Why Can't a PDA Be More Like a PC?

Are you ready to leapfrog your Palm-flaunting pals? Ready for the ultimate in personal digital assistant coolness? Then head on over to eBay, because the new Compaq iPaq Pocket PC is so hot that you can't get one through normal distribution channels. You'll find it at the auction sites for as much as twice its list price of about $500. Techno-fetishists everywhere are glomming onto the iPaq because it's the first PDA that really does pack the punch of a PC — well, a two-year-old desktop