[schade]

At work, were in the market to purchase 3 PDA's ... what were mainly looking to do with them is store our contact lists, create/edit time sheets for jobs, and possibly a connect for usb or RS232

What do you guys suggest is our best options for a pda? palm? ipaq?

i believe were looking to spend somehere around $300

[NOS2Go4Me]

Dell Axim... best damn PDA I've ever used. It also uses the MS ActiveSync for synching with Outlook and other sources, making saving email to a PDA 15X easier.

I can't even begin to describe the grief I had with a Plam Tungsten V2 or whatever it was just recently after issuing a new Latitude D810 laptop to an engineer. The horrors!

There you go, even has integrated Bluetooth.

http://configure.dell.com/dellstore/config...CX51416_RBP_BSD

[euro_zx5]

iPaq's are the way to go imo.

I used to use one in college for typing notes (with an ir keyboard) and although it was ghetto, it was more feasible at the time than a laptop.

[darkpuppet]

what are you looking for?

portability? functionality? battery life? pick 2

Me personally, I've found that portability becomes the primary concern for my PDA needs. I need something I can slip into a pocket and has decent battery life. I have an iPaq 4150, and I admit, the tungsten kicks it's ass for battery life, and possibly even performance considering how slick the software is at times.

But if you want more windows functionality, then look at a pocket PC like I did. But if you go small, you may lose some functionality, you'll definitely take a hit on battery life. I find my pocket PC does well for a day's use, but it wouldn't survive a 2 week trip to mexico like a palm would.

I had...errr also have a toshiba e740.. .super functional, crappy crappy crappy battery life, and it's HUGE.

I've played with a couple of dells, but they tended to be fairly large...cheap and functional, but I just love the ergonomics of the ipaqs.

best thing you can do is get to a store and start holding some in your hand.... see what fits good for you, and work from there.

[schade]

battery life is probably the lest of our worries, so i'd say something that integrates well with windows and is fairly easy to use/learn, as the 2 other people don't exactly have the most patientce in the world.

I've used the Toshiba b4 .. i think it was an e405, and i liked it, other than the battery life as puppet states

[paolo]

the palm pilot seems to be very popular amoungst the youth.. also the Compaq iRAQ, and lastly, the windows mobile CE PDA Smartphone

[NOS2Go4Me]

Battery life on my X5 is well in excess of a week, lots of use per day... but obviously less when using the CF 802.11b card. For instance, on the trip to Reno last week... I played Jawbreaker for 4 hours per flight / day, plus downtime in airports between flights, plus used it for MP3s either at the same time or while at the office during lunch. Was down to 20% battery when I got home Thursday night.

I just find that a LOT of those Palms are glorified business card sorters... anything PocketPC is worth owning if you want any level of pictures, video, spreadsheeting, mail functionality, etc.

My current config: 256MB SD card for MP3s, 1GB for email attachments on extended leave from the office, 802.11b CF card for Skype and webmail / Citrix.

Skype for PPC and a wireless card turns your PDA into an Internet Cell Phone... it's quite slick sitting in a coffee shop, talking on your PDA to someone hours away.

[Flofocus]

I've had several Palm models and now using the Dell Axim.

The palm's had great battery life, but my dell sucks. Maybe 2 days tops.....1/2 a day if wireless is on.

The screen and software are better on the dell, very easy to use also.

[darkpuppet]

the dell x5 is a pretty big PDA...

[euro_zx5]

darkpuppet,Oct 31 2005, 01:08 PM Wrote:the dell x5 is a pretty big PDA...
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Well like posted above, hold one and see if it really is too big, or just a right fit for you. Some might not want the smaller more ergo iPaq's... that's where the Dell's kick @ss.