I used to await, eagerly, the release of new Personal Digital Assistants, to see what the new models would bring. I loved my Tungsten T3. The LOOX T830 was a bit odd, but it suited me.
I loved netbooks, and the incremental improvements in small, relatively cheap, computing.
I can't think of anything, tech-wise, that brings me that kind of excitement any more.
Another shiny rectangle with a tweaked camera.
A slightly faster ThinkPad.
And so on.
@neil Palm Tungsten devices were really great. I missed mine so much, I got Linux running on it in like 2007. Palm in its hayday was really good at making devices that augmented us, without taking over our lifes. I loved being able to write without looking at the device, I used to have an idea while biking, then take out the Palm, and write it down while still biking. Or in a concert or theatre or any where. I could write a note or TODO while holding the device under the table.
@neil I did, using a prc bootloader, but it was never great or even usable really, so I never actually flashed it.
@eighthave
I never tried to get Linux running on it!
Yes, Graffiti was amazing, but then I did buy a keyboard rather rapidly too, as I just found that easier for anything more than a few words.