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I have my N610C for about 7 months...since it first came out. It's a great pda! Palm's color screen is not even comparable to Sony's. Plus, m505 can't even adjust the brightness :Q For $250, you can't go wrong with N610. >>
The best thing about PocketPC is u can use the full size of the screen hiding the stylus keypad area unlike in Palm where it takes up 1/3 screen permanently. Palm is great if you plan to use your PDA mostly for simple use like contacts, reminders, etc. But PocketPC gets better when you do lot of reading like web access, watch pictures of your family and so on, on it. I had PalmVx for a while and loved it. Replaced it with iPAQ and ever since wonder why Palm couldn't improve with their stuff for being there so long?
These Sony's sure look great. Even better than iPAQs but I hate to see the lower part of display permanently gone. Just before the Pricedrop on Sony CLIEs, some of these models were available at sonystyle.com with FREE leather case, 32MB Memory stick and Free shipping. That was a great time to get this and PM with Blue with the newer low prices. Also, they had a Mail in Rebate for FREE 32MB Memory Stick till jan 9th.