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I managed to get my hands on a Zipit Z2 Wireless Messenger after seeing blog posts about putting a full(er) featured linux distro on it. Many people were getting them from Target at discounted/clearance prices. Unfortunately my local Target did not have them so I picked one up on eBay for $50 shipped.

Before I even turned it on I got my Mini SD card ready with the autoflasher and had the Debian image next in line. It was extremely simple thanks to the work of many people. The Debian image comes with fluxbox and some basic apps pre-installed. Not content with fluxbox, I decided to try out OpenBox and some of the LXDE applications. OpenBox was an easy install with apt-get and worked out of the box (some config file options have since been changed to remove "decorations").
LXPanel
LXPanel needed some tweaking to get the Logout option changed. LXNM so far has given no love. It doesn't show any wireless networks or allow connecting, but does show status of the current connection. The battery status for LXPanel does not work since only APM (not ACPI) is available for the Zipit. I do have xbattbar installed, but it also has issues reading the correct battery percentage remaining, but you get a good estimate of battery life. I assume there are issues with the APM kernel driver.

I also installed ayttm which is a lightweight chat client that seems to run well. It needs to be configured by editing config files since you can't view all the setup options on the small screen of the Z2.
ayttm
There's a bunch of other scripts and setting changes I've made to make it easier to use (for me anyway) that I will try to get posted for anyone else who wants to use them. Keep checking back for updates.