My pursuit of the ideal all-in-one device has been a dismal wild-goose chase so far. With the flood of smartphones and new personal digital assistants in the market, you would think that one of them might be the answer.
Let's do a quick rundown of what's available: there's the Blackberry from Research in Motion, the two Treos from Handspring, the Nokia 9210i, the xDA from European wireless company O2 and a couple of older ones from Mitsubishi like the Trium and Sagem running Microsoft Windows CE.
If there are any device manufacturers out there reading this, take heed. Here's a list of features I've compiled talking to people who have been waiting for years for the perfect all-in-one device:
1. Size - should be no bigger or heavier than the Palm V.
2. Screen - colour is preferred, VGA resolution and good backlighting is essential.
3. Palm operating system preferred - it's still the simplest, least battery-draining OS.
