrying too much?
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