What PDA do you recommend?

[philcerbera]

I'm new to PDA's. I want one for business. Travelling in the UK and abroad, for Internet/emails and Word/Excel, with WiFi and GPRS, and one of those fold-up keyboards. Music and video capability is unimportant. Price is not a major issue. Any suggestions? Cheers Phil

[neil_cardiff]

philcerbera said:

I'm new to PDA's. I want one for business. Travelling in the UK and abroad, for Internet/emails and Word/Excel, with WiFi and GPRS, and one of those fold-up keyboards. Music and video capability is unimportant. Price is not a major issue. Any suggestions? Cheers Phil

HP 4700 - the nuts - with all the toys and the most gorgeous screen. Got one myself and it rocks - still can't get my head around sitting in the bath streaming Radio 1 through it via my wireless connection!!!

Get the keyboard separatly though - plenty to choose from...

[Plotloss]

Yep the 4700

Smart bit of kit that, very reasonably priced too.

[philcerbera]

Thanks guy's - had a look at the spec and it is a great piece of kit expect for the lack of GPRS - I visit a lot of places that don't have WiFi.

Would Bluetooth via my mobile phone be fast enough for email with attachments and browsing?

Also available is the HP6340 - the processor is different and the RAM less (128MB HP 6340 Vs 196MB HP700) - other than that they look similar.

Anyone experience of the HP6340?

Cheers

Phil

>> Edited by philcerbera on Friday 6th May 12:59

[judas]

Take a look at the Orange SPV M2000/O2 XDA IIs/iMate PDA2K (all basically the same model). I have the SPV M2000 and it does everything you asked - even has a built in keyboard (small, but usable for short messages).

Just don't buy one from the O*e St*p Ph*ne Sh*p!

[viper_larry]

I have a brand new, unopened, still sealed Dell Axim X30 PDA at home if you're interested? Has Bluetooth, WLAN, SD slot, Windows 2003 Mobile SE (640 x 480 rotatable screen etc.) Send me a ph email if you are.

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/axim_x30_performance?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs

[zumbruk]

I wouldn't recommend an iPaq. The battery life is pants, they crash all the time and they're effectively a peripheral to a PC, making them hard to use if you're away from your 'home' PC a lot.

[tycho]

viper_larry said:

I have a brand new, unopened, still sealed Dell Axim X30 PDA at home if you're interested? Has Bluetooth, WLAN, SD slot, Windows 2003 Mobile SE (640 x 480 rotatable screen etc.) Send me a ph email if you are. http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/axim_x30_performance?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs

The X30 only has a QVGA screen according to the link you provided.

Windows 2003 SE does support screen rotation on the fly but only QVGA on this model.

[viper_larry]

tycho said:

viper_larry said: I have a brand new, unopened, still sealed Dell Axim X30 PDA at home if you're interested? Has Bluetooth, WLAN, SD slot, Windows 2003 Mobile SE (640 x 480 rotatable screen etc.) Send me a ph email if you are. <a href="http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/axim_x30_performance?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs">http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/axim_x30_performance?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs</a> The X30 only has a QVGA screen according to the link you provided. Windows 2003 SE does support screen rotation on the fly but only QVGA on this model.

Actually, you may well be right - typed the above rather quickly!

[tycho]

viper_larry said:

tycho said: viper_larry said: I have a brand new, unopened, still sealed Dell Axim X30 PDA at home if you're interested? Has Bluetooth, WLAN, SD slot, Windows 2003 Mobile SE (640 x 480 rotatable screen etc.) Send me a ph email if you are. <a href="http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/axim_x30_performance?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs"><a href="http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/axim_x30_performance?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs">http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/axim_x30_performance?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs</a></a> The X30 only has a QVGA screen according to the link you provided. Windows 2003 SE does support screen rotation on the fly but only QVGA on this model. Actually, you may well be right - typed the above rather quickly!

Yep, the X50 is the 480x640 model. The X30 gets great write ups though.

I might have been interested had I not just bought a Toshiba E800