WOT - Thinking of getting a PDA, Anyone have good info on them? Options

[MoveQik]

Since I am out of my office more than I am in it on some days, I have been entertaining the idea of getting a Blackberry. My cell phone is with Verizon and their network has been by far superior to others so I would like to stay with them. My main goal of this is to be able to check email while out on the road. Since I have Cox as my ISP, I figure as long as I have web access I can log on to Cox and access my email. However, after reading some info on the Blackberry it sounds like I can have email forwarded directly to the PDA from my computer. I am not a computer guru so this sounds too good to be true. Any thought/experience with these things?

The geeks at the Verizon store were pretty much useless. You guys seem to know a little bit about everything so help a brotha out.

[swl]

We've had people at work with the whole gammut of palm, IPaq, smart phones, and now blackberry. If you are primarily looking for email away from the office it is probably the best of the bunch. Simple, good battery life, excellant range (better than most cell phones). The qwerty keyboard makes it reasonably easy to type outbound email. Having one device that does both phone and pda is a real bonus, although as a phone it kinda feels like holding a porkchop to your face. I have a bluetooth model that allows me to use a wireless headset - works very well.

Just be careful of the monthly charges. Most vendors up here charge for your data transfers on top of your phone costs.

Steve