Thanks for the welcomes!
I'm afraid you can't blame me for the weather since in Atlantic Canada, we suffer from the nor'easters that come up along the coast from the US.
And, when we did live in the prairies, it never got above 0F for 4 - 6 months of the year, so clearly we bore the brunt of it.
paulckennedy, we're a paperless family too (complete with Fujitsu ScanSnap, both desktop and mobile version for traveling!). We purchased our current house while on the road in Istanbul on the N810 thanks to the stylus/pdf editing feature, and I made up my mind it would be the eDGe even before the iPad was announced because I just knew there would be no stylus. Have you ordered an eDGe yet, or are you waiting for reviews from the early adopters? I also taught math, so pen technology was essential for my work, which is why I've already been through 2 tablet PCs.
And, I'm always trying to do too much at once, so the dual screen is exactly what I'm looking for - don't have to interrupt one thing to go to the next, something the iPad won't do for a long time. I'm trying to keep myself from expecting too much of a unique, first generation product, but sadly I'm failing miserably. Because it fills so many needs (as opposed to a fun gadget that you create a need for), I'm missing having it before I've even seen it.