K.I.S.S. for a Newbie

[Cognachai]

I am a retired old f--t with enough knowledge of computers to be dangerous. Up to now, I have used a Sharp ZR-3000 with serial interface and software on 3.5" floppies to keep my addresses and a few notes. The trouble is my recent PC with XP will not deign to talk with the Sharp so I have no back-up nor easy input/sync.

I bough two Palm Zires 6 months ago but after getting my address book organised in my PC, I could not get the PDAs to talk with the PC. The Palm instruction book is not worth the paper it is written on so I paid for technical advice only to be told that the Zire will not syncronise with XP if SP2 is installed. I gave the Zires to my son as a belated Xmas present.

My needs from a PDA are very simple. I need address book, occasional notes, EASY sync. with XP and, as I have recently been contributing regularly to the French government's road safety drive of installing fixed cameras and my BMW Navtech navigation will not accept input of coordinates, a simple GPS function might pay for itself. I rarely use a mobile phone - I have Pay as you Go SIM cards for France and O2 - and can field e-mail from public libraries/internet cafes when I am away. If the PDA is cheap enough, I will get a second one for 'Management'. I would like a backlit screen and a relatively large font.

I looked through the first 6 pages of this Forum to be sure my needs had not already been addressed but found the other 'Which PDA' posts were full of unintellegible initials and blue teeth.

Please may I have your suggestions - I can buy in the UK or in France.

Cognachai
Cognac, S.W. France