Unlike certain site-owners we all know, I have to go through a significant and difficult budgeting/begging process to buy a new gadget of any kind.  My wife was in fact deeply suspicious of the original Palm 5000 and fiercely opposed its purchase.

Fast-forward to The Age of The Visor Pro.  I was running late for a meeting in a hotel's conference center.  Running from the parking structure into the main hotel, I took out my Visor Pro and pressed the Calendar button to see what room my meeting was in.  Having secured this information, I started moving the Visor down towards my pocket, when it slipped out of my hand.  Before I could stop or do anything else, the Visor flew unerringly to impact the toe of my size thirteen shoe.  From there it flew into the wall and shattered.

I used a great deal of profanity as I picked up the pieces of my Visor and trotted off to the meeting.

One advantage of this pre-convergence time is that I was able to use my cellphone to inform my wife of my woeful PDA-less state.  It was months before my birthday, and while I had been hoping to get a Visor Prism then, I told her, I need a PDA for work.  She said she'd think about it.

When I got home, my wife and I talked at length about my immediate need for a Visor Prism.  My persistence paid off and she agreed I could go get one.  That's when I went back into the garage, popped the trunk and brought in the shopping bag containing the Prism I'd bought.
 
Man, was she angry! Michael.

How do you justify your PDA upgrades to your significant other? I tend to tell her that it's a review model and when I end up keeping it, I say that I was given it:) Let's hope she never reads this!

teejay69 massaged our ego's so well in the forum the other day that we simply had to post it on the front pages- comments like this make it all worthwhile:)

"I love my PALM device. Beginning with HANDSPRING, thru CLIE, and currently to the TX. Through all of this PALM 247 has gained my loyalty by staying on top of the field. It gives honest views, and scoops up info from all over the place, and brings that info back to the site. How everyone does that and still have real jobs, families, and lives is amazing. To think that this is a side venture for the core team is an amazing feat, yet the quality of the info stays high, and bottom line that is why I come back. Other than my email, and checking on my favorite baseball team (NY METS), I have visited PALM 247 since somewhere in 2001 everyday, sometimes 2, 3, 4 times a day. NO ONE does it like this. Others have come and gone, but you guys have rode it through. The bells and whistles along the side have grown to be helpful, and I have bought many a game and program thru your reccomendations from both sponsors, and you, and I am grateful. Thank you Shaun, and all of you who have made this site happen."

Edison, NJ — Auguest 14, 2008 — Magnifoca Inc today officially releases Snap2Face 1.0, a free client application for Windows Mobile devices built on Facebook Platform. Snap2Face 1.0 enables convenient, on the go access to Facebook for Windows Mobile users worldwide.

 “iPhone® , Blackberry®, and PalmOS® users have enjoyed native Facebook clients on their respective platforms for many months now.  Owning to limitations of their Internet browser, Windows Mobile users have even stronger demand for a native client. It is long overdue, but now finally arrived”, a spokesman for the company said.

Snap2Face 1.0 is a full-featured, native Facebook client for Windows Mobile devices. Initially introduced as a photo-centric application, Snap2Face offers features such as viewing albums, uploading photos, and importing friends' profile photos to Outlook Contacts (photo Call ID). Upon popular request during its beta period, Snap2Face gradually expanded its capabilities to include updating status, viewing friends' status and detailed information, reading and responding to messages, pokes, wall posts, and friend requests.  All features are integrated into a sleek, intuitive user interface.

Snap2Face 1.0 is freely available for all Windows Mobile 5.0/6.x devices (Pocket PC or Smartphone), at http://www.magnifoca.com/download_snap2face.html.

Facebook is a social utility that offers an efficient way for people to stay connected with their friends and the people around them. With more than 80 million active users, Facebook is the sixth most trafficked website in the United States, and has the No. 1 photo sharing application on the Web.

Windows Mobile is a compact operating system found on Pocket PCs and Smartphones. Microsoft licenses Windows Mobile to four out of the five world's largest mobile phone manufacturers, and projected shipments in 2008 will increase from 11 million to 20 million units.

About Magnifoca, Inc
Magnifoca, Inc is a privately held, startup company offering cutting-edge mobile computing solutions and services. For more information, visit http://www.magnifoca.com.