'Blackberry Pearl' needs a good home.

[gabrielcrowe]

I have a Pearl 8100 that needs somewhere to live.

- Its the one with the little trackball thingy
- Its on Orange
- It's never been used
- Shiny and black

It has the box and the full compliment of charger and all sorts of mad stuff included.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000W6MZX2/interactiveda3047-21
http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=pearl+8100&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/02/review_blackberry_pearl/

I dont really want many coins for it, more like a cool gadget, or something by Sony Ericsson. I cant get my head around any phone interface thats not an SE.

Any takers?

[pinbrook]

can't offer anything cool....

but would a lime green 1st gen ipod mini be of interest, its got a brand new click wheel, and a new battery,although the battery only holds power for a couple of hours.

[gabrielcrowe]

I already have a snazzy pink one, but I have been looking for a new ipod so its on the right track!

[gabrielcrowe]

ooh, forgot to mention, that I have a spare PAYG sim, from orange, unopened and unregistered, that will work in it.

[acompton]

I've got a Hewlett-Packard HP21 calculator. www.hpmuseum.org/hp21.htm
It's pretty cool. It's got RPN (Reverse Polish Notation) :D

[leehack]

Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6 and GTA4 for the PS3.

[gabrielcrowe]

i'm a 360 owner :( sorry mr hack.

[gabrielcrowe]

I've got a Hewlett-Packard HP21 calculator. www.hpmuseum.org/hp21.htm
It's pretty cool. It's got RPN (Reverse Polish Notation) :D

omg, this is truly calc pr0n:
http://www.hpmuseum.org/3qs/213q.jpg

[TraceyHand]

omg, speaking of 360s!

Guitar Hero!!
Tell me you have it, Gabe?
Awesome game...and hilarious!

[gabrielcrowe]

i'm crap at it, sadly. I used to have it on at rock nights sometimes, on the club TVs. Some of the people used to play it religiously, and i'v seen someone do 'Through fire and flames' IRL.

I had to stop playing, after I saw this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUzNcheoY6U

[Mark H]

See if you can swap it for a 1st gen iPhone - like many we are upgrading to 3G versions for £99, which probably leaves lots of 1st gen around looking for a use. It still works as an excellent Wifi browser, Youtube interface and 8Gb ipod without a SIM.

[TraceyHand]

haha..I knew what that link was going to be before I saw it!
I think my 8yo is aspiring to be like that...god help me!

[acompton]

omg, this is truly calc pr0n:
http://www.hpmuseum.org/3qs/213q.jpg

Yep. I'm the proud owner of one of those babies.

[pinbrook]

I just had a brain wave! Since i no longer use my old ipod mini as mp3, i could use it as a 4 gb backup disk, Cheers Gabe for reminding me to start using it again.

[Duncan Rounding]

I remember the old HP21s - I had one for a while before getting my HP11C. I still use my HP11C and have done almost every day since I got it in 1981. Brilliant caculator and still going strong.
http://www.hpmuseum.org/3qs/11c3q.jpg

[Mark H]

My weapon of choice in the 1980s was the HP12C, and you can still buy them......:cool:

http://isloffice.opnet.co.uk/Detail.aspx?SearchText=102456

[chris ashdown]

I have a PSION Organiser 2 model LZ64 with 64 k datapack full of survey computations, far better than a HP21

Used to have a couple of HP45A in the good old days with card readers

[pinbrook]

i use google to do my simple maths

[jont]

Still have an original Casio FX-570 Scientific (23 years old) which is in regular use - works fine but is banana-shaped after the b******d Statistical Analysis Professor (no idea what he was called but "Git" will suffice) knelt on it trying to open a window. Git.

[Duncan Rounding]

...Casio FX-570 Scientific...
:eek: that calculator's got an equals key! Are you not into reverse polish notation Jonty? :)

[gabrielcrowe]

I just had a brain wave! Since i no longer use my old ipod mini as mp3, i could use it as a 4 gb backup disk, Cheers Gabe for reminding me to start using it again.

not only that, but how about this for useful?
http://www.portableapps.com/

[jont]

I run that off a USB stick - fantastic to shift stuff around and surf in safety / privacy