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In my observation, Palm Pilots (and their PC-based counterparts) are not ready for prime time. Most people I know that have them end up leaving them home because they get to be a pain in the neck to carry around. Seems to me they are glorified address books that can play games. So I still lug my leather-bound Day-Timer.

However, I believe that PDA's (Personal Digital Assistants) will take off eventually and that everybody will want to have one. We are not too far away from that.

This will happen when PDA's attain the functionality of today's laptops. They will have significant-sized hard drives that can contain hundreds of hours of music as well as all the common business programs. They will have serious processing power. They will have wireless internet connectivity. Not the clunky websites available to PDAs now, but a full web interface with e-mail and e-mail attachments. They will wirelessly sync data to any of your PCs. No cables to deal with whatsover. That's the important thing. Nobody likes dealing with lugging around cables.

All of these elements are in place already but we need to increase wireless bandwidth to make it all work. Figure 3-5 more years.

Seems to me they are glorified address books that can play games. So I still lug my leather-bound Day-Timer.

So why do you lug your day-timer when you can carry a much smaller 'glorified' address book which can play games and do a 100 other things day-timer can't? Regards.