Convergent,

The comments above pretty well cover the "wishlist" for optimal PDAPhH functionality in mobile mode.

So, to summarize (and include a few features that weren't mentioned), the most useful capabilities missing from the PDA skin seem to be these:

1) post dates/times,
2) post numbers,
3) access to member profiles and ability to initiate a PM from within a thread,
4) ability to render attachments/certain graphics (perhaps configurable via Display Options?),
5) read/unread posts markers,
6) ability to toggle between PDA and full-screen skin (currently one-way only),
7) bulletproof Preview function (easy to lose draft reply as it's now unbuffered/uncached),
ability to view and quote the post to which you're replying,
9) formatting tools,
10) access to certain Forum/Thread tools (e.g., Subscribe),
11) direct access to Member Console/Control Panel,
12) auto-parsing of URLs (URLs added to posts must be coded manually to be rendered as hyperlinks), and
13) duplicate navigation at bottom of each thread page (or at least, link to top of thread page).

In an earlier reply, you said:

I'm not sure I was envisioning people trying to download to their PDAPhone. My thought was that most people use the mobile version just to stay caught up if they are out of the office... but still use their desktop as their main entry point.

You know, as 'convergence' penetrates the culture, this expectation becomes progressively less reliable. With wide deployment of broadband and Wi-Fi, many folks will rely on the site's mobile version as their primary interface. (Time for a PDAPhH interface usage poll?)

Charge for a Premium membership if appropriate, but don't demand paid membership for access to the PDA skin. At some point not far down the road, *most* access will be mobile.

And thanks for PDAPhH. You're making a big difference here.

--BAM

[EDIT: Posted via PDA template. Didn't put the Smiley there, can't delete it! Bug?]