I have used the Compaq Aero 1530 for about 1 month and I love it! It comes with 16MB of RAM, Voice Recorder with fast forward dial, lithium ion battery, and car charger. This product certainly beats the Palm V with more features, better resolution screen... all for a better price! My recent additions are a 40MB Compact Flash, and CalliGrapher handwriting recognizer-the built in JOT was good but this one is the Best. I plan to add the modem and other software soon. The only drawback is the screen view in low light conditions. Its excellent in moderate to bright light; in very very dim light, the back light with an optional reversibility in its LCD image can't be beat. However, lighting thats between these is hard to read. The best viewing overall is with 4 shades of gray mode for indoor lighting, outdoors in sunlight, 16 shades is good. Its best feature overall is its size, about as thin as the Palm V and weighs about the same too! This was the reason why I bought it.