Thinking of switching from Palm OS to Windows - any advice?

You can go in either direction...Palm or Windows Mobile. I used to use the Palm, but switched to the PocketPC a couple of years ago and have been quite satisfied. Below I'll give you some options and let you decide for yourself which road you wish to take. If you stick with the Palm you shouldn't have much of a problem transferring your data using their own system. If you go in the direction of the PocketPC, you'll want to click here for a Cnet Weekend Project tutorial to becoming a WindowsMobile user for free instead of purchasing the costly third-party applications.

Dell X51 low:
* Windows Mobile 5.0
* 416MHz processor speed
* 64MB RAM for multitasking
* 128MB ROM for storage
* Bluetooth only
* Standard 240x320 QVGA display.
* User-replacable battery. (Lasts around 4 hours of use.)
* Accepts SD and CF memory cards.
* On sale for $239 (normally $299)

Dell X51 mid:
* Windows Mobile 5.0
* 520MHz processor speed
* 64MB RAM for multitasking
* 128MB ROM for storage
* Bluetooth and WiFi
* Standard 240x320 QVGA display.
* User-replacable battery. (Lasts around 4 hours of use.)
* Accepts SD and CF memory cards.
* On sale for $319 (normally $399)

Palm Tungsten E2:
* Palm OS 5.4
* 200MHz processor speed
* 32MB internal memory.
* Bluetooth only.
* Non-user-replacable battery. (Lasts around 4.5 hours of use.)
* Nice 320x320 display.
* Accepts SD memory cards.
* $199

Palm TX:
* Palm OS 5.4
* 312MHz processor speed
* 128MB internal memory.
* Bluetooth and WiFi.
* Non-user-replacable battery. (Lasts around 5 hours of use.)
* Beautiful 320x480 display.
* Accepts SD memory cards.
* $299

Hope this helps,
John

considered a Windows device but my biggest problem with any but the most expensive Windows based devices is the screen resolution.

My Treo 600 doesn't have a high resolution screen but my Zire 72 does. After having browsed the available pickings in the Windows format I've come away unimpressed. I can't accept the lower resolution of the Windows offerings after having become accustomed to the beautiful screen of my Zire 72. One of the reasons I won't trade my Treo 600 up to a Treo 700w. I'll just stick with Palm based PDAs.

This may be nit-picking to some people but the graininess of the Windows screen is distracting for me and unacceptable. A high resolution Windows PDA is available but it generally costs so much more and isn't available in a phone device. The screen of the iPaq hX4700 is very beautiful but is dark and is not so beautiful that it out-does the screen of my Zire 72. It's also $609.00 at Newegg.

After having used the various programs I have for my Palm based PDAs I am contentedly satisfied with the beautiful 320 X 320 screen resolution Palm provides.

My advice would be to compare both products.