Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I used to own a Casio BOSS and loved it. I had a Palm and loved it. I had a Blackberry and loved it. I had a Jornada 565 and loved it. I bought the e740, and well... I hate it. It was reassuring to read these on-line reviews, because it appears that everyone has the same problems that I do. The sad thing is, at this point in time, there is no competition for the device. None. If you want built-in Wifi, 64 megs RAM, and room for extra memory (SD card) AND have a free CF slot for GPS, Modem, etc., this unit delivers. BUT what terrible design! It's akin to a prototype that is not ready to be manufactured. Some examples: Battery Life - One hour of wireless surfing! Terrible. This is a joke. It's so easy to run out of juice, even without wireless. Speaker - Worst of any Pocket PC I've seen. ActiveSync - Drops connections. Very disappointing. I've had more dropped connections in 1 week than in 2 years with my other PocketPCs. Built-in features - Severely lacking. Look at the Jornada.. you could program each button to do different things when they are held down for three seconds, and other such goodies. Not here. Fragility - Really bad. EVERY other PDA nowadays has some form of screen protector. Not this. It's only matter of time before something nasty happens. Ergonomics - Hard to hold. Not very comfortable. What a bizarre design. Awkward. Speed - VERY disappointing. Movies played FLAWLESSLY on my 565. They have TONS of dropped frames on the e740. So much for the 400MHz CPU! CF Card - Seems to be slower than the old Pocket PC's. Also a huge pain to insert. You actually need the stylus!! What's with that? Record button - BEWARE! As a volunteer ambulance tech, I keep this unit on my belt in a case, next to my cell phone. I went to use it midway through my 6 hour shift to write some patient info, and... the battery was DEAD! Reason? That darn record button kept getting hit on my belt. There is no way to disable it. I spoke to Toshiba today. Software stability - None. Seems like I'm always doing a hard reset for one reason or another. Screen - Not as bright as the others, and not uniform. Look closely at night. There is noticeable half-inch vertical striping. Did I mention the Record button draining the batteries? So, my bottom line advice to those people looking to buy a PocketPC.......: If you NEED one now, go for it. However, you WILL be annoyed. You WILL envy your friends who buy one 5 months from now. You WILL agree with me that this is a work-in progress. But, like I said, there is simply no competition when it comes to two card slots and Wi-Fi. If you already have a working device - Please wait!! Please! I HAD to buy this one because I sold my Jornada. So I am pretty much stuck with this annoying Toshiba. But if you have a trusty Palm or Ipaq or Jornada.. W A I T ! Don't run out and but this flawed unit! Wait for "version 2.0"!! I hope this review was helpful to you.