Me too :)) I mean I prefer touchscreen remotes. The last I bought was Philips Pronto TSU 3000. But the number of bugs I found.... awful.

The thought I was browsing i-net with, was 'I want something simpler and cheeper!'

If you don't want to always use your PDA as a remote , you can take, for example, NoviiRemote Blaster. The company released an SD card remote. You insert an SD card called Blaster and your PDA is a remote. Next minute you take it away and ut's your favourite organizer. I liked that principle :-)

Here some more information: [Link: remotecentral.com]

In any case I understand your wife - it's better to have one remote in your pocket than an enourmous number of them round you. I always had a wish to throw everything away :-)