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I use a t68i, just sold a 3870 (nice & cheap at www.total PDA, as carphone warehouse have sold out) ipaq is great but big with a phone as well, so i`ll buy a p800, if it`s a crap PDA i will get a 5 series ipaq (out soon with biult in phone) but it`s big so i`ll keep a tiny phone for those times when you only need a phone on you. so the most i should ever need to cary will be one item not two. the 5 series is on the web at either expansys or total PDA i can`t remember which.
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Posted: 2002-12-10 01:41:00
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PSIKEY,
Thanks for your comment but I would be hugely disappointed if the applications for Palm & the Pocket PC had not moved on from the Psion - and you say they are actually inferior. Perhaps wait for the P800 after all. Or does anyone have any views on the Sharp Zaurus which I believe runs on Linux
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Posted: 2002-12-10 13:22:00
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On 2002-12-10 13:22, MnM wrote:
PSIKEY,
Thanks for your comment but I would be hugely disappointed if the applications for Palm & the Pocket PC had not moved on from the Psion - and you say they are actually inferior. Perhaps wait for the P800 after all. Or does anyone have any views on the Sharp Zaurus which I believe runs on Linux
The applications for Palm PDA's are in my opinion very good (sorry no real experience with any Psion) the built in applications are slimmed down but very easy to use and fast, sync with windows works really well. Then there are lots of programs to download, both free and commersial (usually shareware). There is for example very good wordprocessors (WordSmith for example) and other office tools.
/Hans
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Posted: 2002-12-10 20:43:00
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Thanks for all you advice. Probably in the wrong place for PDA's but as one last shot before I shut up can anyone suggest a general forum that covers all makes of PDA?
Thanks again
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Posted: 2002-12-11 13:29:00
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try this
http://www.brighthand.com
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Posted: 2002-12-11 15:09:00
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Really depends on how you're planning to use it. My first ever PDA is an iPAQ. I don't want to call it a PDA cause it's really a pocket pc. There's only one thing I can complain about and thats battery life. I hope there's something they can do about it.
If you're going to use as a plain organizer and won't use it for multimedia, you can do with a Palm based PDA.
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Posted: 2002-12-11 15:50:00
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On 2002-12-11 15:50, Calvin c",) wrote:
If you're going to use as a plain organizer and won't use it for multimedia, you can do with a Palm based PDA.
This is less and less of an issue with the PalmOS 5 (Palm Tungsten, Sony NX70V etc.) and even with the older OS 4 devices such as Sony NR70V some devices have decent multimedia capabilities ... and then in some cases the same lousy battery times as PocketPC's.
/H
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Posted: 2002-12-11 16:16:00
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MnM
Seriously the ease of use, speed you can get data in and searching for info in the built in series 5 apps. is far superior to the Pocket PC (IMO).
For example:
I store info regarding employees holidays in the Psion diary app. if I want to find how many holidays a person as booked I can search for his name within a defined date period. How do I do this in a PocketPC, there dosen't appear to be anyway to defined a date filter. The Series 5 has a great week view.
The two main things that let the Psion Revo (or 5mx) down is the sync. to a PC is sloooowwww. and with the Revo you can never trust the built in battery.
I have used many pda's some palm, all Psion and if your main use is for diary, contacts & notes I still think the Series5 is the best (or P800 but emulator version does not appear to have date filtering or catagorising of Tasks) .
I can honestly say I was Hugely disappointed with the built in PIM functions of the Pocket PC
Excel & Word equivalent in Revo also as full formatting and embeddding of pictures tables etc. And you have built in printing!! How do you even print direct from a PocketPC without additional software!
PocketPC - Greats - Audio/Video playback, jpg viewing, Avantgo & Internet, expandable memory, games (these are what stop me from selling the iPAQ, not the PIM stuff).
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Posted: 2002-12-11 16:37:00
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MnM, I've only used Palm and iPaqs so my input may be a bit biased. If you want a small device with a decent screen and Bluetooth go with the Tungsten. I currently don't own one, but have played around with it at the store and have to tell that this is one amazing little device. The killer is the price. If size is not a real issue go with an iPaq 397x or the new 5450. These two models offer Bluetooth and the 5450 is also Wi-Fi capable. These iPaqs have incredible screens and are great for multimedia, games and allow you to trully multitask. iPaqs are not very cheap either. Keep in mind that no matter what you select (Palm or iPaq), you'll need to get 3rd party applications to realize the full potential of these devices.
I suggest you do lots of hands on/online research since there are so many new PDA's in the market today. You should visit
Brighthand.com for your online research.
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Posted: 2002-12-12 00:27:00
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I want a sony clié which i think is best for my se t68i. A bluetooth memory stick is available
This post was posted from a T68i
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Posted: 2002-12-12 00:36:00
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