PDAs

[TheEschaton]

Hey, folks. I'm looking into buying a new PDA. My current Palm is about 4 years old, probably time to get a new one.

ANy suggestions on brand? I only know Palm, and I want something to use in Africa, so this whole wireless internet thing isn't important to me (IE, the Blackberry) but it'll be nice when I come back.

Furthermore, are these even useful any more? What're the advantages vs. a PDA vs. a Blackberry? If the latter is so much better, might as well wait til I come home and buy one of those.

-TheE-

[Gan]

I use the palm treo 650 pda/phone combo and I'm enjoying its capabilities. I have added a 1 gig expansion card to keep add on programs as well as the pictures that you can take with it.

I guess the thing I like the most is the fact that I can have both pda and phone in one unit rather than lugging around two. I also like the fact that I can sync with my MS Outlook to keep all my contacts current and backed up. And I have the versamail program for the treo set where it ques (IMAP) my work email every hour (can sync up to every 5 minutes if you want) and download email. You can set it up for multiple mail accounts too. I also use a motorola bluetooth wireless earpiece too. The body-glove bluetooth earpiece was too static-y so I'm going to save that for my wife's next phone which will be bluetooth enabled.

Its a good unit.

[Back]

I had a Danger Sidekick for a good year and a half and loved it... when it got reception. Ultimately I went with a simple cell with the best signal coverage. If I were to go PDA the same would have to apply.

Heard Blackberry is in some legal battle over copyright infringement and there have been rumors of a shut down in service. Blackberry stock is up today.

Of any type of cell device, in this city, the one I see most is Blackberry.

[TheEschaton]

Well, I'm hesitant to buy a combination phone/PDA because I'm going back to Africa, and won't be able to use the phone piece until late July, when I move back, at which point it might be outdated, and I might want the newest model. Who knows?


-TheE-

[Gan]

I used to use a Tungsten C and loved it as well. You'll want a memory expansion card though. The 50 meg memory that it comes with just runs out after a bit.

My wife has a Palm Zire, its a cheap model since she uses it alot for work (RN Drug references and such) but it works well enough to keep her work calendar on it. I dont like the screen resolution and graphics though, even though its in a limited version of color.

[Marl]

I am in the same boat and am needing a good one .........I have heard there is a PDA that converts stylus writing on the screen to text. THAT is what I want b/c I cant read my own writing.

[Drew2]

Originally posted by Marluxian
I have heard there is a PDA that converts stylus writing on the screen to text.

Yeah, it's called every single PDA sold today.

[Marl]

shows what I know about pda's thanks for exploiting my stupidity! I will give you another chance before the weekend is out......pay attention

[Gan]

The only thing is that on most units, the writing style is vasty different from how you would normally write and can be a pain in the ass until you learn it, then dont change to an updated model because sometimes there's a change in the way writing is recognized and assimilated into text, as I learned from moving from an older M105 to a Tungsten C model.

Although I have heard of units that will learn your handwriting and through association will reprint it in text form. I dont know how many of those are on the market though.

http://palmone.com is a good place. You can always find review for it on http://www.cnet.com .

[Edited on 12-24-2005 by Ganalon]

[Ebondale]

Some people that I know use Dell PDAs. They're quite nice.

[Czeska]

I have a Blackberry, as does my husband. Reason? They were free.
Now I'm debating if I want to switch my cell service to that, and just put my phone away.

[Gan]

Recently Blackberry was involved in an intellectual property lawsuit. And there was a threat/risk of having it shut down in America because of a patent infringement charges of the action.

I dont know any updates, but I do know it had a lot of folks really nervous.

[Stunseed]

And alot of people nervous to purchase them, as well. I'm going to cry from laughter, because 95% of Office Depot's Corporate staff use Blackberry.

Anarchy rules.

[Gan]

I'm going to laugh harder since its the prevalent means of communication in DC by politicians.

Makes my palm treo phone that much more attractive.

Although, having such a strong lobbying base (DC Politics) might(could)[probably] will effect the outcome of the case.

[Marl]

<<Although I have heard of units that will learn your handwriting and through association will reprint it in text form. I dont know how many of those are on the market though.>>

This is the PDA I have been hunting.....a friend overseas has one and you go through a complicated setup so the PDA learns your style. And anything you write, even shorthand, it turns to text.

[Gan]

Well, after a little investigating I found an application that can be loaded onto any handheld PC version (not palm OS).

http://www.pocketpcmag.com/_archives/nov05/handwriting.aspx

So you could feasably look at Dell or HP pocket PC's and use this kind of app.

[Warriorbird]

I've always liked kissing in public.

[Artha]

I've always liked kissing in public.
That's all I can think about when I see the thread topic too.