The Palm Tungsten E2 Handheld is aimed at budget-minded mobile professionals and is the perfect handheld to take along for the ride. The E2 is lightweight, slick-looking handheld which comes with a great screen, an expansion slot, and multimedia capabilities. our calendar, contacts, documents, presentations, photos and videos look sharper and more colorful. But just as important, its new flash memory keeps that entire information safe -- even if you don't have time to recharge.

The 4.6-ounce, 4.5-by-3.1-by-0.48-inch unit is powered by a zippy 126MHz Texas Instruments OMAP 311 ARM processor, has 32MB of internal memory (28.3MB of which are free for storage), and runs Palm OS 5.2. The robust software package includes the standard organizer apps, plus an updated Contact and Calendar applications, which provide enhanced features and improved Microsoft Outlook synchronization support. A world clock, Real One Mobile player (for listening to MP3 and RealAudio files), and Kinoma Player and Producer (for converting and viewing movie clips) ship with the unit, and the Tungsten E can even run J2ME Java applications.

Technical Details

• 320x320 Transflective TFT color display with touchscreen, supports more than 65,000 colors
• Built-in Bluetooth technology for connecting to compatible wireless devices, such as mobile phones, laptops, and printers
• Powerful, yet affordable, with 32 MB of memory (26 MB actual storage capacity)
• Create and edit Word, Excel, Adobe PDF, and PowerPoint compatible files
• Supports SD, SDIO and MultiMediaCard expansion-cards to add extra memory, features or content

Pros: nice design, solid style

Cons: a bit expensive