PDA Time

[98Bird]

Class is about to start again here soon and im thinking of getting a pda.

What im looking for is:

*GPS
*640x480 (I know there coming if not already)
*Largest screen you can get
*WiFi/Wireless so i can connect to the internet
*Check email
*good web browser for the internet so I can post here on sharky will in class heh
I would also like to use VNC

What do you guys reccomend? Movies and mp3s would rock too

IPAQ 4155
Dell Axim X5?

[Duo]

I would ask myself first, if you really need one. I have used them in college and they have not been of great use.

Duo

[Trav2003]

Some use PDA's a lot somen not so much.

Basically if you're an organizational freak, you'll probably use it.

If you're a avid handheld gamer and like SNES, NES, gameboy games, etc, you'll love it as an emulator.

If you don't mind watching movies on a small screen you'll like it.

If you want a hard core mp3 player you'll like it.

If you want it because you think college kids use it, or you just think its cool, you'll never use it, don't get it.

I used my X5 some, not a lot, but basically because it wasn't as powerful a Pocket PC as I needed. i'm waiting for the VGA handhelds to hit more mainstream, then i'll jump on them.

[kpxgq]

I use my PDA (ipaq 4155) everyday but i havent even touched the PIM functions (calendar, organizer, address book, etc)

i use it mostly for mp3 player, divx player, note taker, emulator, ebook, VNC/remote networking, WiFi access

[Terry]

can we get a screenshot of what it looks like to browse websites?
Do you have to scroll like crazy?

[Trav2003]

Originally posted by Terry
can we get a screenshot of what it looks like to browse websites?
Do you have to scroll like crazy?

I don't have a screenshot, many sites do though.

Yeah you have to scroll like crazy, and it deforms most regular websites.

But the pocket sites (like the mobile msn and mobile espn sites) are set to have a width of the 240 pixels, and the sites look good, and are highly functional and usable.

With the 640x480 VGA Pocket PC's ive seen shots of IE and it gets lots of normal pages to fit inside the screen.

[kpxgq]

Originally posted by Terry
can we get a screenshot of what it looks like to browse websites?
Do you have to scroll like crazy?

on my QVGA ipaq 4155, the browser automatically formats the page to fit as well as possible but you do have to scroll a bit... browsing on a VGA PDA is almost like using a desktop


heres a VGA Asus A730 (being released next month)

[Terry]

wow thanks itachi.. um I mean kpxgq

Looks like a really viable way of portable browsing.
I don't relaly feel like hauling my tank-like Dell everywhere.
This is a great solution, especially the VGA ones.

edit: what's that ASUS one gonna retail for?

[98Bird]

Ya im waiting for the vga one. I know asus has the 730 and i know toshiba has the e805 which to mean seems to be the best one I like, with the wifi built in.

[Saffire]

mmmm, I hope I can snag one of the WiFi Asus 730s when they come out

Terry : The Bluetooth only one is selling for 500 atm, so 550 maybe?

[Terry]

ow
I'll cost me an arm and a 1/5 of my leg

Man, maybe it's time I start saving up.
I'll take me another year of saving to buy one of these~