[OSM-newbies] openmoko freerunner for both maps and recording tracks?

[herve.openstreetmap at ouvaton.org]

Hello,

I'm a real newbie, with up to now only a vague experience in digital maps
(used a Route66 CD on a macintosh till when they stopped selling updates),
an even more vague exp. in GPS devices (only used other's) and 10 mn of
(happily) experiencing TangoGPS on a linux laptop.

I consider buying an Openmoko Freerunner device, in the idea that it would
provide both an usable "ordinary GPS" function (with OSM maps preloaded)
and a way to record datapaths occasionally during travels or week-ends in
my neighborhood to update OSM.

Let's add that I consider the Freerunner mainly because of its open source
software, but I am not a computer beef (for instance, using my 1-month-old
linux laptop is *still* hard as soon as it comes to install/updates).

Knowing this, what would you advise re. the freerunner:

- is it a bad idea, should I buy another device instead (why? simpler?
easier? What are the most used devices here btw?)

- is it the right HW but should I consider other SW? (what's simpler?)

- should I start with an ordinary GPS (with recording capablity) and leave
the actual using of OSM maps for later (or just on the laptop)?

BTW, I tried, but didn't find, a way to search the maillist existing
database: I opened a couple of months' archives in the web interface but
didn't really manage to scan the whole archive: did I miss something?

Should my question be sent to the normal "talk" archive instead?

TIA!
Hervé Sainct