How much $$$ have you spent on your PDA?

[wellsjs]

Have you kept track of how much money you've spent on your PDA? Here are my expenditures:

Hardware (includes PDA) $541.88
Software $543.50
Total $1,085.38

:eek: :eek: :eek: Wow!


P.S. This thread has "Spouse blocker" invoked, so fear not your honesty!! :eek:

[pixelpainter]

Unfortunately I've spent more than twice that much. $1000 for PDA's, $800+ for software and $500 in accessories. $200 in e-books.

[rldunn]

I'd rather not think about it :)

[cass_m]

Funny, I was thinking about that this morning because I was thinking about upgrading my SJ30 to the SJ33. I have only spent about $200 on accessories and software but I've only had this since Christmas. I hope this isn't an indication of how things are going to go:)

[Shrink]

Originally posted by pixelpainter
Unfortunately I've spent more than twice that much. $1000 for PDA's, $800+ for software and $500 in accessories. $200 in e-books.
OY! Me too.
alan

[jomoco5]

I don't EVEN want to think about it . . . I need to be able to act 'all innocent' if my Sig. Other ever asks that question . . . lol!

[rldunn]

Originally posted by jomoco5
I don't EVEN want to think about it . . . I need to be able to act 'all innocent' if my Sig. Other ever asks that question . . . lol! Yeah, that's what I'm worried about too, though I think she suspects. All my Clie purchases go under the Household category in my finance program :)

[Ronbot]

Since October:

T615 - $206
accessories - abt. $35
software - $40

[Tixx]

I am actually afraid to add up my software costs.

[foghead]

I buy lots of PDAs for testing along with lots of software and accessories.

Easily $10,000 to $15,000 :eek:

[rldunn]

Foghead, if I ever get "caught", I'll use you as my example of how I'm not so bad!! :) That's amazing; I don't care if you are a developer.

[xXx]

$30!!!
NX-60 = Gift
128mb MS = Trade with current 128mb SD
(2) 64mb MS = $30 throught rebate offers from CompUSA

sorry to make you all look like you spend way too much money on your PDAs!!! :D

[wellsjs]

Originally posted by rldunn
All my Clie purchases go under the Household category in my finance program :) Why didn't I think of that? :D I'm editing my Quicken entries tonight! Maybe I'll use "Utilities:gas" since I'm full of it! :D :D :D

[Griff]

The current system is probably at about $1k with hardware, software, and service plan. Prior to that, probably about $500 total on my first PDA, stylii, and software I no longer use.

[rldunn]

Hey, I use my Clie at my house, so it *should* be a household expense, right? :) The gas one is good too, though!!

[Graig]

This is how much I spent in the past 3 years:

PDA: $1300 (Palm IIIx trade for TRGPro, two clies)
Accessaries: $500
Software: $200

Total: $2000

Fortunately I got my employer to pay for my NV70V.

[hherbzilla]

I wasn't going to reply, but since "spouse blocker" is on...

After a quick scan of SplashID (where I keep all of my software registration/license info, including what I paid):

~$500 in software and accessories (over $400 in software)
~$500 for two PDAs (after some rebates and price drops)

So about $1,000 total

[Jake K]

Here's my spending since I joined the PDA world in mid December

T665=$550
Software=$9
Accessories=$90

The prices are all in Canadian money.

[Vidge]

I have bought a new PDA every year since 1996, starting with the original Pilot 5000. So just in PDAs I've spent $3k, plus keyboards (at least 3, as the model connectors have changed), so there's another $300. Plus sync cables, emergency chargers - another $100. And then there is the software.

Way too much!

[tstarky]

Originally posted by rldunn
Yeah, that's what I'm worried about too, though I think she suspects. All my Clie purchases go under the Household category in my finance program :)

Great minds stink alike! ;)  I never totaled it up because it IS scary and I don't even spend as much as some of you folks.  But to tell my ungeek spouse what I have actually spent? ha!  Not gonna happen.:o  But to be fair, he does get more than his fair share in car parts. :)

[Willber-Force]

Not thinking about it. Not thinking about it. Not thinking about it. Not thinking about it. Not thinking about it. Not thinking about it. Not thinking about it.

:(

[wellsjs]

That won't make it go aaawwwwaaayyyy! Your conscience will hound you until you do! :)

[Doctor Evil]

Sorry, I fear spousal retribution if I post that value. Needless to say it is quite high.

[Willber-Force]

Originally posted by wellsjs
That won't make it go aaawwwwaaayyyy! Your conscience will hound you until you do! :)

:(

[KelAZ1]

Hey don't forget to add that expensive Vaja case (or three)! Ugh! I don't even want to begin adding up what I've spent. Probably $1k ish.

[Pman]

I too choose to hide behind the ignorance of "I can't feel bad about what i don't know":)

Probably somewhere between a mid size car and a house.

[rquinlan19]

Lets see... HP-$549, S320-$149, N760c-~$300, T615-~$300, NR70v-$550, Toshiba e??-$599... Acc maybe $400, Software $120.

I really don't want to add that all up. And I'm sure im forgetting things.

[Unregistered]

SJ-30: Gift
Cradle: $36
Lexmar 128 MB MS: $36 after rebate
Leather Case: Free Rebate from Sony

Waiting for a couple more paychecks so I can register (Launcer X, AcidImage, HandStory).

[Experiment 626]

Terribly embarrased.. the above post is mine.

[Jake K]

T665 - 550 dollars
Memory stick - 50 dollars
Leather case - 25 dollars

Being able to play some Bejewled before your doctors appointment - Priceless

There are some things in life money can't buy, for everything else theres cash.

[stevejohnson460]

Ya know, if I quit reading about new products/new softare on ClieSource, I'd spend a lot less! <grin>

[Griff]

Originally posted by Jake K
Here's my spending since I joined the PDA world in mid December

T665=$550
Software=$9
Accessories=$90

The prices are all in Canadian money.

What was the one app you registered?

[vansouza]

From the first Palm brought out by 3Com/US Robitics till the NX60; easily $2.5k. And God help me I know I am going to get the NZ also.

[freecia]

Hmmm. My PDA's (all three: HP 320LX, Visor Deluxe, and Sony Nx70v) have been gifts from family or friends.
(Okay fine, since this is spousal blocked it should be parent blocked, too. My dad gave the first and last of those to me when I asked for them as MAJOR gifts. Think like birthday and xmas or booming economy bonus)
Software - $25 for Datebook 4 which conveniently upgraded for free to 5
planning on using my webcertificate from mypoints on isilo.
Acessories - $20 for two sony pda screen protectors.
$50 for the 128 lexar memory stick in clear purple, which works wonderfully, BTW. Incidentally, it's made in Singapore. Are other people's MS's from there?
Things I want to get: covertec case (if anyone has a red nx70v one they want to sell, lemme know... seeing as you guys seem to have boughten everything). Stylus pen and/or just a replacement tip once I find my rotring quattro.
Maybe a scratch remover liquid for my screen protector seeing as each one is $10.

[timewaster77]

Being a student I don't have nearly that much money to waste. :D I got my first PDA in April of 2002 and so far have bought:

T415 - $220
Extra Cradle - $50
128MB Memory Stick - $50
Student 4.0 - $15
Scrabble - $30

Total - $365 (a dollar a day for a year) :D

[parmesian]

if we are talking just about the current pda it would be $20.
my nx70v was an upgrade when the battery in my nr70v stopped keeping a charge. Just a quick trip to best buy and the extended service plan did the rest. everything i currently use transfered from my nr70v with the exception of splashphoto (which i didn't have before).


HOWEVER....

if we are to look at all pda purchases since i bought my first palm pilot it looks much different. i have had several different models (palm pilot, palm pilot professional, palm III, palm IIIxe, palm Vx, kyocera 6035 smartphone, clie nr70v) and just in hardware i have spent over $3k.
Accessories are big also. With all the extra cradles, car chargers, travel chargers, memory, keyboards, gps modules, etc. it is around $1.5k.
Software comes in last with only around $1k (if i didn't buy games it would be almost nothing).

if i add my wifes pda to the list the total goes up another $200 (she really doesn't understand why anyone needs more than 2mb of ram).

Special message to my wife: Honey, I didn't really spend this much on all this without telling you. I'm just trying to impress my geek friends. :-)

[*L*F*C*M*]

Originally posted by parmesian Special message to my wife: Honey, I didn't really spend this much on all this without telling you. I'm just trying to impress my geek friends. :-) [/B]

:rolleyes: LOL! ;)

[volcanopele]

Wow, this would be hard to calculate. A good rough estimate is that since I got a Visor Deluxe as a gift from my dad in February 2001, I easily spent around $2000 on the devices themselves (a Visor Platinum and my current Clie NR70V), accessories, and software.

Jason

[wellsjs]

Originally posted by timewaster77
Total - $365 (a dollar a day for a year) :D I remember those student days well! :) A $20 bill in your pocket and you feel rich! :D

[Jake K]

Originally posted by Griff


What was the one app you registered?

Afterburner. (I have no use for it now though)

I'm still using a bunch of demo's and the free time they give you.

[rob_squared]

Let's see.

IIIe= $149
S300= $315
Targus Stowaway (S300)= $90
SJ30= $250
NR70= $182
Targus Stowaway(NR/SJ)= $100
Bluetooth MS= $154
2 128MB MS= $100
NR/SJ cradle= $20
IR Keyboard= $80
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Total: $1440

Oh god, I have to go sit down now.

[ksjenkins]

Let's See.
Old Palm Hardware (Prior to 2001) - $1000+
Since I purchase my Clie N760C - HW - $1024, SW - $250

Hey what the.........??????????? When I first got a Palm I didn't as a rule purchase software, I searched high and low for the best freeware available. Since my Clie that has changed dramatically. Wow - who started this thread anyway???

Rob I understand now - I need a drink!!

At least it's not as painfull as MS Pocket PC SW/HW (Justified at last)

[ErnieB]

Hmmm . . .


Palm III:&nbsp; $230
Palm case:&nbsp; $40
Palm IIIxe:&nbsp; $200
Palm IIIxe keyboard:&nbsp; $100
iPaq 3100:&nbsp; $200
iPaq 3700:&nbsp; $250 (a really great deal)
iPaq keyboard:&nbsp; $30 (another really great deal)
iPaq PC Expansion Pack:&nbsp; $100
iPaq Silver Slider:&nbsp; $40
CF wireless modem:&nbsp; $100
PC modem:&nbsp; $40
iPaq cases:&nbsp; $170
iPaq sync cables:&nbsp; $50
Clie NR70:&nbsp; $400
Clie Keyboard:&nbsp; $100
Clie case:&nbsp; $40
Clie sync cables:&nbsp; $50

Clie modem cable:&nbsp; $50
Software:&nbsp; I don't even want to go there


Total:&nbsp; at least $2190.&nbsp; Doesn't include software, my wife's IIIe, my daughters Clie T-415, all their accessories, and all the other stuff I forgot.

Ugh . . .&nbsp;

[Macabre Man]

I am way into the thousands now. My entire life? Over 7 grand easy.

[bruceNX]

Since my first Palm Palm III in 1998.
I have purchased 7 PDA (SJ30 is the current one)
PDA cost : about USD$2000.
accessroies: US$300
softwares: US$50

it is really not a cheap hobbits..
:-P

[MacClie]

Too much. Well, maybe . . . Oh, I don't know . . . :rolleyes:

- MacClie

[rob_squared]

Originally posted by bruceNX
it is really not a cheap hobbits..
:-P

I like hobbits, that's why I'm reading "The Hobbit" on my clie.

j/k :)

[rgylford]

T-665C = $399
CASES = $150
Software = $200
Hardware = $250

So with tax/shipping it is over $1000 easily.

Note on the cases: I have tried to find a snugly fitting belt case that allows the clie to sit on its side so I have access to the controls and headphone jack. Haven't found one yet so I have settled on the metal case.

Yes we know we all could have bought laptops for this money. WE DON'T CARE!

RG

[rgylford]

OOPS forgot the memory sticks

Sony 32mb - $29.99
Sony 128mb - $89.99
Lexar 128mb - $69.99 after rebate
Lexar 128mb - $27.15 after rebate

[LSAlford]

NR70V $599.00 lost, insurance paid $300.00 = 299.00
128 mb memory stick = 89.00
NX70V = $599.00
icon manager = $4.99 (palmgear.com has charged me 4 times for this - I am waiting for reimbursement so I'll only list it once - an unhappy experience)
wassup = 5.00
Agendus = 29.00
iSilo = $12.00 ?
generic neoprene case = 15.00
Bellagio case (ordered today) $34.99
2 Brando covers = 24.00

Total: $1,111.98 YIKES!!!! (but keep in mind this includes the NR70V which I lost)

[LSAlford]

The above only included my post-Clie purchases: after reading the previous posts, I suppose I should include my Palm IIIe, PalmIIIxe, Palm IIIc, Targus Keyboard, Kodak Palm Pix camera, Cross Palm pen, too many packages of WriteRights, replacement styli, etc. Let's see that should add up to...

On second thought, never mind.

[LSAlford]

Forgot a couple of cases, issues of PalmOS related magazines, travel chargers, cables from TheSupplynet.com (for my Clie and for the Palm).

You get the idea.

[sindu]

I lost track how much I spent....but always on the lookout for some fun accesories and new Clie.

[PDA gadgetfreak]

gee, 3 PDA's, Visor, S-360, SJ-30, Screen protectors, 2 pen stylus, 1 thumbpad, 1 cheap targus case, 1 handspring case, 2 sena cases, travel charging cord, silver screen, beamfix, two memory sticks, extended warranties after dropping the Visor too many times!

Total...$1035 after 2 1/2 years....Hope the spouse block works on this site!

[gennarino]

Vx- 400.00
515- 450.00
NR70 595.00
Vaja 140.00
other cases 50.00
Keyboard 89.00
xtra cradles 100.00
Cables 40.00
Software 350.00
mem stx 225.00
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2439.00
Oh, And now I'm thinkng about an NZ90
For the Love of GOD, have some decency...
Somebody please put a bullet in my head!!!!!!!

[BumbleZ]

I refuse to even begin to conceive....

[MacClie]

Originally posted by BumbleZ
I refuse to even begin to conceive.... Probably better that way :D

- MacClie