Mobile professionals who need both a PDA and a cell phone in a single device should consider the Palm Tungsten W ($549 list), a tri-band GSM/GPRS world phone that is relatively rugged, has an integrated keyboard, and offers an SD expansion slot. It has outstanding battery life (10 hours talk time, 240 hours standby time), six-party conference calling capability, and an impressive bundle of portable-office, communications, and e-mail software. It doesn't have a voice recorder or speakerphone, however, and you have to use an external earphone for voice calls.
The Tungsten W is a bit of a handful because of its 3.1-inch width, but its keyboard works well for two-thumb typing. And the excellent Jot software can capture handwriting anywhere on the screen. The integration of the address book with the built-in telephone streamlines phone calling.
The 320-by-320, 16-bit color display is a real standout—a significant step ahead of Palm's earlier wireless-enabled PDAs, and the best among the PDA/phones we looked at. The Tungsten W uses Palm OS 4.1 and a 33-MHz Motorola DragonBall VZ CPU, which is fine for everyday PIM functions but not for multimedia.
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