The PDA died and you know what they just didn't make PDA's anymore. I did the only thing I could do and got a replacement on eBay. In the mean time I got a cell phone with an OK camera that was good enough for routine events. Special occasions required something more, but those are rare and that's part of what makes them special.

The iPod had it's issues. I had to replace the battery twice and the hard drive once. Yes it was that old. Eventually it and the replacement PDA stopped working.

I bought an iPod touch. It did all the PDA stuff. It did all the iPod stuff. It did better photography. It did good enough for routine video. I was down to two devices. iPod and Cell phone.

For as long as I could I resisted the "Smart Phone." At first it was easy. If I was going to get one it was going to be an iPhone, but I was locked into Verizon and the iPhone was only AT&T. Then they came out with iPhone on Verizon and I didn't get one because I was too cheap to pay for a data plan.

Then I got a job at which a good part of what I do is design for the mobile web. It occurred to me that having a Smart Phone to actually see and test what I was doing might be a good idea. I tried it for a while using the iPod and it was OK. But so the mobile web is built around phones so I couldn't get the full experience.

So I broke down and got the iPhone 4.  I did not get the iPhone 4S. It cost more and I just didn't see it as worth the extra money to be able to use a beta voice command system.

Now I have one  thing to find. One thing to keep charged. And when I leave the house, one thing in my pocket.

I wish I had done this a lot sooner!

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