1) Reading ebooks (txt, html, pdf)
ITTs are GREAT for eBooks. Evince for PDFs is lurverly. Then there's FBReader for the others. You won't be disappointed! No Palm compares imo (the screen alone is worth it.)

2) Offline Wikipedia

A port of SDict is available. Though we're having trouble getting the files Prolly best to download Wikipedia and convert them yourself.

3) Playing mp3s

Canola, UKMP, Kagu No complaints here!

4) Of course some PIM.

GPE ... though this is still an area that's being worked on by the author.



If these options are no good - penguinbait's also got KDE running on the tablets. You have there a whole lot more available KDE PIM anyone?



Re battery life - at the settings you suggest (lowest brightness, no wifi/bt, etc) you should get comparable runtime. On the go I leave all options on but reduce brightness by half - I get around 4 hours runtime; with brightness all the way down you should be able to squeeze more out. It really depends what you do with it offline ... 6 hours holding a tablet (or Palm) in your hands must KILL both your arms and your eyes! If you mean 6 hours in "suspend mode" then Nxx0's can be idle for a little over 2 days.

i.e. You should get a few hours use over the course of the day, all day!