Cassiopeia BE 300 - Great device! Windows CE based, but there was a community behind it and tons of free software. There were even different OSes you could choose form. It was cheap and you could add accessories as you pleased. Lacked CPU power and adequate ram though.


Zaurus SL3200 - Another great device. Linux based with tons of open source software and various OSes. It was PDA so it had a PIM suite that I now miss dearly. Expensive as hell, not sold in the US, and needs accessories to do every little thing. A wifi adapter here (b only!), a bluetooth adapter there... it was not pocketable at all. As it turns out, the Nokia IT's are really way better than the Sharp Zaurus line.

Nokia 770 - Excellent device. Can't say enough about this little thing. Only to be surpassed by the N800.

Nokia N800 - Excellent device, but I hated not having a keyboard and the fact that I couldn't read the screen in the sunlight. Will sell this soon.

Nokia N810 - Excellent device. I just got this one and love the keyboard and sunlight readable screen. I am still upset about the lack of a good PIM but I am relatively happy about most other things, especially the hardware. GPS sucks, but I don't mind. MiniSD is less common than microSD but it is actually a little cheaper and comes in the same speed and sizes so it's not that bad. A move to microSD will save space for the N900 though. Keyboard has flat keys, but it's really not that much of a problem. It sucks to type on with big hands and nails though. Software could use a major improvement.

EDIT: Oh, and the Nokia tablets are all way too unresponsive! How is it that Apple manages to make the iPhone so responsive even with all those fancy gimmicks? Is the iPhone really that much more powerful? Does it have that much more CPU processing power and RAM? Come on Nokia.