US Census Takers Getting A Custom PDA

Popular Mechanics was able to get their hands on one of the custom PDAs that US census takers will be using in 2010. They have posted a hands on review article, complete with video.

Census to Cut Red Tape with Tricked-Out Mobile Data Collector
It looks like the latest smartphone-on-steroids, teeming with everything from GPS and wireless to a touchscreen and a stylus. Throw in an SD memory slot, fingerprint authentication and Windows Mobile 5.0, and you’ve got a powerful, easy-to-use PDA in your hands. Trouble is (besides being clunky at nearly twice the size of BlackBerry), once inefficient bureaucrats will be the only ones allowed to use it come 2010.