Palm O/S PDA long time user Looking for Replacemen​t PDA

Like many others, I still like my Palm PDA M515 (third model I've owned), but it has lost wired sync capability.  I want to stay with a PDA.  So far I have not found anything out there with the combined functionality and ease of use.  Palm has abandoned us (maybe the HP purchase will help since they once had PDAs but not with the nicer Palm O/S).  What is recommended that keeps the nice Palm Desktop or better and the data can be transferred?  If I have to find a "new"/refurbished Palm PDA, what is the most reliable and best option (email / web not necessary but OK).  Thanks for any recommendations.

I think unless you are buying used the PDA is no longer around new except for the HP that uses MS OS.   Once in awhile there is an advert for a NOS TX but that seems to be also getting scarce.

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