I carry an IBM X31 and a n810, connect both to my n95 via bluetooth.

As far as handhelds go, the n810 flogs the iPhone or the blackberry to death, especially for SSH. That lovely 800×480 screen is a dream for terminal apps, and the hardware keyboard is miles beyond the Blackberries. I won’t even get started on the iPhone, with no hardware keyboard whatsoever.

By default, things like tab completion don’t work, as there is no tab key on the n810, but there’s a custom language pack (actually to support polish characters, but it keeps the US English layout intact for general use) that adds a convenient little shortcut key combo to insert tabs.

Works well for me. I program telephone PABX’s for a living, and also manage a few servers in my spare time.

I’d certainly look at an eeepc 901 myself, if it wasn’t for the fact that I rely on a lot of proprietary windows applications for working with NEC PABX’s. That and I need a genuine serial port, a lot of these stupid proprietary apps crack shits at being made run over one of those pl2303 usb serial adapters.

Please let everyone know! Hopefully an alternative will be more receptive to new technology and won’t charge as much as it does for the iPhone’s basic functions.

At the very least, it’ll send pressure to Optus, etc. to lower their prices.