Anyone own a PDA / Pocket PC?

G35stilez

G35stilez

Ari Gold
I've gotten extrememly busy with life in general (ie: detailing biz, college, family, friends, fraternity, etc) in the past year and I feel like I am being held back slightly because I don't know my schedule/phone numbers/other info off the top of my head.

Also, it'd be nice to have all clients, friends, and family's phone numbers and addresses quickly accessible as well.

I just noticed how many are available now :eek:

I am looking for a reasonably priced one (under $350) with full wireless and software upgrade cababilities.

Any help is greatly appreciated :)
 
Firstly I just want to say that I feel your pain with the whole being too busy lifestyle. Its nearly impossible to adequately juggle time between all that school entails (research, GREs, applying to grad school, and so on . . .), then work, girlfriend and just hanging out with my buddies. Anyways to the point: my parents ordered me a HP iPaq 5550 for my birthday and I absolutely love it. Being organized saves more time than you can imagine plus I have become a more responsible person. For the type of lifestyle guys like us live there is probably no better investment than a quality PDA. I highly recommend the HP I have or anything they make. Check CNET to see what they feel about current products; their reviews have been prefect by my experiances. I think the 5550 I have is somewhat expensive but my fathers work picks up 50% if its for his personal use ;). Regardless check CNET to see what else is around, you can definately get something really good for ~250-300, you wont regret the purchase.
 
Sean: If you are interested, I am selling my Toshiba e-740 pda. It has built in wireless and I used it to demo our hand held software. I'm selling it with the extended battery (which costs over $100 and is a must for lengthy wireless time), a Belkin keyboard, travel charger, original cradle and charger.

Send me a PM if you're interested. $200. for everything.
 
Hey Sean. I have an Ipaq that I bought a couple of years ago and dont use anymore. At first it was great. Then it became a pain in the neck. Inputting is a pain. Always turning it on and searching is a pain. I quickly went back to my Franklin Planner. It ius a shame because I spent $400 on the thing and it has been in the box for about a year now.

If you are a techy type person you will probably like it. I just found it easier to use my book.

My 2 pennies
 
I really like Blackberry's. It's the best of both worlds and features:
a) Cell Phone
b) Address Book/Contacts
c) e-mail access
d) Calendar
e) Full internet access
 
I'm not high tech enough to go online with my PDA. I just have a sony clie so I can play dope wars and solitaire in boring meetings. :naughty It does everything that I need it to do, but it doesn't have the ability to go online, so it probably isn't what you are looking for.
 
I have an old platinum handspring. For which I know you will probably need something better. I personally think IMO Dell or HP is your best bet. I know that it really doesn't matter how HI tech is as long as you use it and keep up with it. It will defiinetly help. It does organize my numbers and address, to do list and occasionally the calendar. Good luck Sean. Life seems to be speeding up.


Daniel A
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The Fuzz said:
I'm not high tech enough to go online with my PDA. I just have a sony clie so I can play dope wars and solitaire in boring meetings. :naughty It does everything that I need it to do, but it doesn't have the ability to go online, so it probably isn't what you are looking for.
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Damn Fuzz. I totally forgot about Dope Wars. Thats still around? I loved that game.
 
Whoa!

Thank you everyone for your input. It is definately appreciated.

I have had my Dell laptop for almost 3 years now under complete care. I just love how if anything breaks, the parts are overnighted and a technician is available to fix it. I guess you can say I'm a brand loyal customer :). My dad is an authorized Dell dealer so I can probably work a little deal. I spoke to him today about it and he said all of his guys still use the Palm PDA's due to a wider array of software offerings and extended battery life.

I'm gonna do a little more research at work today on CNet.com and then report back with my findings.

Thanks again for all the help!
 
MS PDA will sync up with your laptop so all your contacts will go with you - you can use the email client on the PDA to send and receive email if you have a wirless (802.11b) connection around..I can't live without it ;)
 
A few things to add to your research:

1) Identify the 'must have' vs. the 'like to have' features. What is the primary use? Does it need to be compatible with Microsoft, Linux, Apple, Operating system software? This will help contain costs, and narrow down the product offerings.

2) Based on #1, research each product in terms of:
-Support (hardware and software). How do you restore settings, data, etc.. if you have a failure? Warrently coverage. On site support or ship off site to a US or foreign location.

-ZD.net, Cnet, Amazon, and epinions.com are decent resources to find out what others like/dislike about their PDA's.

3) BlueTooth wireless devices are the current trend. If this is an interest, I'd see if your PDA support this technology.

4) What add on devices does it support (headset, PC interfaces, etc..)?

If you're looking at the basics I really don't think you can go wrong with a Palm. They are reliable, refined, and generally considered the market leader.


Good luck!
 
I did some research and I will have to go with raven's and groebuck's reccomendations.

The Palm Tungsten T3 and the Dell Axim X30 are both very highly rated and the prices are very close. It will probably come down to which I get a better deal on in the end.

Which accessories would you reccomend for it? I was thinking of a case in case I put it in my backback or briefcase. Possibly a belt clip. Any other suggestions? It will mostly be used for quick jot downs, so no external keyboard needed.


Thanks :)
 
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