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Jornada as the next collectible? Message #1 Posted by Ken Farges on 16 May 2002, 12:49 a.m. Just read that as the result of the HP - Compaq merger, the Jornada series of handheld PDAs will be discontinued. So what do people think, will these become collectable someday the way the HP calculators have? Maybe it's time to buy up a 565 or a 720 and leave it on a shelf new in box for a few years.

Re: Jornada as the next collectible? Message #2 Posted by Spice_Man on 16 May 2002, 4:03 a.m., in response to message #1 by Ken Farges I don't think they will be as collectible as HP calculators... HP calculators were the "cadillacs" of calculators...engineering marvels...precision instruments... whereas there's nothing special about Jornada's compared to the other PDAs.

Re: Jornada as the next collectible? Message #3 Posted by Ion Abraham (New Mexico USA) on 16 May 2002, 9:30 a.m., in response to message #1 by Ken Farges Partly in response to this comment, I've been meaning to mention for a while that I recently acquired a 660LX palmtop, and I am very pleased with it. It does not replace my calculators, but the ability to sync my email and tasks/calendar with my desktop, and still have a reasonable keyboard to add things is awesome. Of course, in this whirlwind world HP is now in, you can't even get accessories for it any more, being the generation before the Jornada. Talk about customer support. It will be interesting to see what HP comes up with after the merger with Compaq. I think Compaq will swallow them up. It will be just like the last time around, after a few years. Anybody remember DEC? One day the competition to IBM, the next day part of Compaq and gone. Anybody remember when Compaq was a "portable" PC the size and shape of a sewing machine? Well enough of this, (I've just had my birthday,(36) and I'm feeling it). Best regards to all, Ion Abraham Albuquerque, New Mexico

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