Have been following this discussion with interest. Sounds like a number of former Palm users find GPE lacking in comparison. May I ask why? Syncing is clearly an issue (although robust two-way syncing with Google calendar would seem to go a long way towards addressing that issue if it could be ironed out). Tight integration with other apps (e.g. email) is also clearly lacking at this point. But what else do Palm users miss with respect to the PIM functions? I owned a PalmPilot long ago & don't recall it doing spectacular things--but I never relied on it heavily. Nowadays I have an employer-supplied blackberry and the integration with my (work) desktop Lotus Notes calendar is quite useful--I can appreciate the value of this.

Re: phone integration, while this is of litttle use to those outside the U.S., I've been very happy with the connection between my Samsung M510 (Sprint) and the Nokia. The BT tethering works great, EVDO is nice, the phone is pretty slim and can stay in my pocket. Standing alone, the M510 is not necessarily anything to write home about, but it has plenty of features and it integrates quite well with the Nokia (and it's cheap (="free" with contract)).