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I own an I-Mate, it’s a Pocket PC or
handheld type device, a lucky door prize I won at a breakfast meeting late
2004. This would be my 3^rd or 4^th handheld device that I
have owned.

The I-Mate has been my companion and personal
organizer for the past 3 years. Goes with me everywhere, well almost all
places! I look after it like a little baby as I need it to last. It’s my memory
and diary as well as a few other things. 

It has many features and although it’s a
few years old, as far as I’m concerned it remains current technology. Heaven
forbid the day it breaks down or even gets stolen. A sad day that will be!

I use it for the following: 

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Calendar come diary.

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Address book and contacts.

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Keep track of  “To do lists”.

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To remind me of birthdays and
anniversaries.

-       
Alarm Clock.

-       
Timer (meditation).

-       
Mobile phone and SMS texting.

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Synchronisation of  calendar, address book, To Do Lists and files
with laptop.

It has many other features which I don’t
use such as: camera, dictaphone and MP3 player. There is also a bunch of
software which I rarely use like: MS Word and Excel, the equivalent of a
Powerpoint program and a handheld version of Acrobat Reader. 

The list is almost complete…

How could I ever forget “Solitaire”!!
How could I forget!
Some might even suggest that I’m obsessed!
It is quite possible that I have played
more Solitaire on a handheld device than anyone in history. Let’s have a closer
look!

I have owned a handheld device now for
approximately six years.
I always play a few games before going to
sleep and a conservative estimate would put this at an average of lets say 25
games per day.

So… now for a little arithmetic: 

25 games per day x 365 days in a year x 6
years = 54,750 games of solitaire on a handheld device!

I knew there was a claim to fame somewhere…