If others here will forgive the digression...

I like it very much indeed, though it cost more than it should. I have read some posts where others described some problems with theirs, but I have had none with mine at all, other than some balky 3rd-party software that wasn't ready for PalmOS 5.

This is my fourth Palm, and I had a Newton before that, but my last was a 3xe- I use the Palm desktop software constantly, and have all the most important information in my life in my Palm, but I didn't buy one of the 5 series. I'm very used to Graffiti, so I didn't consider the W.

This screen is a revelation- aside from impressive contrast (both indoors and out) and very nice color, it's the first that is entirely comfortable to read on- as in, novels and reference books. I have a 256mb SD card in mine, so there's room for... well, literally hundreds of books, if that's all that I used the card for (try THAT with an Altoids tin). 512mb cards are available, with 1gb coming soon. They're about the size of a postage stamp, thinner than the proverbial dime. I also carry the entire contents of websites, static ones with iSilo and dynamic ones get refreshed daily with Avantgo.

There are other less expensive models from Sony that give it a run for the money, but the "killer app" that clinched it for me was the voice recorder on the T. I once had one of those Landware lids for the Palm 3 series that has a digital voice recorder, and I found it immensely useful (once you actually get used to using it), especially for notes while driving, even recording information off the radio- but it eventually died.

Just so there's some direct relevance for this forum- I also have "Tube" software on it, that is a subway map, expanded now to the surface so that it also incorporates a (full color) map of the city, with the capability of locating streets, etc, and coordinating the above-ground map with the subway. Quite useful for the urban survival kit.

The fact that the Tungsten also takes the place of my aging MP3 player (so I use it as a "walkman") also takes a little of the sting out of the price. The built-in sketchpad thing is very useful for taking quick notes I don't have time to fool with graffiti, and sketches get synced with the desktop, so they can be printed or e-mailed. The rest of it- the color games, movie clips, etc. are nice to have but mostly novelty.

In short, I still think it's too expensive, but for me it's a crucial piece of equipment that gets constant use, and I wouldn't want to give it up.