5. Armed To The Teeth - The Pocket Loox

The FSC Pocket Loox seems downright frumpy compared to the sleek MyPal. Looks can be deceiving - it is very well outfitted for expansions, with a Compact Flash and an SD/ MMC card slot, as well as a slot for a WLAN or GPRS module on the back. The Pocket Loox also comes standard with a Bluetooth module (Class 1), which is controlled with the easy-to-use Plugfree program.

Its handling is equally superb. A jog dial is integrated on the left side of the 170 gram PDA, for scrolling and clicking. Pressing an additional switch on the left edge opens a special menu that you can flick through with the jog dial to access the most essential functions.

The battery run time is not as good: the Loox hangs on for a paltry three hours in power save mode and with a reduced clock speed. At a more normal clock (400 MHz), the lights go out after as little as 120 minutes, despite the fact that the device doesn't exactly break any records in the integer benchmark - 5249 milliseconds.