With friends and relatives trying hard to outdo each other in their 'showhand' of the latest gadgets, old biscuits like us are sometimes lost for words when questioned about "When do you intend to get one like this?".
The latest trends being Apple iPads, Samsung Galaxies and Android pads, I hear 'oohs' and 'aahs' amongst them, young and old alike. In fact, the only 'ooh' that impressed me was the 'price' of such gadgets.
Technology work wonders in making the newest appliance available to everyone, regardless of who you are, how much wealth you have.
10 years ago, you don't naturally go 'gaga' over the latest technologies EVEN if you can afford them, not to mention those who can't.
Today, with the wide line of 'credits' that allow one to 'siphon' some of your money from your future to the present, plus the high-tech interfaces available on those new gadgets, you just can't resist.
The gang instinct and peer pressure in this new world, is forcing everyone to fall into a 'trendy community'. NO? It has trickled down to a level where even my 6-yr-old niece wants an iPad for her birthday present.
There was a time, I tried to read some reviews from the web, to get a gist of what these 'pads' were all about? BUT then, no matter how gimmicky these new thingies fare, they don't seem to provide for much improvement in terms of productivity, other than 'play'.
I guess old biscuits like me don't need those newbies.
In times of whizzy IT gadgets, old machines that rule the world 10 - 15 years ago, tend to get laid back in the dark corners of storerooms and garages.
I, for one, felt it a waste to leave those old timers to rot, when one can actually put them to good use.
Hence, I landed this 10-yr-old item off eBay at a fraction of its original price (about one-twentieth), configured it to do almost all the things I wanted it to do on the road.
It runs on a 2-cell lithium battery for a full 9 hours (which is hard to beat even by today's standards), weighs a kg, has a 72-key 3/4-size qwerty keyboard, responds well to typical touch typing, and a 65k colors-touch screen!!.
The best advantage of a machine with hardware keys is that: you can assign dozens of macros/ automated functions to them, cutting the time needed to do repetitive work. which sets it apart from those plain slate-tablet pcs. Soft on-screen keyboards just don't give you the tactile feel of a key pitch.
The things that such an old biscuit CAN DO?
See for yourself.
The latest trends being Apple iPads, Samsung Galaxies and Android pads, I hear 'oohs' and 'aahs' amongst them, young and old alike. In fact, the only 'ooh' that impressed me was the 'price' of such gadgets.
Technology work wonders in making the newest appliance available to everyone, regardless of who you are, how much wealth you have.
10 years ago, you don't naturally go 'gaga' over the latest technologies EVEN if you can afford them, not to mention those who can't.
Today, with the wide line of 'credits' that allow one to 'siphon' some of your money from your future to the present, plus the high-tech interfaces available on those new gadgets, you just can't resist.
The gang instinct and peer pressure in this new world, is forcing everyone to fall into a 'trendy community'. NO? It has trickled down to a level where even my 6-yr-old niece wants an iPad for her birthday present.
There was a time, I tried to read some reviews from the web, to get a gist of what these 'pads' were all about? BUT then, no matter how gimmicky these new thingies fare, they don't seem to provide for much improvement in terms of productivity, other than 'play'.
I guess old biscuits like me don't need those newbies.
In times of whizzy IT gadgets, old machines that rule the world 10 - 15 years ago, tend to get laid back in the dark corners of storerooms and garages.
I, for one, felt it a waste to leave those old timers to rot, when one can actually put them to good use.
Hence, I landed this 10-yr-old item off eBay at a fraction of its original price (about one-twentieth), configured it to do almost all the things I wanted it to do on the road.
It runs on a 2-cell lithium battery for a full 9 hours (which is hard to beat even by today's standards), weighs a kg, has a 72-key 3/4-size qwerty keyboard, responds well to typical touch typing, and a 65k colors-touch screen!!.
The best advantage of a machine with hardware keys is that: you can assign dozens of macros/ automated functions to them, cutting the time needed to do repetitive work. which sets it apart from those plain slate-tablet pcs. Soft on-screen keyboards just don't give you the tactile feel of a key pitch.
The things that such an old biscuit CAN DO?
See for yourself.
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