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Palmtop Nirvana?

Posted by Cliff on from the digital-joy-in-your-hand dept.

cakefool asks: "There seems to be a Slashdot article every day about a new palmtop/subnotebook/digitalwhoojerammy, and without fail people complain it doesn't have what they want. Let's do this the other way around - what do you need in a handheld computing device, seriously? I ummed and ahhed for ages before finally ordering a Psion 5mx, and it does everything I need it to, other than play Doom(1), and is a hell of a lot cheaper than the JVC micronotebook, and smaller than a budget laptop, with a much longer battery life than both." What features do you look for in a handheld/palmtop computing device?

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  1. all i can say is iPod by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    why do you even need a palm top? most of the time you just want to listen to some tunes anyway.

    iPods are the best thing to come around in a long time and you can even use them as a firewire hard drive.

    Get a free iPod from freeiPods.com