If you are one of the people who have found Pocket PC Addict because you are
considering a Pocket PC purchase, then
this Brighthand commentary might be a good place to start. It touches on how you can use your Pocket PC for nearly everything a laptop can do with a fraction of the physical weight.
It reminds me of when I used to travel all over the US doing my consulting, I had to carry one of the 7lb IBM Thinkpads with accessories. That thing would get so heavy after switching planes, etc. Now all of my critical data fits in a little device weighing ounces!
"I have to give a lot of credit to PDA and smartphone makers. Because their marketing folks and engineers have listened to the critics and customers and continuously improved their offerings, we have amazingly great technology choices these days. Oh, and some of the R&D folks are so clever they invented stuff we didn't even know we wanted. When you take a minute to look at your handheld or smartphone and consider all it can do, it's really amazing!
In the process of all this great progress a milestone has been reached that people, for various reasons, aren't yet willing or able to acknowledge. Handhelds can replace a laptop for many people who need a portable computer. I'd even venture to say that a large portion, if not a majority of laptop users, could use a PDA instead of a laptop. "