Handspring Visor: $250.

Nokia 8290 cell phone: $180.

IrLink: $20.

PTelnet: $0.

Having your server send email to your cell phone when it needs your attention, then be able to use your Visor to telnet into the server to fix the problem from anywhere in the nation with no long distance charges: priceless.

Ditto for being able to browse the web and check email.

Not having a rechargable Visor: sucky. IR sucks juice like crazy. I can probably get, oh, 3 hours of Internet use out of three AAA batteries.

Also, IrLink doesn't work with the 61xx Nokias yet. Works great with my 8290, though.

Now I need to fashion a special phone+Visor case that holds the IR in proper orientation while I'm on the bus...