armb's journal

I've been thinking about getting a new phone, because the sync connector on my PDA has become dodgy.
I think xkcd may have just made up my mind for me: http://xkcd.com/662/

Later edit:
(In terms of platform, I wasn't likely to get new top end models like the Droid.)

Current plan is still to use older non-smart phone, and PDA that still syncs so long as you wiggle the USB lead about a bit, because when it finally fails there will be more options.
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The PocketPC I bought as a GPS is smaller, lighter, prettier (higher resolution, colour, screen), and more powerful (faster processor, more memory) than my Psion 3a. And easier and faster to sync or backup. And it's a GPS as well.
And it's useless if it isn't recharged practically daily, when the Psion has a battery life of months.
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Having decided that battery life wins over flashiness, this still leaves the problem of what to do when the Psion hinge flexi-cable inevitably breaks. But I'll worry about that when it happens.