Morning All... is the iPod Touch a real PDA... as good as say a Trio?

Question

Question: is the iPod Touch a real PDA... as good as say a Trio?
Now that the Touch has 32 GB can it be used as a real PDA?
Looking for a bottom line answer / solution

Answer 1

I'd say that it certainly will become an excellent PDA. Note that I say, "will become" because it currently falls short in a few areas, specifically in its applications (like no ToDo manager or a Notes application that syncs.) Many hope that the forthcoming Software Development Kit (SDK) will resolve this as well as providing new applications.
On the plus side, the IPT is a "real" computer running BSD UNIX, so the potential for applications is huge. And WiFi, once you get it working, is absolutely stellar. Safari is simply amazing because it is a true browser. I've tried LOTS of PalmOS browsers, and frankly, they all suck in comparison.
And don't get caught up by the 32GB hype. It really all depends on how much you want to store. If your media library (music, videos, photos) is large, then obviously you will need to buy accordingly, but applications and application data space realistically should be quite small in comparison. Compare it tp current PalmOS devices have memory measured in MB, not GB: Z22=32MB, E2=32MB, TX=128MB, Treo=128MB, Centro=64MB. The iPod Touch starts at 8GB. Now granted, the OS is much larger by comparison, and media files take up lots of space, but still, based on my experience from playing with a jailbroken IPT, we are talking about applications that literally take up from a few KB to a couple MB.
Just understand that what you buy now does have limitations, but you are also buying potential. It's a gamble in that we really don't know where development will go. But I firmly believe that if this takes off, it could blow the doors off of all current PalmOS PDA offerings.
I'm currently using it as my PDA of choice, and am patiently awaiting what the SDK has to offer.