Tech dependant

I managed to leave my Visor on the bus on Sunday night. Not especially bright - I can only plead a long journey and a hot day. Fortunately it was handed in to lost property at the bus company. Unfortunately, I think it must have been dropped or slung around or something because it worked for all of about 10 secs. I put it on to hotsync and after getting halfway through it claimed to be out of batteries. I thought that was odd as I'd only replaced them a couple of days ago but I had done a lot of reading on it so I replaced the batteries and tried again. At which point it gave me the "Palm Computing" splash screen, then refused to turn off. Blast and buggeration say I. Fortunately I won't lose any data - or at least I don't *think* I will. Also with any luck the insurance will replace it (so possibly I could even upgrade - any recommendations?). But I feel lost - how can I know what I'm supposed to do or where I'm supposed to go if it doesn't tell me? What will I read while I wait for Alex to be late for things? How will I remember my shopping list?