PDA with built in Keyboard - Help
PDA with built in Keyboard - Help
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colinrob

Original Poster:

1,199 posts

282 months

Tuesday 2nd January 2007
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Hi I looking at buying a PDA for work so I can read and manipulate Excel and word documents I also want a built in keyboard. I have been looking at a HP iPAQ hw6925 any better options? all advice greatly appreciated as I have not purchased a PDA before

Thanks Colin

Plotloss

67,280 posts

301 months

Tuesday 2nd January 2007
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O2 XDA Exec/TMobile MDA Pro/Orange SPVM5000/iMate JasJar

All imprint versions of the HTC Universal

PDA, Phone and a posh swivel QWERTY keyboard thing.

Recommended.

SGirl

7,924 posts

292 months

Tuesday 2nd January 2007
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Plotloss said:
O2 XDA Exec/TMobile MDA Pro/Orange SPVM5000/iMate JasJar

All imprint versions of the HTC Universal

PDA, Phone and a posh swivel QWERTY keyboard thing.

Recommended.


Second vote for the O2 XDA Exec. But with a corporate install, not O2's nonsense.

colinrob

Original Poster:

1,199 posts

282 months

Tuesday 2nd January 2007
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Not too intrested in using it as a phone is it possible to by it without being connected? or are there any better alternatives all I really want is to be able to use it as a very small laptop

Plotloss

67,280 posts

301 months

Tuesday 2nd January 2007
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It is a micro format laptop, a palmtop in old skool parlance.

Ebay is the best bet.

bobthemonkey

4,212 posts

247 months

Tuesday 2nd January 2007
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how about a PDA and bluetooth keyboard?

greenlandy

1,635 posts

262 months

Tuesday 2nd January 2007
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Plotloss said:
O2 XDA Exec/TMobile MDA Pro/Orange SPVM5000/iMate JasJar

All imprint versions of the HTC Universal

PDA, Phone and a posh swivel QWERTY keyboard thing.

Recommended.

I have one of these and IMO is better than a lot of pda's.

hut49

3,544 posts

293 months

Tuesday 2nd January 2007
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bobthemonkey said:
how about a PDA and bluetooth keyboard?

yes if you don't need the phone function, this is a really good suggestion. Take a look at the LifeDrive Palm device with the wireless keyboard option. It's a real step forward for palm sized computing.

colinrob

Original Poster:

1,199 posts

282 months

Tuesday 2nd January 2007
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Thanks very much for all the suggestions

Colin

roadsweeper

3,789 posts

305 months

Wednesday 3rd January 2007
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I'd also look at the HTC TyTN. It's considerably smaller than the HTC Universal but still has a very useable slide-out keyboard and plenty of power. Alternatively there are bundles out there with other PDAs and Bluetooth keyboards as people have mentioned, for example this.

Hope this helps.