With that said, I’m curious to know how well the transition is working out for you. I’ve always felt that rich client apps and web apps are complementary rather than mutually exclusive. My ideal setup consists of client apps running on the desktop that synchronize up with a central server, which then provides a good web-based interface that you can use when you’re not at your own PC.

I feel like the benefits of such a “hybrid” model are even greater on a phone/PDA - you have a client app that synchronizes over-the-air while the device is on your pocket so that the information you need is readily available as soon as you need it. Because of the low bandwidth and high latency of EDGE data networks, you have to spend time waiting for each separate web app to load in the mobile browser every time you need to look something up. Consider the number of times you access these apps during the day, and you realize that the amount of lost time quickly adds up. Haven’t you experienced this?

I should mention that I do find the topic of your blog (mobile productivity) to be very interesting. I’ll be following your posts to read about your experiences with the transition, because I know I’m personally not ready to switch exclusively to web apps just yet. :)

http://blog.2glue.com/productivity/2007/07/mobile-web-20-p.html

Bottom line, if you use web based productivity tools, you can’t afford NOT to switch to the iPhone.

On the other hand, I do see how using WiMo devices with a Mac would be a pain since there’s no official sync tool for them from either Microsoft or Apple. That’s a shame, and it definitely needs to be remedied.