Bad for my eyes

I picked this up at Costco for $49.95. I've been thinking about whether I would really use a PDA if I had one, and thought this was a low-cost way to find out. As a result, I found the features of this unit useful and intriguing enough that I'm going to shop seriously for a more full-featured PDA.

Unfortunately, I found the screen glare so bad on this unit that it's practically worthless for long-term use, like reading an ebook. My eyes start to hurt within minutes of reading the screen, so it's really only good for notes, addresses and other quick tasks, at least for me. Other people seem to be able to read it fine, so if you're one of them, this could be a real bargain.

The backlight is weak, ghosty and totally worthless in anything other than nearly complete darkness. It might make a semi-decent MP3 player if you can get a 64MB MMC card cheaply enough.