Thanks for the kind words, Nation, as I've been absent quite a bit lately due to a huge workload. I'm glad some folks are still reading this review and getting some use out of it. I'm finding that all of my assumptions are coming true with this device. I've grown to love it like no other device I've had at this point. For the price, you really can't get better, at least right now, if you are looking for a multi-purpose LCD reading device.
We now have a mostly english (and I mean like 98%) version of WinCE. This version fixes MANY of the issues that were introduced with the initial version of WinCE (like intermittant wireless issues, power off issues and other things). There are also some extremely nice user interfaces for WinCE out there like this one:
You can get quite a bit of information on the forums at
http://www.smartqmid.com/. For those folks who might have sent me private messages with questions, I'm sorry I haven't replied sooner. I've been extremely busy on a project that is nearly complete. When I'm done, I'm going to try my hand at developing some custom stuff for the SmartQ 7.