I started buying cargo shorts back in late 90s not to make a fashion statement, but because of their valuable pocket real estate. By 1999 I was regularly carrying around a cell phone, a Palm Pilot, and a digital camera, in addition to whatever else I had on my person (wallet, keys, etc). I couldn’t wear regular jean shorts because the pockets bulged too much, and I couldn’t wear sweat shorts because they would fall down from all the added gadget weight.<\/p>\n

I believe I bought my Palm Treo back in 2003 — a “smart phone” that was meant to replace all those devices I was carrying around. And it did, kind of. Its resolution didn’t match my camera’s, the PDA didn’t have a touch screen like my old Palm Pilot, and the phone was no where near as good as my old phone. I tried using it as an mp3 player, but I hated that too.<\/p>\n

In 2008 I replaced my Treo with a Samsung BlackJack II (a Windows Mobile smart phone). I still carry my digital camera, so that puts me back up to two gadgets. In my laptop bag I also have my Kindle 2, my iPod Touch, and my GPS (can’t leave it in the car — it’ll get stolen again), along with my netbook and my laptop. Add in a bevy of chargers, cords and other odds and ends and my bag is starting to bulge like my pockets were ten years ago.<\/p>\n

Sigh. I was so close to getting down to one device for everything. I’m starting to think that the iPhone might be “the one” … I’ll have to wait until the contract runs out on my current phone and re-evaluate the situation then and see how the iPhone vs. Google Android battle shakes out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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