Well, I got my N800 in february and about 3 weeks ago I sold my old Tungsten E2 with Wi-Fi card. Haven't looked back since. It took some time and effort to get all apps to replace most of the Palm functionality I needed, but between GPE Calendar, Contacts and To Dos and GPE Summary, Phonelink and Erminig I was up and running in a few days with almost all my data.

The only thing I really miss from my old Palm is SmartLists to Go, as it had my customized grocery list And maybe the color-coded calendar. And maybe Palmary Clock, as the alarms in the NT are quite rudimentary although useful.

Other than that, I exported all my Contact5 data to the Garnet emulator, which although seriously flawed allows me to have all my contact data, which I'm little by little exporting to GPE Contacts.

The new possibilities that the NT offered are in a different scale as those of the Palm, and believe me I used my Palm for a LOT of stuff: e-books, music, notes, IM, agenda, contacts, SMS, spreadsheets, etc.

Being able to surf the net as if using a desktop and use online applications is great, being able to read and update my 3 blogs and check my email quickly and reliably, and of course using Skype, have been a most welcome change. All Starbucks in Mexico City offer free Wi-Fi connections if you have a Prodigy ISP account, which I do and this is the case for many other businesses, so it is not difficult to find where to connect your NT, which I guess it ¡s really what the NT is about: Managing and keeping up with your online life from your NT.

Don't be mistaken, a desktop or laptop are still more comfortable for some things but essentially all the functionality is there. And there is still no laptop that you can carry in your back pocket, is there?

A few of my more technically-inclined friends were long-time Palm users and most of them are already N800 users or will be shortly, as they have seen the benefits of the NTs. Some of us are certainly spreading the NT Gospel here and are gaining converts every day

Some of us think that if Nokia puts more money and effort into the NT project, it has all the potential to become the "next big gadget" for a good segment of computer users. At least I'm aware that this is still far from being the definitive version of the Internet Tablet concept, at least for Nokia. Let's see what the future holds.

In short, as I see it: if you have enough business online and you have a good supply of Wi-Fi connections around you, the NT will be a godsend as you'll be able to do many things with it. If you don't and in addition you don't like tinkering with your electronic toys, then clearly the NT is not for you.

For some of us, we parted ways with our beloved Palms with a bittersweet smile and silent "thank you" for all the good services it provided for a long time...

...and then proceeded to login to the nearest WiFi connection to read the Forums here and find out what new apps can be installed in our NTs

Saludos

Angel
Mexico City