I smashed the screen on my Psion a few weeks ago, so I decided to look around at alternatives.

After much deliberation I decided on the lastest iPAQ pocket PC running Windows. After 10 days I am astounded at what it will do, and am convinced that this is to be the next big thing in electronics.

What makes it so good is its all-round PC capabilities. It literally does everything a desktop PC will do, including browsing the internet, and sending and receiving email, using a mobile phone connection.

It has Word & Excel programmes preloaded, and also Outlook, which will synchronise with Outlook on my office network. Not only does it download all my email from the PC at the office, I can reply to an email stored on the PocketPC, which gets sent the minute I connect back my office PC.

It is absolutely brilliant, and I haven’t been impressed with a new piece of kit so much in ages. The last time I think was when I first bought a CD writer. I mean the Pocket PC is also a Dictaphone, an MP3 player and can connect to a mobile phone which is in your pocket via Blue Tooth!

What about the keyboard, I hear you say. Well, you can buy a fold away one that it slots into!