robert nelson (dot) me » sprint http://www.robertnelson.me/blog ...this is me and this is the place where I can blog in more than 140 characters Tue, 18 May 2010 12:41:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Current eBay auctions: HTC Hero, Sprint MiFi, Zune 80 and more http://www.robertnelson.me/blog/2010/02/24/current-ebay-auctions-htc-hero-sprint-mifi-zune-80-and-more/ http://www.robertnelson.me/blog/2010/02/24/current-ebay-auctions-htc-hero-sprint-mifi-zune-80-and-more/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:43:19 +0000 robertnelson http://www.robertnelson.me/blog/?p=80 Once again I am cleaning out the home office and getting ride of the items that I no longer need or use. Most of the auctions offer free shipping and have no reserve price set. Check out what I have listed and bid away.

]]> http://www.robertnelson.me/blog/2010/02/24/current-ebay-auctions-htc-hero-sprint-mifi-zune-80-and-more/feed/ 0 I was once a happy Palm.net Internet user, but cannot seem to justify a Sprint MiFi purchase http://www.robertnelson.me/blog/2009/09/03/i-was-once-a-happy-palm-net-internet-user-but-cannot-seem-to-justify-a-sprint-mifi-purchase/ http://www.robertnelson.me/blog/2009/09/03/i-was-once-a-happy-palm-net-internet-user-but-cannot-seem-to-justify-a-sprint-mifi-purchase/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:01:04 +0000 robertnelson http://www.robertnelson.me/blog/?p=29 Palm_VIIxI have been considering picking up a Sprint MiFi since it became available, but for some reason I cannot justify making the purchase, which is strange.

I do have a need, well maybe not really a need, but it is something that will get used. I can, and have been getting by just fine without a MiFi, but at the same time I like to write from outside of the house from time to time and it would be nice to not to have to worry about finding a location with Wi-Fi available.

That said, I consider it strange because I was once a happy Palm.net subscriber which for the unlimited plan used to cost me $44.99 a month. Sure, that $44.99 is cheaper than the $59.95 that I will have to pay Sprint, but at least the MiFi offers full Internet access, which is unlike what the Palm.net service on the Palm VIIx used to offer.

The Palm.net service offered unlimited access, but only offered access to web clips which were known as Web Clippings. Basically the service allowed you to visit only certain pages that were formatted to fit nicely on the Palm VIIx display.

Given that, why can’t I justify a purchase of the MiFi? (and yes, that was really just me asking myself that question) It will get used, most likely at least 2-3 days a week. Maybe I have just gotten cheaper with age, or possibly it just seems a little more normal to me to depend on pubic Wi-Fi now.

[Palm VIIx image courtesy of Wikipedia]

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