About PDA's

[JohnnyHollywood]

Im looking to get a PDA for taking notes and general calendar organization. I do not know anything about them at all so im wondering which is the best for around $200. It needs to have color and the ability to interact with a computer and also games would be good too but not necessary. Anyone know a good one for about that price or know of a coupon deal that would be good?

[britinusa]

I have a palm 515 which is excellent. I think office depot have a good deal, try the forum below,


http://discussion.brighthand.com/palmhandhelds/

[Astros Fan]

Originally posted by JohnnyHollywood
Anyone know a good one for about that price or know of a coupon deal that would be good?

www.bargainpda.com lists current rebates, coupon codes, deals etc to be found on PDAs.

Are you going to synch with a PC or a Mac?

I can only speak from PC experience. So here are my thoughts and quickpicks:

Dell Axim 5 for $199. very nice color screen, and has CF I/II slot and SD/MMC slot. Nice expandability. You can read more about it there.

That's my $200 PPC pick.

Now for My Palm OS $200 pick:

SonyStyle clearance center

I would recommend that T615C. The only thing wrong with it is the buttons are awkward, so that might interfere with game playing.

Color comes with a price, and I would suggest staying away from Palm brand color PDAs, because their resolution is only 160x160 (except the new Tungsten), and the Sony PDAs are 320x320 or better

I'll leave you with a couple of more links to explain Palm OS and Pocket PC, because that is always a hot topic like Intel vs. AMD LOL

A great article about PocketPC 2002 features

PalmSource's Palm OS feature listing

And once you have narrowed your search down to some models, then read some reviews on them

Good Luck!