So I have been using my Dell Axim for a few days now, and I gotta say I love it! With the wireless card attached, I can browse the Internet and check email from the comfort of my bed and not bother Mariko and Bay. It powers on instantly and is almost as light as a paperback. I have a bunch of eBooks to read on it now, and because of the backlight, I don’t have to turn on the bedside lamp.

I used to have a Palm III which I loved, but I ended up not using it. The problem was the batteries. It used 2 AAA batteries, but it was a hassle to recharge. When you needed to change batteries, you had switch them out really quick. If you didn’t, all your data would be wiped and you would have to sync with the desktop to restore it. This was a huge pain in the butt. I guess the new Palms (starting with the Palm V and up) have charging cradles which rectified the problem. My Axim also has the cradle which recharges the battery inside the unit, as well as a spare battery. The cradle is also attached to my desktop computer for syncing my contacts, inbox, and calendar, among other things.

I downloaded a couple cool backgrounds for the today page. I haven’t even started to search for games… Tonight I am going to load the demo of Pocket Quicken so I can keep track of our budget and hopefully curb my spending.