Syncing with Outlook was fine back in the day, but Active Sync will sync the calendar, e-mail and contacts on the fly. It also allows push e-mail, similar to the Blackberries.
I walk around with a Portfolio and keep my Lifedrive and a keyboard in there. I can pull out the Lifedrive and start taking notes in a few seconds. Also, the small factor makes it much less distracting than a laptop during meetings.
I think that is a TX but it gives you a good idea of what the Keyboard and Lifedrive looks like.