Portable GPS: receiver and laptop/palm or selft contained unit

I own two handheld Garmin GPS's and think they are the finest in the
world. I also have a Palm OS PDA which I use constantly for work and
home. That said, I was really excited when Garmin announced its Palm
OS PDA/GPS.

My father bought one and to be honest, I was underwhelmed. For a PDA,
it is really big and will not fit into my shirt pocket at all and few
of my pants pockets comfortably. The other diappointment was the GPS
software. I have always found Garmin software to be very intuitive,
until the PDA. I just found it difficult to operate, even with
coaching. Of course, all of what I have written is only my subjective
opinion.

My father's advice (regarding buying a PDA/GPS), and I think it is
good advice, was to wait for the next generation.

Blue skies

John Pelchat