But the lines between the devices are blurring. Palm has more than 120,000 application developers, while a growing number of products are being developed or scaled for PocketPCs. Palm has introduced color screens, and PocketPC devices are becoming more efficient. The iPaq is worth a look. Even businesses that recommend best-choice devices have to contend with variations among their employees.
Some people have terrible handwriting that stumps even Palm's Graffiti software.
Others, like Mike Taliaferro, executive VP at Calabasas, Calif., Countrywide Home Loan Inc. and an ex-pro football player, don't like small keys and keyboards. I've got big hands. Still others hate the small displays of Wireless Application Protocol-based phones.