Just over nine months ago, I got my first Palm Centro, shortly after it came out on Sprint. It was just what I was looking for, and fortunately my phone from work was with Sprint. Unfortunately, I’m now on my fourth.

When I switched jobs back in May, I had to get my own cell account with Sprint. Well, work would have done it for me, but I wanted it in my own name for a few reasons… I don’t want to have to switch again unless I want to (not that I plan on leaving this job in the foreseeable future), and I figured after some of the junk I’ve been through the last couple years it is one way to help re-establish my credit again.

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I have a number of blogs I follow using Bloglines, and as I come across things I sometimes IM them to friends and such. I figure I could do my own sort of “roundup” of links. I don’t know how often I’ll do this… it may even be quicker to use Twitter for something like this, but for now… here goes.

Ever wonder what burning mousse looks like? [Gizmodo]
An iPod add-on I could never use - even if I had an iPod. [Gizmodo]
Something for the budding Mitch Rapp’s out there [DVice]
One number to call them all… one ring-tone to bind them? [Consumerist]
Going paperless (sorry, couldn’t come up with a catchy intro for this one) [Unclutterer]

Ok, not really. That’s an inside joke that has to do with too much drinking and time-zone shifting.

Anyways, if you want to call yourself in the future (or from the past?), check out CallTheFuture.org - you enter in the number to call, a short message, the number/name to show up on the caller ID, the time and submit it - at the designated time, you get a call (in one of seven different voices).

There’s a limit of 3 messages you can send per day, but it could be a handy way to give yourself a “heads up” on something important, or maybe schedule an ‘emrgency’ call in the middle of that next blind date.

CallTheFuture.org

Now that I’ve had my new Centro a couple weeks… I find I’m back to using my “pda” as a pda more again. A couple of things that originally drew me to the LifeDrive (the storage, and the size) started becoming prohibitive for daily use.. or something. I stopped using it as a pda. Yea, I used it for shopping lists, occasional memos and such… but more and more the last few months it was just an eBook reader.

I think part of it was the lack of keyboard. With the Centro I’m realizing how much I missed being able to enter stuff with one hand. And while I’m still reading a lot (yes, even with the much smaller screen), I’m making use of the original planner features more again, keeping the address book up to date (my old phone was more current in many ways than my LifeDrive was), as well as memos and calendar and I’m making good use of some of the great new features.

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I took the plunge (thanks to work) and picked up a new Palm Centro yesterday. Ever since my Treo90 died, I’ve missed having the keyboard and the one-handed entry ability. I had a cheapy palm that replaced the Treo that didn’t survive a trip through the washer, and replaced that about two years ago with the LifeDrive.

Side Note: I still like the LifeDrive, and it will remain available for longer trips where I want to really take advantage of it’s storage and large screen.

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