I'm new to this forum, and while I've been fascinated with the Nokia tablets since the 770 was first introduced, I've never investigated them too seriously, being rather stuck on the Palm OS devices that I've come to depend on over the years. Well, I'm not the first to say that I'm pretty well fed-up with waiting for the long-promised but never-delivered Linux-based update to the Palm OS (now promised in 2009 at the earliest), so I've come back to check out the Nokias.

My concern is the same as for a lot of Palm loyalists: how much software is out there for Maemo, and how much development work is going on? Will we soon have apps that will sync with our desktop PIM and office tools? What about "fun" stuff - you know, the apps you never knew you needed until you saw a snazzy web page and downloaded them?

Well, rather than ask you to predict the future, maybe I should stick to what's available now. Is there basic PIM capability, i.e. memos or notes, to-do or task lists, calendar, contacts? How well do any of these sync with any standard desktop apps, e.g. Outlook? These things are more important to me than apps that can display MS Office apps (although they'll be welcome, too).

thanks for any info and advice,
Bruce