THE PALM VS. THE PDA PHONE

so at the beginning of this year i was toting around a clunky Blackberry 7290
and i swore just this side of new years that i was going to work less which meant breaking free from my email ergo me being sans Blackberry - well that and the fact that it was huge and wouldn't fit into my teeny Guess purse.

i've been using the very sleek and mod krazr phone which i'm still very much in love with.

but here i am at the end of the year working more than ever and with no way of keeping track of the up from the down. i was up all night last night trying to make notes in the calendar app. on my phone but you can imagine how very not effective that was.

you know you need a new way of organizing your life when you're double booking your commitments constantly (sorry again to everyone i had to reschedule with and/or bail on) so tonight - i'm up all night again - and in the market but i'm torn. do i go back to the pda phone or go just plain old pda?

i have it narrowed it down to 2 products - both with raving reviews i might add!
the pda phone: HTC TyTN English - for $299.99 at Rogers on a 3 year contract.
friggin adorable, no?

this would save me from having to carry around yet another device. like my face plate, ipod, camera and phone weren't enough - do i really want to throw a pda into the mix? truth be told - i've wanted something like this ever since i saw Veronica Mars use one. i thought it was genius! if this bad boy were available earlier when i was shopping to replace my blackberry i would have gone this route - no contest.

option b - also known as the Palm T/X ML Handheld - going for $399.99 at Future Shop sexy, yes?

why on earth would i add another device to that huge bundle i lug around (also known as my not quite as cute but way more practical purse). well - it does what most stand alone devices do; it does more and it does it better. this is designed with organization in mind and it isn't encumbered by having to be a phone and a camera to boot, although it is bluetooth AND wifi enabled and it does come with this darling wireless keyboard that brilliantly folds up for easy web surfing and emailing:

oh how far we've come in only a year?

so i don't really want to go back to always being so accessible by email and paying for a monthly email/data plan on top of my voice plan but do i really need to be lugging around a whole other device? do i even really need everything the Palm has to offer?

even if i didn't really need it tho, we all know how much i love new shiny pretty things. on the bright side the designer purses come in large too!

oy! the choices!

feel free to opine...my Libra-ian indecision is kicking in.