The big question - without the Linux, how's the PMP video and music and interface?

Wouldn't it make more sense to get a cheap USB drive?

Sadly, the reception to the next version of Microsoft's Zune was less welcoming.

How does this compare to AV500 and the AV604? I have an AV500 and generally love it, but am wondering if I should upgrade at some point. I don't need video recording anymore (yay MCE), so the lack of a dock isn't a killer.

Gripes about the AV500 I hope they've fixed:
- no MPG-1, MOV, FLV support (okay, I know the FLV and MOV are long-shots, but they'd be nice)
- still some AVIs that won't play
- lousy, lousy speaker. So quiet I can't hear it unless I hold the AV500 up to my ear like a boom box.
- cryptic three-bar battery-life indicator.

But I do love the AV500, for what it is. It's been the best PMP so far.

The ability to switch between active and passive digitizer would be killer. That means it could run a modified UMPC front-end.

Mac 2006 = Windows XP Media Center 2002. Welcome Mac users!

I can see this as starting a trend to use SD cards instead of USB drives, especially since so many computers have card readers. For example, I could save a video from my desktop PC onto the SD card, then plug the card into my Media Center PC and play it directly...less hassle and size than a USB flash drive. But are the speeds faster or slower?

Left-hand side please, or have it be movable. Do most people use their right hand to answer the phone? I use my left at work so I can use the mouse with my right.

Without built-in WiFi and/or Bluetooth, they're really shooting themselves in the foot. Even a CF/SD/PCMCIA card with support for WiFi would be nice.

Too bad - this could've been a DualCor killer.

Looks like the Zenith/Heathkit Hero 1:

http://www.robotswanted.com/robotgallery/heathkit/

Well, the original product name *was* the Origami...