I decided to retire my HP iPAQ Personal Data Assistant (PDA) after installing Windows 7 on my notebook computer. The iPAQ had been with me, going almost everywhere since 2003 - a long time without an upgrade as far as a PDA is concerned. It took me a while to decide between an iPhone by Apple and a DROID by Motorola. The iPhone and AT&T network has been getting some pretty bad press lately about AT&T's ability to keep up with the traffic brought on by the popular iPhone. My daughter and son-in-law both have iPhones. They live in a large metropolitan area yet calls have been dropping fairly often lately. I ended up settling on a DROID by Motorola with carrier Verizon Wireless. Another deciding factor was because most of my immediate family is Verizon Wireless customers. This helps keep my chargeable minutes low.

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