Im in a constant battle on my x50v running 2003. Open a site a little too large and bam things start quitting. If it was PIE I would be lucky if I could navigate past pocket google

Yes yes I did all the memory optimizations for 2003 it just doesn't seem like the best for browsing.
Im thinking if I can upgrade to a half decent browsing experience and have options like minimo (even if its slower sometimes I could really use the web2.0 features) I could survive a bit longer without buying an ipod touch :P