lol guys.

why not pay the same money to get something WITH a keyboard AND the capability to make calls.

@Sternfan91:
Maybe if one doesn't want to be locked into a contract?

@waterdrop: point taken. but i don't care for pda's

HP is one of the last companies still making stand alone PDAs. For years, I held off getting a smartphone, but now for the last 18 months since I've had one, I can't image carrying two devices again.

I lament the demise of the PDA, but will probably be buying a T-Mobile Wing soon. Carrying just one lightweight device makes more sense than a phone $ PDA separately. I love the GPS in my Mio 350, but it's like carrying a toaster oven everywhere I go. Thing's heavy and huge. The Wing is small and light.

The 210's predecessor, the HX4700, was the best piece of technology I have ever owned, and when I heard HP was phasing these out, I bought 3 more of them, so I would have enough to last me until I died. Fact is, the first one I ever bought is still working fine and I never used the other ones. Doh!

The 210 basically does the same as the 4700, but they got rid of the useless touch pad which was good in theory, but useless in practice. I presume there are 2-3 years of technical advances in there too.

Unless there is some disasterous production problem, this machine will be worth the money: video player and ebook reader supreme with the bright sharp 4 inch true VGA display, all the usual PDA apps with a huge library of legacy software, and no money, weight, and functionality wasted on phone applications.

This machine will blow the iTouch away in terms of real functionality, but sadly will never garner the fanboy attention. Oh well, more for me.

I've had one PDA during the same time that I've had 3 different cell phones (breakage, battery issues, sound quality, etc., were reasons for replacing them). On my PDA I can listen to MP3's, watch video, read ebooks, play games, access Wi-Fi for browsing/email, and a shortened down version of Office lets me view/edit spreadsheets, Word docs, etc. The only person I've met with a Windows Mobile cell phone complained about lock-ups when the phone rings. I'm good with separate hardware for now. :-)

@grok666: Amen brother!

David, I would make sure the return policy on that T-mobile Wing is an exceptionally good one. I purchased one not too long ago, and it was one of the most frustrating experiences I've ever had with any electronic device. I ended up returning it for a Blackberry 8800. I've since been very happy with it.

That and there are still quite a few places where you can't bring converged data devices.

Why can't we get these specs in a phone yet? I don't mind a little girth. Why can't my phone have a VGA screen, 624MHz processor, built in GPS, WiFi and Bluetooth, 128RAM/256ROM. Where is my HTC Universal 2?

mehh all I need is a web browser on my portable device(if I want to edit word documents and stuff I definitely dont want to do it on a little thing like the=at, thats why I have a laptop) so thats why I am happy I spent my money on a much sexier more user friendly ipod touch whith 16gbs so I don't have to mess with those damn memory cards.

Hey, one of those has a port for Compact Flash though. Me, I like my Dell Axim because I can pull the Compact Flash card out of my Nikon, pop into the Axim, and let someone review shots without having them touch my camera.