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Why don't you look at the Treo 600. I have one and it is sensational. And on 11/24/2003 cell number emancipation day, you probably can cut a great deal.

The screen on the Treo is dazzling, and so far every aspect of it has been sensational.

The lusted-for Treo 600 is waaaaay out of my price range. I don't feel that good about paying $180 for a Tungsten or Clie since I just use it as an address book, and I'm not willing to go much higher than that.

If you had an Apple Ipad you'd had greater heat control. *ducks* (since now one has made a switch comment recently :))

You used to could pour McDonald's coffee into your hot water bottle, but now it won't do any good.

I got a Tungsten E about a month ago, and I really like it -- but long battery life it doesn't have, at least not at my level of use. It definitely needs to be charged often, at least every couple of days.

Taper, what sort of use do you put it to? I'd only be using it to look up phone numbers on occasion. Am I safe in assuming that if I only turn it on a few times a day, the charge will last for more than a couple of days?

David: I bought my Treo 600 for

Why should I carry a laptop? If I need to do some lengthy typing, I can use a portable keyboard. But again, the convenience of being able to pull out this device from my belt sheath and do all this stuff without bothering to do the whole laptop thing is such a relief.

BK

1. Have you considered ditching the PDA? Just swap business cards when you meet someone new. Give the business card to your office assistant when you get back to the office, or if you don't have an assitant, enter the info into something like a Yahoo Address book -- that can be accessed while on the road.

2. Perhaps you don't have to replace the electric heating pad. According to my family doctor, in some cases, exercise and an old wooden Kennedy rocker have been found the best treatment for back problems. When reading or watching TV, don't sit in a stuffed, oversized chair -- rock!

Fishrush: I access a Yahoo POP mail account with my Treo to have that other option. But suppose you want to look up a phone number to call someone? You either must have a complete, duplicate database in your cell phone or you have to gain Web access with a laptop or PC in order to look up the Yahoo Address book.

The only wooden Democrat I could think of is Al Gore, variously described as the Tennessee Two-By-Four. ;)

I tend to read a lot of ebooks, so I do have pretty heavy use on the E. I generally need to recharge it daily. (Playing with video and audio obviously went even faster.)

I've heard three-days-per-charge quoted, but I don't know the level of use. Just an occasional lookup should let you get by with charging less often.

David, what about a hot water bottle? You can make it as hot as you want, it's cozy and fat, and makes cute little noises as a bonus. I mostly use mine for cold feet--but I believe this awesome technology scales to do what you want. Er, not store addresses for you tho.