All good except ....
I have had this device a few months now and love it, having upgraded from the 6310 over here in the UK
The integrated Wifi is a godsend over the 6310 + wifi card I had before - basically, the Spectec wifi card, for all its beauty did two things - 1) it gobbled battery like nothing else. Really, I mean in a few minutes another percent was gone. And 2) It intermittently worked. That's not a typo .... I got sooo bored of restarting the device, taking out card, putting back in, restarting, re-installing drivers ... ahh, a nightmare.
This wifi just works. And discovers. And has better wifi management software as you've said.
The downside for me? The battery has to go a long way to be really really useful for me, particularly if away from home for any length of time. If you're moving from a mobile to this, then be prepared for a culture shock in battery life - you're basically getting push eMail, a big bright colour screen, wifi and other things which put a drain and strain on the battery ... I can just get a day out of the device if I'm out and about and must charge every night.
The other downside is the typing .... I don't know what HP are doing but the 6310/15 was terrible at typing ... it would miss every second or third keypress and you'd have to press it again. This does it about every fifth or ninth keypress - still a problem if you're trying to write plenty.
Re the screen - it's really not an issue at all. I was on Palms for years and got fed up of trying to write really fast when my brain was dishing out ideas faster than I could scribble. Having to pause the brain when it's in free-flow is terrible. Paper and pen win over every time. This can just about keep up with it's full useful keyboard!
Overall, Jon has this pretty well described as it is - it's everything in one package. I still use an iPod myself as I want plenty of tunes and don't want to crash out my mini SD cards if my iTunes/WMP is playing up as I use it for TomTom maps and backups.
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