But it died as it didn’t survive a fall onto a concrete floor. Not the first time this had happened but previously I’d been lucky.

So I needed a new PDA and fast. I was hoping HP had improved upon the 4700 model with something more swish in a smaller design and with that same great screen.

It wasn’t to be. All the models are either hybrid phone devices or use the dull QVGA format which I had on an PDA over 5 years ago! I don’t want a phone hybrid as I think people look like t****rs when they use them as a phone.

I decided to look further afield and see what other machines were out there. I had previously been a fan of Psion, who made the best PDA/organisers ever (Psion 5mx in case you’re asking), but their demise effectively forced me down the iPAQ route. There are other PDA vendors out there but I’d never heard of most of them and I didn’t see any good reviews.

In the end I went for the rather dull hx2700 which I received today. It is dull, dull, dull, dull.

It is me or have HP put all their innovation into phone/PDA hybrids? Is this what people expect of a PDA these days? Maybe that’s why HP have ignored the non-phone models; the lack of decent competition doesn’t help too.

Thank goodness for competition in the storage market or my job would be as boring as my time management!