Just wanted to agree about how handy the Palm can be. I use an M100, which has a plastic screen, rather than glass. So I guess that's a tad more rugged.<br><br>You sacrifice connectivity (no built-modem) but that's not a big deal when I'm hiking. I have my cell phone for emergency connections to my backup crew.<br><br>I like the Palm beacuse it's an e-book, reference library, and card deck all in one. I usually download a bunch of interesting reading material from the web before I go into the forest.<br><br>It's not an essential, but it sure is nice to have on rainy days.<br><br>Bear<br>