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It really depends on the person and their temperament, it has nothing to do with whether or not they were brought up in the city. I'm a country guy myself and I work much better with music than without. I can definitely work without, but I get more done and am in a better mood when I have music playing. High-energy stuff is best. I listen to primarily metal and DnB/Breakcore when working. Having music that you aren't distracted by is a must, however. Fast tempo music really helps keep your mind active, but it has to be music that either you aren't very interested in (ie, you wouldn't listen to it for the sake of listening to it), or music that you're familiar enough with that you aren't distracted by it.

I do find silence very relaxing and enjoy what of it I can get but, when working, the music helps keep me energetic and focused. It isn't a requirement though. Some days I'm just so damn busy that I forget to put it on.

Srsly, I have an old Palm Tungsten E (the first one, uses a standard mini-usb port before they did their universal dock connector shit). It's perfect for reading ebooks (Mobipocket Reader) and PDFs (Adobe has a Palm reader), and isn't bad for pictures as well (the screen is only 256 colours though). I use it an average of 2h per day (long commute, and I read paper books at home) and I only have to charge it maybe twice a week. The only thing it doesn't have on your list is internet. I personally don't care, I don't want internet on mine. If it is a big issue though, the Palm T|X, still sold new, has both wifi and bluetooth: http://www.palm.com/ca/products/handhelds/tx/ You may think of trying an SDIO Wireless card on the E or E2. It won't work at all on the E and I've heard very mixed things about using it on the E2, including impossible-to-find drivers and incredibly short battery life when using it.

not that this helps the thread at all, but opera has had that feature since well before 9.5

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