Seduced by the dark side.....

I have a little cash ($30 US) to spend on more toys tools, and I've been tempted to get an Axim X30 or X50 to supplant a Jornada 720 as my everyday pim/word processing device. I have a fold-up BT keyboard, Agenda Fusion (older version), and SoftMaker Office 2006 already.

I'm pulled because of wifi (Jornada can't do WPA) and portability (easier to carry a PPC in a coat pocket, and easier to quickly glance at an appointment or look up a contact). The fold-up keyboard is also nicer than the J720 keyboard. The downsides are obvious: the PPC gui, the hassle of opening/setting up the keyboard, and the smaller screen. I used this kind of setup years ago with an iPAQ 3835, so I'm familiar with it, though I didn't know about TextMaker at that time.

So I'm looking for a little perspective.....what am I not considering? I feel like I should know better than to go back to a PPC, but.....still I'm drawn. Help!

I should say that the other option I'm considering is getting an ac adapter for my MP 790 and using it instead of the Jornada, so I have a better keyboard. But then I don't have the portability, or the wifi, or......

Banned

Just kidding.

What's wrong with a CE 4 or higher device?

I haven't been able to find any in my price range (which is admittedly not much) recently, and I'm not quite ready to sell my other hpc's to raise the cash. Though I may get to that point........

I've seen some CE 4.1 devices going for about 50 USD on eBay lately, and the new 800 MHz VS8650 CE 6 netbooks are going for as little as 80 USD. (I plan to get one myself soon when I actually have money. )

I have a X50v and it's pretty nice as a ebook reader, video/music thingy, i.e., consumption device. Nice bright screen compared to DTSN. I've only toyed abit with it as a web browser; it's just not something I need in that device. The bulk of the BT keyboard with the small screen would make me pause. It reminds me of way back when... I used a Palm and external keyboard after reading about reporters/writers that kept them in cargo pockets. It worked, but 15 years later, my eyes aren't nearly as good as they once were :-).

I ended up getting an adapter for my MP 790...I just couldn't pull the trigger on an Axim.

I also have a Galaxy S smartphone that works with a bluetooth keyboard, so I'm waiting for SoftMaker Office for android.