I may be evangelizing here, but I think it might be worthwhile to consider a Palm Treo -- one of the models running Palm OS, of course, _not_ WinMob. Out of the box it's merely okay, but there's a significant supply of (often free) software that can massively expand its functionality. My 650 has a (serviceable) drawing application, an MP3 player, a text editor, an ebook reader that reads open formats, an SSH client and a movie player, all of which were free. I got it from ebay about a year ago, $80. It's pretty rugged -- I've dropped it a few times, no damage -- and gets good battery life. I often go three days without a charge. The only major downside of these machines -- and it is a significant one -- is that, afaik, none of the PalmOS Treos have built-in wifi. You can sometimes use an SDIO wifi card to get around this, sometimes not. :p Regrettably Palm seemed disinclined to let Treo users have wifi until fairly recently.
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Date: 2010-01-26 08:47 pm (UTC)The only major downside of these machines -- and it is a significant one -- is that, afaik, none of the PalmOS Treos have built-in wifi. You can sometimes use an SDIO wifi card to get around this, sometimes not. :p Regrettably Palm seemed disinclined to let Treo users have wifi until fairly recently.