How old is the Typical SL/J XX user?

[Magicster]

I'm not doing studies but im curious, how old is the typical SL/J user?

"He who asks the question is a fool for five minutes, he who doesn't ask the question remains a fool forever."

[bberish]

16 (SJ20)

[seymour_man]

52...........good spread so far huh!

[gpomp]

18

[chamcent]

planning to get the sj33 in the summer.....that's after i graduate from high school....
i'm 17......turning 18 in nov...:)

[caroln]

65

[noktoto]

26

[martin.ca]

15, using SJ20.

[Juno017]

19

Blue SJ33

[Yummi]

29, SJ30

[PDA gadgetfreak]

49

[trayip]

15 (turning on 16 in july)

[Lil Viper]

25, SL-10

[Winky]

27
i use palm for 3 years and SJ20 for 4 months

[Magicster]

Wow you guys are old. I'm 15, SJ-20

[pohlee]

40

[psychomom]

Just turned 52. Using SL-10 all day long!

[hodson]

32
SJ33

[pipedaddy]

41

[illusion4096]

22 (SJ33)

[NJL!2016]

14 (SJ-22)

[illusion4096]

Originally posted by NJL!2016
13 (SL-10 going on SJ-22)

I guess you see this clie as a gameboy? ;)

[martin.ca]

Originally posted by illusion4096


I guess you see this clie as a gameboy? ;) If that's true, I think he would choose SJ30 at the first place.

[mrdeucie]

23 (SJ30)

[orol]

21 (sj30) but thinking of changing toward a nx70 after CF driver will be out :D

[grantster808]

im 18

[exppcguy]

:eek: 40 :eek:

[UZI4U182]

14, SJ30, waiting for my NX60

[Magicster]

UZI4U182:
"14, SJ30, waiting for my NX60"

Wow, i wish my parents were like that!

[___]

Originally posted by Magicster
Wow you guys are old. I'm 15, SJ-20

.....Im 14.

[Dtsou2]

I'm 15 as well! SJ-30. been using a palm for 3 years.

[bjornkeizers]

20, and very addicted to whatever fits in my Palm :p

[Berto2112]

Originally posted by Dtsou2
I'm 15 as well! SJ-30. been using a palm for 3 years.

Wow....trying to remember what I was doing with my time when I was 12.... sure as hell wasn't playing with PDA's...did they even exist back then? Hmm....possibly....

24 here, SJ-20 for about 2 months, now an SJ-30

[Milgram]

36, SJ20

I am surprised at how many teenagers are here.

On the thread of remembering what we were doing when we were 12, I certainly wasn't using a computer at home. It was before the IBM PC was sold. The closest we had to a computer was Pong.

[bjornkeizers]

The reason there are so many young people here is because young people adopt these kinds of technologys much easier then older people [excluding those here, of course :D]

Palms get cheaper and cheaper, and have so many cool functions: Alarm clocks, remote controls, games, spreadsheets, book readers, dictionarys, homework helpers, picture viewers, and all kinds of software to cater to your every need.

Palms and clones get cheaper every day. I bought my first real PDA [Palm Pilot Pro] when I was .. oh about 15 I think it was. I was so amazed at what it could do for me with the right sofware. I did everything with it. I tweaked and hacked it to hell and back, and continue this tradition to this day. :cool:

[winstonw]

22. Used the SJ20 for half a year, the NR70V for 2 months and the SJ10 for one month.

[illusion4096]

In my opinion u have a pda, in the first place, for these apps:

Agenda
Addresses
Notepad
To do list

All the other apps are also very useful too, but i don't think you would buy a pda for that purpose.

So, now i ask myself: What does a -16 year old with a PDA. I do not think they really *need* it. So many things to do that you can't remember?? Isn't it just to show off with friends? No offence! I am just wondering...

PS. I bought myself a psion siena when i was 16... but actualy i didn't used it.

[psychomom]

OK - I'm really dating myself here, but here goes . . . When I was 12:

I had to wear dresses to school - girls weren't allowed to wear pants.

Panty hose weren't invented yet.

I learned how to type in high school on a manual typewriter!

A color TV was high on my wishlist.

We had to get up off the chair to change the station and volume on the TV!

I went to my first rock concert -- The Beatles.

All my music was on 45's or LP's -- 8-track tapes weren't even around then!

Ahhhh...the golden days!
:D

[Akuma_Ray]

hehe i am 16 i got zee SJ20 :D

[caroln]

psychomom: you'v told the story of my later teens! Later, when Psions appeared, I longed to have one but couldn't justify the cost of one with a growing family. Now, my SJ30 not only keeps my life on the rails, it's also great fun. Trips to the dentist without Bejeweled are now unthinkable!
Cheers!

[psychomom]

I'm with you, caroln--My little SL-10 goes everywhere I go (including room to room)!

Now that I'm this ripe old age, I thought of another utility that would be fantastic--a built-in fan for those hot flashes!! LOL!!

[T1000X]

I'm 23 and I use a SJ20 and NX70V. The SJ20 is my trusty backup unit that I'm thinking about replacing with a Dell Axim.

As for my Mom, who's a Clie user as well, I disclosed her age in the similar topic in the TG series forum. Let's just say she was 36 when I was born...

[martin.ca]

Originally posted by illusion4096
So, now i ask myself: What does a -16 year old with a PDA. I do not think they really *need* it. So many things to do that you can't remember?? Isn't it just to show off with friends? No offence! I am just wondering...Hmm...of course I don't really NEED it, but it helps a lot when you use it. :)

I am 15 and I use my SJ20 to:
Read ebook (iSilo), news (AvantGo)
Jot down important thing quickly (DiddleBug)
Use as alarm clock (World Alarm Clock) with GeekSound 2.4
Dictionary (Kdic)
Play game (Minesweeper)
Write Diary (eDiary)
Note down homework (ToDo List)
Remember due date of things and events with alarm enable if necessary (DateBook)
Write down important things, or as note taker (Memo)
Store info about my friends, teacher, etc (Address)
Store my personal information such as website account (Yaps)
Read/Write my e-mail while on the schoolbus (I usually sleep on the bus though;) ) / at school (Mail)
Do assignment, not likely though...I prefer desktop (Docs to Go)
Calculator...probably with graphing (powerONE)

And some other things...just can't remember anything else now...
Mabye it's at the time you use PDA there isn't that much useful applications available.

[cass_m]

42 - SJ30

[X Destruction]

I'm 13 and I used to be with the SL/SJ series, but I upgraded. I'll be 14 soon. I've been through 3 PDA's in about 2-3 months, it's insane. I love my T665 sooo much now :D

[JenixSJ30]

13- i have the best gameboy on the block

[UZI4U182]

Originally posted by Magicster
UZI4U182:
"14, SJ30, waiting for my NX60"

Wow, i wish my parents were like that!

Well, the SJ30 I bought myself, and my parents are giving me a rough time about the NX. My mom did assure me that I will get one, but my fear is that Sony is going to discontinue them soon. That's the last thing I need. They know it can do everything a laptop can do, for less than half the price, but I don't know whats holding them back. Maybe the Corian countertop my mom wants? :(

[Xenoimpact]

Just turned 14 SJ-22

[JenixSJ30]

i hate the SJ22 sony screwed me over with that one (I have an SJ30)

[Jake K]

15-SJ30. I'm like the only one in my entire school with a PDA!

[bjornkeizers]

Originally posted by illusion4096
In my opinion u have a pda, in the first place, for these apps:

Agenda
Addresses
Notepad
To do list



LOL, I never even use these. I only use the agenda to keep track of what I want to watch on TV. I use addresses to write down all my website login data, I don't use note pad, and to do list has never seen more then two entrys: I don't actually need one.


All the other apps are also very useful too, but i don't think you would buy a pda for that purpose.


I buy my PDA's exclusively for the software I can run on it. I tweak them to hell and back, and proud of it. I can do about as much with my old IIIC and SL10 as I can with my laptop!


So, now i ask myself: What does a -16 year old with a PDA. I do not think they really *need* it. So many things to do that you can't remember?? Isn't it just to show off with friends? No offence! I am just wondering...


Oh please, I'm allmost feeling offended :p My family doesn't understand. The people I meet don't understand.. But that all changes when I show them what I can do with it. My palm is actually saving me time, money and headaches. I have everything I want on it: Books, pics, files, all the programs I need, games, converters, whatever. If you can think it, you can do it with a Palm. That is why I have one. And I don't care what anyone else thinks.


PS. I bought myself a psion siena when i was 16... but actualy i didn't used it. [/B]

Me too. I still have it. The reason I didn't use it was because after two months, Palm Pilot Pros went on sale here in The Netherlands, and it had a touchscreen and a zillion free software titles.

[j888]

According to a quick and off-the-head calculation of stated ages on this thread (assisted by calc on NR70 ;) the average age of an SL/SJ user is 25.

[Talula]

I'm 25 and I have an SJ20 as a backup for my T665c. I do use the SJ20 to type my notes in my grad courses. I use Thought Manager for that and you can't save them to the MS and they eating up the memory on my T665c.

Anyhow, those comments about what a 14 or 15 year old need a PDA for? Well, I have a sister who is 15 and a brother-in-law who is 14. The two of them are involved in 2 or 3 sports each. They are also in all honors courses. These classes involve tons of reading, projects, papers, and group work that has to take place outside of school. My brother-in-law is involved in scouts, and both of them are involved in a few clubs. They are also beginning to manage some pretty hectic social lives. Part time jobs are also in the near future for both of them.

Each of them have more to remember and manage in a day than I do and I'm a full time teacher, part time grad student, with a husband and house who also enjoys several hobbies and volunteering when I can find the time.

What would they do with a PDA? (Niether has one but we are seriously considering buying one for each of them.) Well, the PDA could replace the ENORMOUS day planners each of them carry. A PDA woud be a great investment for each of them as they could install the graphing calculators on them to replace the big bulky Ti whatevers they carry around now. PDA's could also save their backs as they could download ebooks and avoid carrying around some of their heavy books.

Finally, a PDA could save some headaches with their parents as their parents would have one place to look to see where their kid is and when. Niether set of parents own PDAs and I don't expect they ever will. However, both kids could sync to the computer and the parents could read their outlook or palm desktop.

Just a few things these kids could do with a PDA.
Talula

[bjornkeizers]

Originally posted by Talula
[B]PDA's could also save their backs as they could download ebooks and avoid carrying around some of their heavy books.


Yeah, and then some. Let me tell you, I haven't touched a paper book or written a single line of text since I graduated in 2000. I've been absolutely paper-less for over two years. And absolutely loving every minute of it.

I love reading books. I read for at least an hour and a half, each and every day. I read books on my Jornada PPC [higher res, easier format], and if I actually owned every book I'd read on it, I would have an entire room full of books :eek: And I'm not kidding.

Like I said, my PDA's are saving me time, money, and enhancing every aspect of my daily life.

[palmgeek]

44 - SJ20

[s360clie]

15

[Scott Baker]

OK, here it is. I'm 38, and the owner of several businesses. To carry around a binder full of paperwork to take care of the day to day operations of them would give me a heart attack. I currently use a PEG SL-10 ( because of replacable batteries ) which more than does the job. Now ready for a great laugh everyone? Up until a few weeks ago, I was actually using a Casio PV-200. Kinda like going from a tricycle to that 550HP Dodge Tomohawk motorcycle !! :eek:

[JBreen]

23 sj20

[Wildcardd]

29 SJ33 user.

[joyous247]

27 - SJ30 - I'm probably preaching to the choir, but I love mine - I'd be absolutely lost without it

[T1000X]

Originally posted by bjornkeizers


Yeah, and then some. Let me tell you, I haven't touched a paper book or written a single line of text since I graduated in 2000. I've been absolutely paper-less for over two years. And absolutely loving every minute of it.

I love reading books. I read for at least an hour and a half, each and every day. I read books on my Jornada PPC [higher res, easier format], and if I actually owned every book I'd read on it, I would have an entire room full of books :eek: And I'm not kidding.

Like I said, my PDA's are saving me time, money, and enhancing every aspect of my daily life.

I can thank my parents for beginning my obsession with PDAs when they got me my first model in 1999 - a Visor Deluxe. Since them I've upgraded countless times and this time I think I'm going to stick with my NX70V for a while. It does everything I need it to, and more.

My Mom has an old T415 (I'm thinking about trading her my SJ20 for her T415) she doesn't use that often and I keep encouraging her to use it more. She still write's her appointments down on a calendar in the kitchen, and I keep saying she could keep track of them on her Clie.

[rcxAsh]

I'm 16 and have an SJ20 that I purchased myself. (Darn it! I really wanted colour and bought it just before the SJ22 came out for the same price... such is life) Do I really need my Clie? No, I could do perfectly fine without one, but I really like technology and it does make my life easier in some ways. It helps me to remember my assignments, and it is very useful to me as I can review emails from anywhere and also check my calander anywhere. My Clie also acts as a Gameboy when I'm bored, which i think many people my age do. I also purchased my Clie hoping to use it through university too. (unless I go crazy and buy a colour model..lol)

I'm not the only student in my school with a PDA, but I think that I may be the only one who purchased it myself, also, the only one with a superior Clie (m100? come on! lol...). However, I'm not sure as to how many of these students use their PDAs for purposes other than games and status... I know one guy does, but one other guy got a PDA used it to read AvantGo for the first week while he attracted attention to himself. Now, he never brings it to school anymore... probably just collecting dust...

[psychoactivist]

Well, I'm 21, I'm in college full time, and I work 52 hours a week. I'm also ADHD. With out my Clie by my bed when I wake up I have no idea what day it is or what I'm supposed to be doing. I use it as a day planner, a phone book, ebook, diet manager, gameboy, etc... the list goes on, between my palm, my desktop and my laptop I'm equipped for pretty much anything that comes along in my day, whenever I'm w/o any one of those it makes life a lot harder for me.

I currently have an SJ33 that replaced my broken t615 that replaced my Palm Vx, that replaced my Visor Deluxe, that replaced my Palm 5000, that replaced my Newton Message Pad.

My mom now has the Palm Vx and loves it, I have the 5000 up on a shelf just to show my geeky friends!

[olgiati]

36 - sl10 - 10wtech

[da_17]

I am 17 and I own an SJ20.

I use it a lot for everything. I even use it at school. I live in Bogota, Colombia (South America). I am the only person in my school who owns a handheld. I also have the PEGA-KB11 portable keyboard, and I use it for notetaking in some classes.

I cannot live without my Clié. I pretend to buy the NX70, or the model that replaces it (not the NZ90), but I am still saving money for it.

David.

[CrashX]

SJ-22 @ 25 years old

[MrBook]

27 and use the SJ-30. It is my second most useful electronics purchase. My laptop is #1, but the SJ-30 can go places that my laptop just can't.

[mcheatham]

42... feeling sleepy on this rainy morning in Maryland.

[gollum]

43, SJ-33

[biblord]

21, SJ-33

Interesting poll by the way...

[palmgeek]

Interesting... but who's keeping a tally, and when will we see the results analysis?

[charkee602]

24...SJ30 this is my first clie

[asterisk]

21:D SJ-20

[Ezikial Anta]

14- had an sj 22 already, have a tg50 now... probly sellin and gettin a nx 60- now my parents dont buy for me like i buy myself this stuff... that nx60 has given me like 20 blisters from rakin yards to get it so it better be worth it :) curently i use PDA to run my life- i have a fold out keybord to take notes cause i cant read my writing... haha oh well... i love technology!!!

[halosal]

Just to increase the average a bit, I'm 36.

[fengwei007]

33 here. Have my SJ30 for exactly 7 months now.

[Dead Elf]

32 with my first PDA, an SJ-20

[Seul]

SJ33: 26 in July

[lovelei3]

Hi!
I'll be 50 in November...I received my SJ20 for my 24th wedding anniversary...my husband appreciates the geek in me<LOL>. I have a severe case of CRS (Can't Remember S***) so my Clie is a portable brain for me. All dates, numbers and bits of info on just about anything are logged in there some way. I have alarms set to remind me when to take medication...it's great!

[celticchrys]

26, and using the built in apps lightly. I bought a PDA mainly for scheduling, diet management, and ebooks/games.
Using an SJ-33/U, and I use it to fill in the gaps between my laptop and desktop use, not as a replacement.
AS to how teenagers could need one of these? I'd have died for one as a teen. My senior year I was so busy with extracurriculars I was hardly ever _in_ my classes, yet I had to keep up with the class work and what was due when.
But alas, PDAs were much more pricey, new and exotic then.

[GoofyERRN]

51 using SJ33

[KimberlyinMN]

Last October I celebrated my 5th anniversary of turning 29.



Er, I'm 34. I just got my SJ-22 late last night. Replaced my poor T615.

[joemit]

Didn't someone ask this recently about NX users? Who cares?

[Dead Elf]

Not to be rude, but obviously, six plus pages of people care about the typical age of the typical Clie user.

[joemit]

Sorry, I didn't mean to be flippant, I simply meant, why is it of any consequence? It's a bit like reading a report in a newspaper, Mr. Steve Jones (48) .... why does it matter?

[Dead Elf]

My guess is people just want to know a little about people they share something in common with. It's not information that is going to change the world, but then again, it is kind if interesting to know so many teenagers have pda's.

[_CVB_ZgAsO.Sc]

26 with sj33.working hard.
come from China.
hehe.

[palmgeek]

Originally posted by Dead Elf
My guess is people just want to know a little about people they share something in common with. It's not information that is going to change the world, but then again, it is kind if interesting to know so many teenagers have pda's.

I was equally surprised at the number of teens with Clies.&nbsp; I've seen a couple old-timers in the list too.&nbsp; I guess it's not just an over-40 "memory" tool.&nbsp; Hehe

[OctoberMooN]

35 about ready to use my SJ30 that just arrived this AM.

FINISH CHARGING, ALREADY!!! :D

[Chengster]

19 college student, sj-30

[rob_squared]

20 (S300, SJ30, NR70, NX60)

[rob_squared]

Originally posted by psychomom

I learned how to type in high school on a manual typewriter!

So did !! But it was only 6 years ago.

[asterisk]

Originally posted by rob_squared


So did !! But it was only 6 years ago.


that's rough.............

[Broad1]

Originally posted by Magicster
I'm not doing studies but im curious, how old is the typical SL/J user?

"He who asks the question is a fool for five minutes, he who doesn't ask the question remains a fool forever."

44 SL10/E

[Broad1]

I am 44 and i have a SL10/E

[Jim/20/33]

48 - SJ20 for at work, and a SJ33

[skyduck]

27, sj33

[karmannghia]

54 and use a SJ-22. Just switched from a Handspring Platinum, and really impressed with the clie

[jws]

14 (turning 15 in a month), SJ22

[ZPWeeks]

OK, sorry, all, but I don't use an SJ... But I couldn't resist.

I'm 15, and I use an N760 currently. I had a Palm m125 for two weeks (bad battery, returned it. Best thing I ever did!) and a T415 for eight months (best b & w unit EVER IMNSHO). I switched to an N760 last January (got it on new year's day... hehe)

I'm surprised by how many people are surprised by how many teens use Palm devices. Ever since I started in Junior High, I noticed a ton of people using different forms of electronic organizers. When I started my 8th grade year, I moved up to Fort Collins, Colorado, where Hewlett-Packard has a big plant. So, Fort Collins has a big "geek population". I noticed a huge difference in the amount of handhelds there... Tons of iPaq, Journada, and Palm m1xx users all over the place. This school could actually get into some serious arguments over which is better, Palm OS or Pocket PC OS... Pretty sad.

So, I moved down to Tempe, Arizona before my freshman year. I didn't notice a ton of PDA's (well, PDAs in terms of Personal Digital Assistants... If we start talking about Public Displays of Affection, that's a different story ;) )

Now out of my school of about 1700 students, about 150 of them are actually a part of a different school that shares a campus with my school. They have a lot more of a technology focus, and I do see quite a bit of PDAs there. Mainly people seem to use the Palm m-series, but I see the occasional Toshiba e310 or Clie.

As to my academics, I just got into that school for next year. Last year, I was involved in three honors courses.

So, here's an example of how I use my handheld daily:

Manage homework and coursework with 4.0Student (links to To Do List and automatically creates a new To Do item for every assignment)

Handle all of my appointments (a lot, over a full year I accumulated about 600 of them) using DateBk5 or Agendus (I'm trying to decide which I want to use permanently

Take notes using Memo Pad or PenPenCol, which exports notes to a .bmp image on the Memory Stick, so I can print them later or insert them into assignments

Type assignments and create PowerPoint Presentations using Documents to Go 5.0 Premium

Print documents via IR using PrintBoy

Beam notes to my girlfriend in between classes :D

Play one of my 40-plus games, including a Gameboy emulator, whenever the teacher isn't looking

Listen to MP3s in between classes

Use PowerOne Graph for Geometry as a replacement for my bulky TI-83+ Silver Edition

Do e-mail at lunch using DataVizMail

Impress friends with videos created using Kinoma Producer

Increase typing speed using CIC WordComplete

Use BibleR+ at the Christian Club's meetings

Beam notes to friends, or use Banner for sending notes visually to lower-tech friends ;)

Look at my daily schedule and assignments in Facer

Next year I'm planning on getting my hands on that new WiFi MS and a keyboard, since my new school's a lot more technology-oriented.

So, students do get a lot out of their handhelds. I admit that I take it to an extreme, but it means that I don't need a $2000 laptop!

[t0ddlg]

34

SJ30 for 5 mos
III XE for several years...

[Hates_]

SJ33 - > 22

[Miknitro]

SJ-22
Aged to 35,turning 36 on 13th.

Nitro

[Jake K]

Well hmm. I said I was 15 a while back in this thread but now I'm 16. Just thought I'd let ya'll know. :)

[Miknitro]

Belatedly

Happy Arrival day :)

[Hexnut]

Im 9 months old. I use my SJ33 to keep track of my feedings, di aper changes and burping schedule.

I jus wish they were drool proof.....

Hexnut

[Miknitro]

Once you start teething,get a PPC,
So you can chew ole bill out.


Nitro :)

[Sid]

SJ33
I'm older than the model number, but younger than retirement age :p

[strider_mt2k]

36

EDIT

I just ordered an SJ33 and a 128mb Memory Stick to replace my Palm m130/64MB SD, who's second case is now crumbling very much like the first one did.

[YeLLo]

19

bought my SJ-33 with my birthday money :-)
had a Pilot 5000 (palmOS1.0) for some months before, got it occasionally, because a friend of my brother's bought it on ebay thinking it would have an IR port. Since then I can't live without a handheld.

[airforce1]

sj33, 29 age old.
i just lost my sj20 , so buy a new one.

[silent_brown]

17 - SJ33 :)


used to have Palm M100, SL10 , and now the SJ33, im in love with it lol.

[El Maquinas]

32 :cool:

[ebook junky]

Originally posted by psychomom
I'm with you, caroln--My little SL-10 goes everywhere I go (including room to room)!

Now that I'm this ripe old age, I thought of another utility that would be fantastic--a built-in fan for those hot flashes!! LOL!!

LOL sounds to familiar. Our first tape player was reel to reel.

SJ 33 just up from an SL-10.

Wait until you upgrade to color. I though I was in love with my SL2-10 took it every where. Now that I have experienced color I am truly in heaven.

[peterhocking]

45 SJ33 :)

[strider_mt2k]

It's official.

36 SJ33

One word: Wow!

[a_clie_er]

23 here... my old S360 got kidnap by my girlfriend since i got my new CLIE ... :(:)

[PWA]

58 can't remember my name -- my sj30 goes every place with me -- that is if I can remember to bring it

[Cazurela]

25

Using SJ/33 Black with replacement gray/black faceplate:D

[RushSignals2]

Im 12, and i might be getting an SJ30 with case keyboard memory stick and possibly headphones for around $105

[RushSignals2]

Im 12, and i might be getting an SJ30 with case keyboard memory stick and possibly headphones for around $105

[RushSignals2]

Im 12, and i might be getting an SJ30 with case keyboard memory stick and possibly headphones for around $105

[RushSignals2]

Im 12, and i might be getting an SJ30 with case keyboard memory stick and possibly headphones for around $105

[buddi]

46 - sj33

[Muppetowski]

39 SJ20 for 29 days then I traded up (full refund) to an SJ22 :D
I then considered a Palm Zire 71 but "no way" without a
jog-dial and ms-import.

[BillC]

Just hit the big 50 -- SJ30

[itsdave]

18, i think the sj-33 is pretty stylish in way, compares to like a tunsten-t or like an ipaq

[BoneDaddy]

No, you're just young.

33 years man and boy

[mathwhiz99atucb]

my sister uses SJ-10 and she's 18

[Goliath]

28 years, SJ30 for 6 months, palm OS user for 3 years

[GeorgiaTech007]

I'm 15, and I just ordered a new SJ33 off SonyStyle, it should arrive on friday

[ZekeSulastin]

15, m105!!! Wait, this was a Clie SJ forum, wasn't it?

For my 16th birthday (on the 29th) I'm getting an SJ-33 to go with a (used) laptop from my older sister - I'd buy better, but flight school costs big bucks o_O ...

[ZPWeeks]

Hey, there's another 15-year-old Zeke out there slinging a Palm OS device! Schweet! Well, I'll be jealous when you get your SJ33... But look out for the TG50, by the time you turn 16 the TG50 should drop in price by a lot.

[ZekeSulastin]

*another 15-year-old Zeke? I thought I was the only one with the alias "Zeke" ...*

The TG-50 doesn't really interest me all that much - I prefer Graffiti to a thumbboard, and being budgetarily restricted, I don't have any Bluetooth devices. However, if it DOES drop below $250 in two weeks, I may look at it ... until then ...

[smoothjordan]

Just turned 16 last month- SJ-20 as soon as it comes :)

[GeorgiaTech007]

I'm 15 and I LOVE my SJ33!!!!!!!!!

[CasinoKiD]

I am 27 and a new Clie owner......Love this frickin thing!

[DRS426]

16...SJ22

[Palm Cow]

13 SJ20!

I got it last December and it's gonna serve me well for a long time!

[pipman]

SJ30 - 47
Palm user since they first came out (Palm Pilot).
Thanks to all that reply, I was wondering, too.

[FHughP]

77

[ebook junky]

Originally posted by FHughP
77

Really? Cool. I love the way those of us in so many different age groups use this lovely little gadget.

[SJ33User]

38

What I'm wondering is, how the heck do all these 12-15 yr olds afford the darned things? They're too young to work a real day job, babysitting and mowing lawns doesn't pay too well, and it takes an awful lot of $10-$50 birthday/Xmas/Hannukah/etc. gift checks to come up with the kind of dosh you need to buy an SJ33 + MS.

More amazing still are the ones who say they've gone through several models in rapid succession; are they inheriting their parents' older models as Mom and Dad upgrade to pocket PCs or CE devices?

More power to 'em for being so techno-savvy, it gives me hope for the future, but when I was 12-15 I had trouble scraping enough cash together to buy a new music album or concert ticket so I'm really curious about where the buck stops---or starts, as it were---for these kids.

[Orincarnia]

parents.....thats where it is for me......my parents see i love technology so when something interesting catches my eye, chaching! i get a new device to add to the collection (and my mom says" its nice how you find these electronics that match") shes a matching freak so its all good

[Orincarnia]

by the way i'm not spoiled i don't go through 500 handhelds....i just got one of each that i like, i'm barely starting on the electronics stuff i don't even have a cd player until next week

[digital330]

25, SL10 and very soon a Tungsten T.

i would never spend more than $250 on a PDA... a new PC sells for $299 at Dell and laptop can be had for $699!

[Orincarnia]

sure if you want a cheap gigantic laptop thats made of plastic (of course it'll have a good processor) i need small and portable and lots of battery life

[Sid]

Originally posted by SJ33User
38

What I'm wondering is, how the heck do all these 12-15 yr olds afford the darned things? They're too young to work a real day job, babysitting and mowing lawns doesn't pay too well, and it takes an awful lot of $10-$50 birthday/Xmas/Hannukah/etc. gift checks to come up with the kind of dosh you need to buy an SJ33 + MS.

More amazing still are the ones who say they've gone through several models in rapid succession; are they inheriting their parents' older models as Mom and Dad upgrade to pocket PCs or CE devices?

More power to 'em for being so techno-savvy, it gives me hope for the future, but when I was 12-15 I had trouble scraping enough cash together to buy a new music album or concert ticket so I'm really curious about where the buck stops---or starts, as it were---for these kids.

Kids today have it too easy ;)
There's a thread here at CS where some young guy is complaining that he got bored with his NX80! Give me a break.
Now, I'm not trying to insult all the young(er) members of CS, but usually a person really appreciates something he worked for himself, rather than getting it, or the money for it, as a gift.

[edeab220]

14 - Former SJ20 user, hated it, returned it, got refurb NR70 :D Also got 2 64MS, and Vaja case.

[Orincarnia]

i just got my 256 mem stick pro!!!!! and my pen stylus came in whoever says stylus central is fast is right, they got it to me in 2 days and i paid the normal shipping!!!!! watch out its complicated with that update&nbsp;on&nbsp;Pro&nbsp;read everything on that page

oops i'm changing the subject.....sorry

[Stann]

I'm 53. Started with the Pilot when it was USR.

[Orincarnia]

USR? whats that? is pilot one of the original palms? cause when people see my clie they say "oh you got a palm pilot" kinda gets irritating cause no where does it say pilot on the device.......

[Stann]

The original "Palm" was made by U S Robotics (the modem people) until 3-Comm bought USR. 3-Comm spun off Palm as it's own company, at the same time or nearly the same time 3-Comm also sold off USR.

If memory serves me correctly the first ones were called Pilots, then 3-Comm called them "Palm Pilots". Now they are just "Palm".

[Orincarnia]

and about how many years ago did this happen?

this is cool i never knew this stuff

[Stann]

I can't remember. However some more history without dates, the people who founded Handspring were some of the same people that developed the 1st Pilot.
The reason your "Clie" is refered to as a Palm or Palm Pilot, is that it uses the same software that Palm's do.

[Orincarnia]

ok cool,

is there any other name besides PDA or clie that i can call it? palm pilot seems too cheesey IMO and no one knows what a clie is, and i hate the way pda sounds..........any suggeestions?

[Palm Cow]

Well, before my girlfriend told me not to I refered to my Clie as Carol. Now I refer to it as Charlie.

[Orincarnia]

hmmmm

what should i refer to mine as? i'd really like to give it a name,but i don't knwo what to name it, anyone got a baby book of names?

[Orincarnia]

does miles sound good? or maybe clavis......hehe, the nx is more masculine than feminine so i'm thinking a guys name, unless.......i changed my mind i always call my electronics sexy, so i'll name it a girl, but no girls names sound really cool......not that i've heard of at least, anyone?

[Orincarnia]

ooooooooooooo i got it, laqueesha pronounced "laa-kwi-shaa"

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[i'm kidding]

[Palm Cow]

A female name for an NX? I think Rebecca / Becca sounds good. Or Anna. But I think Courtney is the best.

[Orincarnia]

wow do we have different opinions, rebecca might be a nice name but thats only cause theres a hot girl at my church named that, anna is a differnet name i like it, but courtney? hmmmmm, well CRYSTAL!!!!!! spelt witha k, hmmmmm you know i think i'll stick wtih "my clie" thansk anyways

[Palm Cow]

Lol, I didn't use much inspiration coming up with those names. My girlfriend is named Anna and her best friend Courtney. I don't know where Rebecca came from though.

[Orincarnia]

you know i think i'll name it tommy...theres this reallllllllly reallllllly hot girl at school that liked me (i was crazy cause i thought she was teasing, and i didn't want to let my guard down) and her name was thomasa, she loves biking too, it was sooo cool. so i'll name my clie tommy and when people ask i'll say thomasa

[tmets189]

name it gus

[Orincarnia]

gus? my friend martypauls dads name is gus......hes cool but i dont know about gus.......what did you name yours?

[cliejersey]

32

[Orincarnia]

32?! dang you're old!!!!!

hehe i'm just messin with ya, my brother is 32, hes the coolest guy i knwo, (thats cause i rarely ever see him) and you live in the most expensive gas part of the country (for me at least)

[halo_gps]

sj33 as a replacement for my m130, 25y

[Orincarnia]

are you urethat was an upgrade? it seems to me that the m130 has a better form feel and sceeen thatn the sj33.........oh well i am speaking out of ignorance

[strider_mt2k]

Kinda.

The m130 has only 8MB ram, 33Mhz CPU, zero serious sound capability, a 20% smaller sub-standard (color)160x160 display, and a suprising tendancy to crumble about the rear case.

I upgraded to an SJ33 from an m130 (and an m125 before that.)
When I did, I was amazed at the additional capabilities, and stunned by the incredible display.

I am actually a little ashamed to have aspoused Palm for so long. The hardware kept letting me down. :(

[Orincarnia]

ahhh, point taken, so the palms all ahv plastic cases you say? abd sony has hard cases? and palms also have bad screens......do any have 320x320 at least?

[strider_mt2k]

The Palm m-series is all plastic, but others are metal, it depends on the model.

You can see for yourself on the palm website.

[codebyter]

38

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Psion 3A(256k) -> Psion 3A(512k) -> Palmpilot 500 -> Palmpilot Pro -> Palm VX -> Clie SJ33

[im4givn]

SJ22 51

[blck1jack]

I'm 12 and i own a sj20

[Marc]

46 - Been using it for almost a year now (SJ-30)

[Orincarnia]

so now for the real trivia question, when was the pda first invented? what was teh first palm on the market?

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(the two questions don't have the same answer for anyone who might be thinking i'm thinking that)

[strider_mt2k]

When was the first off-topic area created?

[cotkuclie]

I'm 37.

Got my first ever PDA in July in Littleton, CO. while on vacation.

Considering some upgrades for it.

I already have the screen protectors, spare styli/styluses and two 128MB Ms.

Looking for a nice case or a metal lid now.

Why does it remind me of Star Trek's original communicator?

;o)

Cotku

[palm9999]

I am ten with an sj33!!:cool: :D

[NJL!2016]

whoa! that's young. do your parents know about cliesource?

[palm9999]

yes

[strider_mt2k]

Originally posted by palm9999
I am ten with an sj33!!:cool: :D

Well Clie' on little brother, Clie' on! :D

[palm9999]

i will By the way I am bill gates son and i wanted this even though it is not the best it is what i want so my dad said for chrismas you already have a ux50.even though we are rich we try to save money like normal people

[Orincarnia]

i highly doubt you are......."rich" people don't really call themselves "rich" and bill gates isn't all that rich........

[strider_mt2k]

Oof, had me and lost me.

[blck1jack]

I bet your bill gates son and I'm the sultan of calamazzoo:D

[blck1jack]

Also if BG"s son why don't you own a pocket PC:cool:

[Orincarnia]

oooooooooooooo one thing i've always wanted to ask, JUST IN CASE YOU ARE TELLING THE TRUTH, how often is your dad home? i mean his career must take him away from the house almost 24/7, but i mean, hes gotta come home sometime, i've always wondered,.......when?

[Orincarnia]

(big smile) just in case

[palm9999]

i practicly do not know dad

[Orincarnia]

so you're serious, he is your dad, but your thingy says oklahoma, the Gates live in seattle i thought.....................

[palm9999]

hate ppc and dad does not make most of them and usually he just hires people to do it ha ha i am rich an your not

[Orincarnia]

if you were rich, you wouldn't flaunt it..............my dad has almost as much money in stocks as your house is worth

[Orincarnia]

of course, no where near the amount your dad has in the bank..................

[Orincarnia]

oh and by the way, he hires millions of people........to design it and build it, i can't imagine him with his heavy load of work sitting there screwing together a ppc

[palm9999]

that is not true and i am visiting

[Orincarnia]

hmmmmm, i know a good amount about your "family" who are you visiting?

[palm9999]

you are right i hate hi and call him bill

[Orincarnia]

you can't hate your own dad you do love him naturally but you could "not like him" it is possible, and by the way, do you have computers all over your house? or like is it all automated?

[palm9999]

on vacation not visiting oklahoma

[palm9999]

and if you know so much whats my name

[palm9999]

no we only have 66 in the house

[Orincarnia]

you think your dad's gonna let "your" name be disclosed online?

[palm9999]

yes

[palm9999]

what is it

[Orincarnia]

you know i could look it up really quick, why not just give your initials since you "ARE HIM" you would obviously know that
and that would convince me wholeheartedly and i would not doubt you

[palm9999]

we have 66 computer in the house an 19 robots

[Orincarnia]

really, why "robots"

[palm9999]

to work

[Orincarnia]

are you just waiting to answer? you answer so fast!

[palm9999]

initials cg

[Orincarnia]

took you that long?

[palm9999]

yes waitin to answer

[Orincarnia]

why is that? well you knwo its a losing battle until i can get these stupid ancestry websites to come up its as iff all their servers are down

[palm9999]

you must be a normal person

[Orincarnia]

so just for verification and out of curiosity, i obviously already know your entire familys last name, whats your mothers first name?

[Orincarnia]

ok you knwo what these questions are getting too personal if you are him wow, good for you, if you aren't, thats pretty pathetic you're trying to lie and impress people (but i'm soooooo curious so i can see if you're really him, wait, i thought he only had daughters...........

[Orincarnia]

oh never mind thats george bush

[Orincarnia]

oh and yes i am a normal person

[Orincarnia]

hey my "normal" friend daniel asked "why dont' you have one of your robots typing for you?

[strider_mt2k]

Guys, after reading 2-1/2 pages of you sniping at each other, why don't you take this to another topic?

It has nothing to do with the age of typical SL/SJ users.

[Roni]

His real name is Christopher Wayne, sorry if you didn't want it told, palm9999

[Orincarnia]

oooooooooooooooh, hmmm, well i just wonder why he was doing that, oh well, hes cool and funny and i guess this thread is open again to posting your age if you own a clie

[Roni]

i'm not going to post my age here due to a simple thing...