PDA phone shopping

[mik3cap]

I'm in the market for a new PDA/cell phone. I have these requirements:

- I'd like to keep Verizon
- I'd like to keep my number
- Palm OS
- More compact and sturdier than my existing Kyocera smartphone
(no flip keypad dammit!)

Anybody have any suggestions?

Comments

[purple-dj.livejournal.com]

You're not likely to find a PDA/cell combo smaller than the 7135. (Which is, admittedly, only a tiny bit smaller than the 6035.)

The flip on the 6035 was almost an afterthought. I'm convinced they were trying to just use the dialer app for all phone functionality, since it provides a touch-based dial pad on screen. I've heard of people accidentally breaking the flip off and not bothering to replace it since the phone is still completely functional. (But this little discussion doesn't fix your problem, does it?)

Honestly, there are very few choices if you require both Palm OS and cell phone functionality. You can go with the cell-enabled Palms which look and feel like palms, and require a headset for useful phone functionality, or you can go with Kyocera's Smartphones. Everyone else seems to be using WinCE or some other OSes. (I don't know *all* the phones out there currently, so there might be more...)

[moviemuff.livejournal.com]

Smasung I-700
go for the IPAQ OS