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Keep your Newt. You'll miss it when it's gone. I have many friends who have
gone Palm. They all say the same thing. Why?
Rui
Drew Loker wrote:
> Well, just what I was trying avoid happened...the resale price of Newtons
> dropped dramatically. I was considering selling my Newton several months ago
> and decided to keep my Newton workign along with a Palm...but I have gotten
> more and more used to the Palm, etc. (I know, how could I...I hate the palm
> for entry reasons, but if you could see my desk, you would understand...2
> laptops, a Newton and a Palm Vx.)
>
> Anyway, I have three questions:
>
> 1) Will the resale value go up after the flood of newtons clears, hopefully
> before a new PDA is released? IOWs, will waiting help or hurt.
>
> 2) Will I do better parting it out? Like selling the keyboard, which I NEVER
> use. Or should I just cut my lose and sell the whole batch of stuff?
>
> 3) I need a reason to keep the Newton. I have tried to justify keeping the
> Newton, but the more and more I think about it, I feel like I should just
> cut my strings and quit trying to fight it. As I mentioned earlier with all
> that I have on my desk, I also have a Nokia phone that works with my Palm
> and lets me browse the internet and send/receive email when I am traveling.
> So I am even less likely to use the Newton on the road now. I have a Sony
> 505f subcompact computer that also links to the Nokia IR phone (a 8290).
> THen I have my full sized SOny FX370 Laptop (PIII-1.0 ghz). A couple of
> weeks ago, I decided the Palm would do what I needed it to, and decided to
> get the Palm VX, giving the Palm V to my wife, I thought the Newton would be
> a good thing to keep on the desk for notes, or take with me to conferences
> when I need to take notes and I don't want to take the laptop. With the way
> prices are falling, it almost makes it useless to sell. But I hate to keep
> it around, loosing even more value, unless I cna figure out a real use.
>
> So the last question in this is, what are some uses for my now replaced
> Newton that maybe I haven't considered before.
>
> Thanks for any feedback!
> Drew
>
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