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First, you do need to understand that Dell is getting out of the Windows Mobile PDA business. To bad, as they made very good, reasonably priced devices.
I would go with the 51 if you can find it, over the 50, as it is newer and more likely to have third party support longer. The reviews of 51s are every bit as good as 50s. Stay away from any 50s upgraded to WM5, as they didn't fair too well.
Go for the v models. the VGA screen is a significant enhancement over the QVGA screens.
They will do all you indicated you wanted to do quite effectively.
Do not get a unit in a language you do not want. There is really no good way to change it. If you want an English version, buy that.
For your first PDA, this may seem strange advice, but you might want to take a look at converged devices, those that have a PDA and phone. That seems to be the current trend, and there are phones that have PDA functions (SmartPhones) and PDAs that have Phone functions, (Pocket PC Phone Editions). The names of these things have changed, but if you are looking at year or two old devices, that would be accurate. I don't really like it, but the trend is that 'just' PDAs are dying. That is my guess why Dell is bowing out. To be in a converged market, Dell would have to get in bed with cell carriers, and I don't think that fits their vision.
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