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New PDA please help.
My PDA bit the dust and I need a new one.
I'm not a PDA power user so middle of the road should work fine but I do have a couple pre-req's. 1. Pocket PC Platform (due to the fact that everyone I work with uses it) 2. Wifi enabled and BlueTooth would be nice. I only use them for contact info and finacial calculations and maybe some Access/Excel stuff in the future. |
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I got an HP 4155 last year. I'm even less of a power user than you. Wifi, bluetooth, syncs, basic stuff. It's not bad, I use it mainly on trips and for playing games.
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Hey Medmech,
I've bought a couple over the last few years. Dell has a nice PDA, which I now use. If price is a concern (but knowing you it isn't! ), go to their refurbished page. I bought one recently at about two thirds the cost and it has a warranty. Pretty good deal.
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Thanks guys
I'm checking both units out, I had a little laugh because I'm back to my trusty,rusty HP 12C and I noticed I can make my calculations a little quicker and accurate My biggest crutch with the PDA is kuans ... the games if I can keep myself busy during dull moments I can prevent myself from saying something stupid because I'm bored. Solitaire does a fine job. Regarding Wifi it would be nice to be able to do some quick info grabbing at a coffee shop and note my thoughts at the time, I've noticed my memory isn't so solid these days . A tablet PC would be the all around best fit but there are times I would look like an absolute idiot since I have to fit that businessman/bluecollar profile. I can keep a low profile with the PDA. How is good is the web browsing on a PDA? |
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If you were in the market to replace a phone, PDA, GPS and camera, then I would have suggested the soon to be released iPaq phone for "synergy."
Has GPS, but not wi-fi (hey, it's a phone!) The HP device will feature GSM/GPRS with EDGE mobile phone connectivity, plus Bluetooth and GPS satellite positioning. The unit appears to have both a Mini SD and a SD IO slot, a 1200mAh battery, and the inclusion, on the rear of the device, of a 1.3 megapixel digicam. Powered by a 520MHz an Intel XScale PXA270, running Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition. The screen is roughly 3.2in 240 x 240 pxl, smaller than the Treo 650's 320 x 320 unit. The phone is roughly the same size as the new PalmOne 650 but wider but there's no antenna stub and no fold-out receiver for the GPS system. |
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Browsing stinks, well, obviously the screen is tiny and the resolution sucks!
My Sony Erikson phone doesn't want to recognize my ipaq via bluetooth. Something's odd there. I don't think the phone's too smart. I use mapopolis navigation software on the ipaq when I'm out of town and in town too I guess, but games man. I can run that battery down easy. Chess and backgammon are my two addictions.
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The new HP and Treo look AWESOME!
I experimented with the Kyrocera 7135 and found that anything larger than a phone is a friggin pain the is A$$ and I usually need my PDA while I'm talking on the phone to grab info while I'm talking so I can create the illusion that I know what I'm talking about . I know headsets are an option but once again if I forget the earbud I'm back to square one again, not too mention that I'm always stuffing a phone in my pocket which leads to broken screens. If I was a suit I would have one surgically implanted on my face. |
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I'm on my second month with a Treo600. I love having one pocketable device, instead of a separate phone and PDA. To use both at once, you can go into speakerphone mode or a headset. Surfing the web is do-able, but it's best done infrequently. I have used my Treo to check flight status online, to get a map from Mapquest and Google. The 600 has been surpassed by the 650 that has bluetooth and a much better camera. The 600's camera is pretty dreadful.
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Since web browsing stinks I'm investing a whopping 39.99 on a Palm Tungsten until I can make up my mind I'm fairly proficient with palm OS so I can make do with peacemaker and mydatabase until I can test drive a unit I can live with permanently.
Thanks again for your time and input, I'd like to keep this thread going because the quest for my perfect PDA (for me) will continue. |
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I just got a Tungsten E, but I don't need any WiFi or phone features, so it seems to serve my purposes fine.
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Well I love my T*Mobile Pocket PC Phone, not the greatest as a PDA, not the greatest as a phone. Pretty good as a dual.
The new one's add some nive features, the SD card will support WiFi and ..
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The Palm will get me through while a make a decision, I normally don't procrastinate but I still have my unused Radio Shack electronic Rolodex from 13 years ago sitting in a box. My PDA really is my info backbone so I have to be very comfortable with it.
I'm checking out the Treo today. |
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Another update and I still need help, I got a Sony Clie for the best price imaginable today$0.00 and am going to give it a test drive.
Palm users what are must have App's? |
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What version of the Palm OS is the Clie running? That would be the first filter for the apps. If you like transporting word/excel documents, then the DataViz Documents to Go would be handy. Get the game Giraffe if you want to sharpen your Graffitti skills.
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