What limitations?
Detractors of the Palm VII have stated that it has a number of limitations. First and foremost of these claims is that the Palm VII can't browse the entire Web, only what's available via the PQAs. Even if that were the case, I'd say the Palm VII is still an incredibly useful tool. However, almost as soon as the Palm VII was released, some clever developers created PQAs that were essentially Web browsers for the Palm VII, allowing you to browse virtually the entire Web.

Although I applaud all these developers for their inventiveness, the first group of browsers available for installation on Palm.Net were quite limited in their usefulness. However, about a month ago I installed a PQA called DP Web. If I could only have one PQA on my Palm VII, DP Web would be it. You can go anywhere on the Web with this PQA, and it's a joy to use. The text from a Web site is wrapped to fit the Palm screen perfectly. Furthermore, graphics are stripped out to minimize the amount of data that needs to be downloaded.

DP Web allows you to specify how much data to download, and it gives you full access to hyperlinks. As much as I like DP Web, though, I must add a big caveat. I wouldn't think of putting DP Web on a Palm VII unless I was on Palm.Net's expanded pricing plan. Although it costs nothing to install DP Web on your Palm VII, DP Web gives you access to so much information you'll burn through your Palm.Net wireless download allotment, as the saying goes, in a heartbeat, on any other pricing plan.

In summary, the Palm Organizer can be an absolutely tremendous tool for enhancing your business-related productivity -- even if, every now and then, you do use it to play a few games.

Samuel Brandwein is a Regional Sales Vice President with a national financial services firm. He can be contacted via e-mail at sb401@earthlink.net. Sam has been an avid user of the Palm Organizer for over two years.