As I current own at least three PALM units, just finished a review of the Treo 600 for Mobileburn.com ( I hope it's not bad karma to mention that here ), and presently switch back and forth my Nokia 3650 and my PocketPC Phone Edition ( usually only when the PPC runs viciously low on battery charge ), I have to say that
while there is still no CLEAR winner...Palm still kind of has an edge, sort of.

There are just a few things that I don't like in my PPC Phone Edition....lack of SDIO ( and Bluetooth ), and battery life. Frankly 640x480 resolutions in the palm of my hand make me think I'm going to require glasses earlier in life than I would normally, because of all the squinting ( my primary beef with the 3650 is because of just that..the small screen form factor ). The issue with the Palm not being "multi-tasking" is a bunch of hoo-ey. Multitasking is possible under Palm 5, but coupled with the fact that most programmers aren't taking advantage of it, and you get the misconception that it's not possible. SO, I can't really blame everyone for not knowing that.

I LOVE my PPC Phone, but frankly, it's a tank( Not that MS Smartphone is a real winner either.... ). Still it's the phone I use the most at the moment. We'll see what happens when Samsung introduces it's I700 ( Palm 5 phone ) with a higher resolution screen, to see how things met out. I have yet to spend a serious amount of time with an XDA-II, but it looks promising. If only it didn't cost and arm and part of leg, to buy.

The next 12 months in the Connected Handhelds arena is going to be VERY interesting.