The folks over at PDA247 have seen a mountain of traditional PDAs in the last five years. On the editorial team, Philippa has been trying to get used to the Sony Ericsson P990i. Here are her thoughts so far. Summary: low RAM (echoes from our own review) and poor battery life are the main problems.

"Great form factor - It is a little bigger than a conventional phone and I know opinions are mixed about the flip out pad, but personally I feel it has the right balance of screen resolution and size for usability and to stop it being a brick in my pocket (or bag). The keyboard is also fine for me, although I probably have relatively small fingers compared to the others on this site!" ...