Posted on 11 May 2009 by Dan Cohen
So what do you do with an old Sony UX 280 handheld computer in a netbook era? Why give it to Jack Bauer to destroy, of course.
That is, after it no longer could serve as a detonator for the nerve agent on tonight’s episode of 24.
It couldn’t even get any respect… it was refered to as “some kind of handheld computer” by the agent who discovered it. Although it did get upgraded to “UMPC-device” once the tech-geeks got their hands on it…
Dan Cohen - who has written 2793 posts on Gear Diary.
Having a father who was heavily involved in early laser and fiber-optical research, Dan grew up surrounded by technology and gadgets. Dan’s father brought home one of the very first video games when he was young and Dan remembers seeing a “pre-release” touchtone phone. (When he asked his father what the “#” and “*” buttons were his dad said, “Some day, far in the future, we’ll have some use for them.”)
Technology seemed to be in Dan’s blood but at some point he took a different path and ended up in the clergy. His passion for technology and gadgets never left him. +Dan Cohen
