As my wife delicately put, I’m on the prowl for a new handheld. I’ve played around with Pocket PC’s and with the Zaurus, but neither really fit my needs.

The Pocket PC, while very nice, doesn’t sync with Linux (my main OS) and most of the software is way too expensive for my taste.

The Zaurus was an impulse buy, however, it failed to meet my expectations. Most of what’s wrong with the Zaurus is a result of Sharp’s management not listening to the consumer and not paying attention to it’s competition. As a wireless device, it’s awesome. As an organizational tool , it’s quite lacking. And forget about syncing as it barely syncs to it’s own desktop software much less outlook. It’s also a pain to get it to work under a linux desktop. Can’t even sync with the same OS that runs on the device! I also couldn’t have know most of this prior to purchase, so I ended up stuck with it.

The device I’m chasing after now is a Tungsten | C. It is, quite frankly, the holy grail of PDA’s. 64MB of internal memory (not that program/storage crap you have to deal with on Pocket PC’s or the Zaurus), an expansion slot, built-in wifi, color screen (OK, that’s not really impressive, everything’s color these days) and thumbboard.

In my mind Palm has always been better at organization than other handhelds. And, as such, I want to go back to it. It has a lot more software and freeware available for it, it syncs with linux, rechargeable, everything the Zaurus tried to be but came just short of.

It is a tad pricey, but, if I sell all my other handhelds, that should cover the cost of the T | C.

So, anyone want to buy a PDA?