Virginia Knight <[log in to unmask]> wrote at 19:07:

>My trusty Psion 3c is giving up the ghost in various ways and is in any
>case hopelessly dated.  I'd like to get a Palm or other kind of PDA to
>replace it as a personal organiser.
>
>One of the applications I regularly use is called 'Composer'.  ...

I don't know anything about Windows Mobile, but most PalmOS music
applications are guitar-centred.  Fortunately, there are a few that
are not, and this is definitely the one you need for PalmOS:

   http://www.minimusic.com/notepad.html

A rather less sophisticated package, but 2/3 the price, is:

   http://www.jthesing.com/musicpal/

Both these applications are pretty amazing at squeezing a lot onto a
tiny screen!

Alastair