Pilot: Should I buy a Pilot?

[David_Raftery@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

     Hi,
        This is my first post to this list. I discovered the existence of 
     the Pilot last week and have done some reading at the USR website to 
     learn more. I have been using an Atari Portfolio for the past 4 years 
     as a PDA; I have a 512K flash RAM card for it, so I can carry around a 
     lot of info. I do use the spreadsheet feature; hopefully one is being 
     developed for the Pilot. CompUSA is having a sale on Pilots this week 
     for $239 for the 1000 and $119 for the 1Meg memory card. This looks 
     like a good deal to me.
        Questions:
        1. When you put an address into the address book on the Pilot and 
     you don't use all the fields, do you use less memory than if you 
     filled out all the address fields? I assume it does not pad the empty 
     address fields and take up memory.
        2. How do the Pilot touch screens hold up to wear? Does USR have a 
     repair policy where they will replace your screen for a fee? (Atari 
     had a policy that if your Portfolio was broken you could return it to 
     them with a check for $100 and they would send you a replacement.)
        3. In appointment application, can you enter appointments at say 
     9:30 or 12:15? The demo just shows whole hour appointments like 9:00 
     and 3:00.
        4. I understand memos can be attached to appointments, to do items 
     and addresses. Is this correct.
        5. What is the response time; is it really fast? I read the USR 
     technical memo where files and applications are executed from RAM (in 
     place) so it should be very fast.
        Thanks for your help.
     
        Dave Raftery (potential future Pilot owner)