Shattered Palm

My belt case was not secured fully, so that left the top opening wide open - and that opening had found itself toward the floor...Excuse me, the hard cement floor of the garage - I had just gotten out of the car and the Palm couldn't wait to get home either. So out it goes onto the cement floor. *Crunch* Stylus flies out, and it's a few seconds before I realize the screen has cracked. A nice clean corner-to-corner crack. If I wanted to see some data, I could see it - i assuming that I could tap on the proper application - the digitizer was off. So, I called Palm and they sent me a replacement, waiving the $100 fee (as a one time only "favor").

That is not the boo-hoo, wah-wah, sad part. This happened on Sunday night, the week of Macworld Expo NYC. I called on Tuedsay and Palm quoted a delivery of 3-5 days. It arrived on Wednesday during the day. It arrived in NJ at my parent's house, where live for the summer every other day except this week. So even if I had been there, or had it sent to NYC where i'm staying with my brother, it still wouldn't have arrived on time for what I wanted it for - the keynote. I was forced to take notes on a hotel note pad and scribbling on any flyer I had, or the printout of the week from Palm Desktop. Beaming my card to people was not to be, nor was beaming people apps, receiving apps, sending my Palm resources and software memos, or trying out tips and tricks that I learned from David Pogue (well, re-learned). However, I felt my Palm live on in spirit, as the floor was filled with Palm devices (well, the floor was covered with people, who were carrying devices - well the people weren't *on* the floor--- you figure it out....). Not having the Macworld Expo guide (OnTap version) wasn't a pcinic either. Having all that info from that book electonically (and searchable) was a great improvement over paper info.

BTW that speckled stuff on the case is a sticky overlay from PGHQ - just a sticker- comes in cool colors.