. What PDA and/or mobile phone do you use today?
Currently have a Samsung A930(vzw)

2. Are you locked into a mobile carrier (i.e. Verizon Wireless, Sprint PCS, etc.), or do you prefer a particular carrier? Do you know if one carrier has better coverage in places that you need to be? (PLEASE SEE THE CARRIER NOTE BELOW)
-Not locked in, but prefer VZW because its the only one that works where my family lives, but all wrk fine Where i live.

3. Where are you based? Do you stay in one place or travel a lot? Do you travel internationally... how much and where? Do you intend to use your PDAPhone there?
- I live is San Diego CA, Travel to San Luis Obispo, CA, and San Fran a few times a year, travel to central america/south america at least once a year, Don't need phone to work

4. Do have a preference of Palm, Pocket PC, Symbian, Smartphone OS, Blackberry, etc.?
-Windows Mobile would be nice, but i have a Mac so issues with activesync i would imagine.

5. Are you likely to run it the way it came out of the box, or do you intend to load a whole lot of extra applications and stuff on it? Do you know of anything now that you will need to run?
-Love the idea of being able to add apps.

6. How important is wireless data access, and for what would you use it? (i.e. Web browsing, VPN, Remote termnial Access, Instant messaging, etc)?
-Web browsing must, email must, im important, remote would be nice not essential. Mobile updating to blog important

7. Will you need to view Microsoft Office documents on the PDAPhone? Will you need to edit them?
word files would be a nice touch, as would excel.

8. Will you need access to an email system?
a)Is it corporate (Exchange, Groupwise,Lotus, Other?) What Version? Do you want email wirelessly or do you want to do it in the office with a sync cable/cradle? Can you get your Corporate email configured for mobile access or do you need to run a desktop redirector?
b)Is it Pop3/Imap? Who is the service provider?
Pop2/Imap service is Gmail/1and1 webmail

9. Do you do SMS messaging a lot (telephone to telephone messaging)?
1000+ msg a month

10. Do you want to use a GPS with the PDAPhone for mapping and navigation?
would be nice

11. What is your size preference.. very close to the smallest cellphone, or you don’t care.. function over size?
fuction over size but not another laptop please

12. How will you carry it... pocket, belt, purse, etc.?
pocket or belt, backpack

13. Do you prefer a particular form factor… flip-phone, candy bar, etc?
candy bar

14. Do you prefer a QWERTY keyboard, numeric dial-pad, or stylus?
qwerty keyboard

15. Do you want to play a lot of video games on the PDAPhone? What kinds - puzzles, strategy, action adventure, etc.?
at least snake or some thing to distract me on the trolley/planes

16. Do you want to listen to music on the PDAPhone? What kind... mp3, streamed, etc.?
mp3 would be nice, audio streams

17. Do you want a camera on the PDAPhone?
yes!

18. Do you have any other hardware you intend to use with the PDAPhone? Do you intend to use any Bluetooth devices? What types of devices?
bluetooth headset maybe headphones

19. What kind of battery life do you need?(Always near a charger, battery life is not an issue or Need the battery to last several days) How many hours do you expect to spend talking on the phone? How many hours of data?(Web browsing, push email, VPN, IM etc)
not a huge issue as long as it lasts a day

20. What are your budget limits (PDAPhones range in price from below $100 for older used models to nearly $1000 for high end models without a carrier subisidy)?
350 tops i can pay, student/ocassional tech writing= poorish

Also i live on a boat so if any humidity issues are know then not going to work out well. My current samsung works fine and dandy in the marina
Garrett