By Meggan Durst
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FIGURE XIf you have to pose naked behind a whiteboard, at least you can retain your dignity. Click for a larger picture. (click for larger image)
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For some reason, those promoting and selling Palm devices have turned to using pretty-darn-near naked women to hawk their devices. The most recent ad campaign, entitled "Simply Palm", has sparked the ire of many of our readers, men and women alike. In response, we decided to run "Simply whiteboard". In this article, Meggan Durst, our editorial assistant and a whiteboard fanatic, compares her favorite portable organizer (the whiteboard) to everyone else's favorite portable organizer, the Palm computer</TR>
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Ah, the whiteboard, so perfect in its simplicity. So quiet, yet so bold. I love my whiteboard. I can't live without it, really. No one here really understands it, with his or her own attachments to Palm devices and PCs. They all claim their devices to be superior to my preference. Of course they're all very understanding about it, the ZATZ team. However, I think that, to them, my carrying the whiteboard from room to room, as shown in Figure A, is akin to a child with a favorite blankie or teddy bear. I really think it's about time to set the record straight about the whiteboard and to give it the respect it deserves. Thus follows my tribute to the beauty that is