...and as one more follow-up to my last reply...if you think I sound like a snob by mentioning my 45x80" pull-down screen (there, I did it again!), don't! Nowadays you can get an excellent HDTV-capable front projector/screen setup for under $2000. I recommend supplementing it with a 32" (or thereabouts) TV for watching the normal/boring 4:3 TV shows (and for daytime viewing, where front-projection watching is a problem, unless you have a completely light-controlled room).

So, my last bit of advice...if you don't already have a really big front-projector/screen display, don't spend $2000+ on a rear-projection/plasma/DLP/LCD display. For a truly glorious encompassing movie watching experience, I say: the bigger the better!

Just to clarify...my point is that to really appreciate increased resolution, you need to either have a large display or be abnormally close to a smaller display. Sure, you can go to a Circuit City or whatever and look at their display model HDTV sets and say, wow, it looks so much sharper than an EDTV set nearby, but you're standing a foot away from it!!! At home, you'll be 12 feet away, and if you *can* perceive some of the added resolution, it will be a minimal, rather than dramatic, improvement.

Again, if you've got the right screen height to seating distance ratio, the difference may be significant. When I had Comcast HDTV for a short while, I marveled at the way HDTV looked as compared to regular-old DVD on my 45x80" 16:9 pull-down screen. So, yes, true HDTV offers noticeable resolution improvement over DVD if you've got a large display or sit closer than most people do to your smaller display.

But a 42" HDTV set watched from 12'+ away? I have trouble believing that any perceived increase in resolution could be considered anything but minimal.

I haven't seen this first-hand, but I imagine that this is one of those things where you really need a big screen to appreciate the improved resolution. I personally think that anyone spending extra money on a HDTV 42" Plasma vs an SDTV 42" Plasma when used from 12 ft or more away is wasting their money. I just don't believe you'll see the added resolution. Now, I've got a 45" x 80" 16:9 pull-down screen coupled with a Panasonic AE700U 720P front projector, and I imagine that I'd see the improved resolution of a true HDTV DVD.

That said, content is always king. If the movie sucks, who cares how gorgeous the picture looks (see "The Fifth Element").

Or...for $125, you can pick up a Tapwave Zodiac and get something with plenty of battery life, a 3.8" 480x320 screen, MP3, video, gaming-friendly controls, a pocket-friendly size, and two SD slots.

3 hours of battery life, $1000, in a package too big to pocket? I hope for their sake this is some deliberate advanced misinformation designed to make the real news all that more exciting.

Two things?
1) Why would the Gizmondo make this list?
2) Especially in light of the Gizmondo making the list...where's the Tapwave Zodiac, a far more capable device?

I will happily take one of these phones off of your hands. Gracias!

Sorry smart-alecs, but the white border on most Palm OS devices is actually tied to the hardware. Hard to believe, but true. So even if you ported a whole 'nother OS to a Palm OS PDA, you'd be stuck with the white border. Fortunately, Palm has fixed that with some of their newer PDAs (the Lifedrive and TX), but the 650 is stuck with the always-on white border.