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I have just started using a Dell Axim X51V and am very impressed. My wife needed one for her nursing training and my son required one for med. school and so of course I had to have one also ;-) MSU have a special on them for MSU students, faculty and staff on their web site. The 624MHz model with a second battery and 2 year advanced warranty is $425 plus tax. It has a very sharp 640x480 pixel screen and works as well as anything else with MSU's wireless Ethernet. By that I mean that there are sometimes problems getting the MSU id and password prompt to work but that happens with other equipment periodically. Wireless technology can be mysterious sometimes but the Dell Axim X51V serves particularly well as a wireless debugging tool and has the most reliable and easy access method for open wireless sites that I have come across. The Dell Axim X51V is the first PDA that I have used which can realistically be used to access MSU web mail, MSU POP3 mail, popular web pages, and remote servers via terminal sessions. The hand writing recognition is quite amazing and I particularly like the Windows Media player for music files. I'm not sure why but it sounds much better than other MP3 players that I have checked out. I have not tested it out but there is also an adapter that you can purchase which enables the PDA to connect to a VGA screen or projector for PowerPoint presentations etc. If it had a built in cell phone it would be perfect but I guess we'll have to wait until next year for that. http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&oc=X51V62 4_D2&s=dhs P.S. be careful how you purchase this - the MSU web site is the best, followed by the Dell home user web site. The same model will cost much more at the Dell small business web site. Go figure... -----Original Message----- From: MSU Network Administrators Group On Behalf Of Bosman, Don Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 3:12 PM To: MSUNAG Subject: Is there a wireless PDA that will connect to MSU's wireless and not require a Verizon subscription? Does anyone know of a wireless PDA, capable of running Avantgo, that will connect to MSU's wireless and not require a Verizon subscription? Don Bosman Information Technologist Michigan State University, Libraries 100 Library East Lansing, MI 48824