Friends? Yea, sort of. I’ve had numerous PDA-type devices (PocketMail, anyone?), Media Players, phones, PCs, etc.

It seems that technology moves so fast these days, it’s hard not to want the latest and the greatest, leaving your previous devices gathering dust or confined to their box. It’s hard to let go of something that you “shared your life with”, and portable devices seem to be rather personal.

I have managed to hang on to a RAZR V3xx for longer than my 2-year contract simply because it serves me well as a phone, allowing the Zunes to play my music. It has the best radio section in it than any other phone I have owned, the reception is far better than my work-issued HTC Hermes. I had a scare a couple of weeks ago when the RAZR started acting strange, but it turned out to be AT&T’s wierdness causing the problems. Funny though, I probably wouldn’t have the RAZR if my Nokia 6102 hadn’t bit the dust. I miss the FM Radio it had.

I currently have 10 or so Media Player devices, only 2 of which I use regularly. I’ve discarded another 2 or 3. Each one served well until I needed more capacity, or more desirable features. If/when a ZuneHD 64GB comes out, I’ll have a tough decision to make. If they were to somehow jump to 128GB, it wouldn’t be so tough.

I feel a little guilty leaving my HP dv9000 at home while carrying my Acer Aspire One to work. The HP gets its revenge when I try to do something on the Acer that causes it to stumble where the HP would breeze right through it. But the Acer is much easier on the shoulder.