I just upgraded my PPA and need a new leather case. Since I'll be leaving for Italy in a few weeks, I'm thinking of holding off on a purchase of a leather case until I get to Italy. Do any of you Italy shoppers know if PDAs are popular in Italy in the sense that finding a nice leather case is possible.<BR><BR>Thanks.... hoping this goofy question gets at least one response.

I have found that PDA's using Palm operating system is more commonly used in the US and Psions are more common in several European countries than the US.<BR><BR>PDA leather cases are specific to certain models (like car parts, unlike blue jeans) so you may or may not find one for you.<BR><BR>Buy one in your home country. If you don't mind waiting you can go to Italy then buy one only if you see what you want.<BR><BR>Gucci leather is cheaper in Italy than the US, which is cheaper than Japan.

What's a PDA? What's a PPA?

a PDA is a Personal Digital Assistant, or sometimes generically called a &quot;Palm Pilot&quot; or even a &quot;palmtop&quot;, after the (once?) market leader.<BR><BR>Best wishes,<BR><BR>Rex<BR>[email protected]<BR>

Just for the record, the PDA in question is a Dell Axim. One case I'm looking at is made in Spain. There is also one made in Hong Kong I believe. This got me thinking that I just might be able to find one in Italy.<BR>

just to be fresh...why don't you take a side trip to HK??

Hiroshi is right--you have to find a case that fits the model you have. I've noticed that in the UK, the Psion is very popular; in Austria, you see a lot of people with the Compaq PDAs. <BR>My husband has a Palm Pilot and I was able to find a very nice Louis Vuitton case for it for his birthday (in the plain black leather, not the LV initial pattern). I was in the Milan Prada store a few weeks ago and didn't notice any PDA cases.