Monthly Archives: January 2009

The New Palm Pre

The New Palm Pre mobile device / cellular phone. I’m suffering some serious technolust right now. This thing completely blows me away.

I remember when the iPhone came out. I wanted one. But, I refused to go back to AT&T. I thought if I waited long enough, AT&T’s exclusivity would end. It’s been almost two years now–still exclusive to AT&T. Then the Google Android G1 came out. T-Mobile only? Bleah. I’ll wait for a different carrier. I was briefly interested in the new Blackberry Storm for Verizon. That is, until I actually tried to use one–hated the interface.

Sigh. What’s a gadget geek like me to do? And then Palm comes out of nowhere and introduces the Pre–and knocks my socks off.

The Pre’s hardware design and UI are top-notch. It makes the iPhone look old and clunky. The concept of ‘synergy’ is revolutionary–all your info, from all your sources, all in one app on the Pre.

Drops on Sprint soon. I can’t wait! I’ll be one of the first in line =)

Ahhh, Truckee…

Just got back from Truckee–our first trip of the year. It’s only been three months since our last trip, but it seems like forever. We really need to spend more time in the mountains.

We drove up Sunday afternoon, spent the night, and drove home this afternoon. It’s pretty nice being a two-hour drive away. And it was sooo relaxing. There was snow everywhere and it was very quiet. And very cold–last night it was around 15 degrees Fahrenheit.

I barbecued some ribeyes and baked potatoes last night for dinner. For midnight snacks we had some napoli pizza. This morning we had leftovers and some nice English Breakfast tea.

It’s always nice to spend time at the cabin. Even if you don’t do anything but lounge around and chat, like we did this trip. The minute you set foot in the door you can feel your stress melting away…