You can actually do virtually all of that with a Pocket PC but you have to invest in some software. Calligrapher and the PhatNotes/PhatPad programs are by the same manufacturer and you can write longhand into PhatPad and have it translated by Calligrapher into text. Seems cumbersome to me so I haven't really bothered... I like keyboards, probably because I type well and write longhand abysmally slowly.