PDA and ical

I am trying to find a sensible mobile solution for a diary.
I used to use a PDA that docked into the mac and wrote to the diary palm desktop, but I really want to get a PDA to work with ical.
1. Is there a PDA that writes direct into ical?
2. If not, what is the best type of PDA to link seamlessly to OSX?
David Tobin

You're headed at this from the wrong direction: find the software that fits your requirements first, choose a device category based on the OS that supports that software, then finally, choose the device itself.
Here are examples of applications which run under either the Palm OS or Windows Mobile OS which might match your requirements.
Support for interaction with iCal via the Mac OS X synchronization framework is available from Mark/Space for Blackberry, Palm OS and Windows Mobile OS devices:
http://www.markspace.com
iSync supports—albeit marginally—the Palm OS, and also supports the Symbian OS, often found in advanced devices from manufacturers like SONY Ericsson.

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