Re: The PDA of choice...
 

I have an IPaq 4350, the one with the integrated thumb keyboard. It has 802.11 and bluetooth wireless and an SD card expansion slot. I picked up a 512 MB card on sale so I carry around a lot of stuff on it. I have big thumbs but can type pretty fast, much faster than I ever was with graffitti. Once I'm connected to my home 803.11 network I can copy files between shares and open a remote desktop session on another PC. The VPN client works seamlessly. It synchs very easily with the IR port on my office laptop. I'll admit that I mostly use it for surfing the internet and checking my email from the couch. I want to use it as a wireless packet relay to interface a PC with the mini IFI controller, but thats a ways off. Any of the new PPCs are pretty nice, just depends on the form factor and brand you like.

Re: The PDA of choice...
 

I recently bought a pocketpc to replace my 3 year old aging PDA. I decided to go back to the drawing board and make an unbiased (as much as possible) evaluation and buying decision on what type and model I should invest in. Palm OS vs PPC 2003. Both have their pros and cons. Since I am not a HUGE Microsoft fan I was leaning more towards the Palm OS and probably either the Tungsten T3 or one of the Sony Clie' models. However to get all the functionality I was interested in with a Palm OS model I found myself pricing one out over the $400 mark.

Then Dell came out with the Axim X30 model line which seemed to have almost everything that I was looking for. 64 megs memory, built in bluetooth and WiFI, decent screen, fast processor 624Mhz, and a price to beat at $314 with their online discount.

Needless to say I am now a proud PocketPC user and haven't had any problems in my first 2 weeks of ownership. For me, the price and comparable functionality/features was the deciding factor. PocketPC OS is not quite there with ease of use as the Palm OS, but they are closing the gap.