I got mine a few weeks ago. Yes, it gets user friendlier with time. I don't have any experience with any other, except I played with Palm V a bit. Battery life I think will be a problem. But if you can charge once every 8 hours it is really useful and replace a lot of papernotes and diary. I would like to delete unused and pre-installed software, but it does not seem to be possible. All preinstalled stay permanent. Data and audio files are easy to delete, just hold the pen on the file, and highlight the "Delete" in the pop-up menu. I don't hear any noice Pepe is talking about. The "click" for every touch and all the other sounds can be turned off.