There is definitely something in the pipeline...as should be obvious by the new operating system built around the much more powerful TI chipset. Didn't make CES, but lots of good stuff doesn't get released there.

I came close to jumping on this deal but then I dusted off my old n800 and realized why I had to dust it off (besides our cat chewing through the power adapter cable.) Took the time to update to OS2008...nicer, but still got hung-up with repository issues and application conflicts.

It wasn't as useful to me as I'd hoped and I got very frustrated dealing with installation issues. I found I used an Archos more for music and video and a netbook and my old Palm for surfing. When I thought I'd need to do a reasonable amount of surfing I packed the netbook (Mini9 can be bought for $200 at the Dell outlet store right now.) When I only needed to get a piece of info, the Treo sufficed.

If the new model will perform as well as an Ipod touch...ie. fast page retrieval, zoom and music and video playback as good as an Archos, it will once again find it's way into my backpack.