PDA Shopping

BSchroeder · March 15, 2004, 08:18

My Dell Axim X5 died on me recently, and I'm looking to replace it. The X5 was overkill for what I was doing with it, and I know a lot has changed since I last purchaced.

I need a PDA that lets me download emails and Excel files, and I want to go cheap, as I work outside in the dirt, rain, sun, mud, ect.

Anybody got any suggestions?

Ben

discountupgrades · March 15, 2004, 08:29

Ahh, you are aware of the key, and therefore no longer a good consumer: buy only what you need! I use the Palm Tungsten E, and love it. I use it for watching movies on planes all the time and highly recommend it. It is also good for Excel, but you will need to get an SD based 802.11b card to do email. In general I avoid HP and Sony: HP has a very poor quality reputation (especially around my work who issues them like kleenex, and tosses them just as often) and Sony has gone overboard with this memorystick thing. Proprietary formats are a pain.

You should be able to get a new Tung E for around 150-160. I have had great luck with mine, and many compliments on the screen (it really is a beauty of a screen).

bigant · March 15, 2004, 08:49

I have a Tungsten T and love it...you can do email but you need to be able to communicate with a cell phone thats blue tooth capable...You can do Excel sheets but you need Documents to Go Software which should come with it....I recommend the Tungsten line.

Bigant

cliffy109 · March 15, 2004, 15:00

Public Displays of Affection are something that can be shopped for? Cool. I'm so out of date, I was unaware of such a thing.

BSchroeder · March 15, 2004, 22:18

If I was going to pay $150+ for 'affection,' I would not be accepting that affection in public.

The lowest-priced Tungsten on the Sony website is listed at $199. A Dell Axim X3 is also $199.

Sword of Laban · March 16, 2004, 13:48

I picked up my Palm M500 NIB on E-bay for $60 shipped. Does all that only in greyscale. I like the CE devices too but Palms are more compact. My Palm replaced my HPC.

March 15, 2004, 08:18	#1
BSchroeder Registered FALaholic #: 6303 Join Date: May 2002 Location: Indiana Posts: 203	PDA Shopping My Dell Axim X5 died on me recently, and I'm looking to replace it. The X5 was overkill for what I was doing with it, and I know a lot has changed since I last purchaced. I need a PDA that lets me download emails and Excel files, and I want to go cheap, as I work outside in the dirt, rain, sun, mud, ect. Anybody got any suggestions? Ben

March 15, 2004, 08:49	#3
bigant Registered FALaholic #: 11598 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Southgate, Michigan Posts: 1,091	I have a Tungsten T and love it...you can do email but you need to be able to communicate with a cell phone thats blue tooth capable...You can do Excel sheets but you need Documents to Go Software which should come with it....I recommend the Tungsten line. Bigant __________________ Got 6.5 Grendel?! Mi Papa` 1943-2008

March 15, 2004, 15:00	#4
cliffy109 Registered FALaholic #: 8571 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Woodbridge, VA Posts: 2,229	Public Displays of Affection are something that can be shopped for? Cool. I'm so out of date, I was unaware of such a thing. __________________ All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?

March 16, 2004, 13:48	#6
Sword of Laban Registered FALaholic #: 8248 Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 812	I picked up my Palm M500 NIB on E-bay for $60 shipped. Does all that only in greyscale. I like the CE devices too but Palms are more compact. My Palm replaced my HPC. __________________ "Butt kicking for goodness!" “When they’re using a mosque to do command and control for insurgents and kill my fellow Marines and soldiers and airmen that are out here — no holds barred, the gloves are off,” said Marine Staff Sgt. Sam Mortimer.

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March 15, 2004, 08:29	#2
discountupgrades Registered FALaholic #: 12913 Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 196	Ahh, you are aware of the key, and therefore no longer a good consumer: buy only what you need! I use the Palm Tungsten E, and love it. I use it for watching movies on planes all the time and highly recommend it. It is also good for Excel, but you will need to get an SD based 802.11b card to do email. In general I avoid HP and Sony: HP has a very poor quality reputation (especially around my work who issues them like kleenex, and tosses them just as often) and Sony has gone overboard with this memorystick thing. Proprietary formats are a pain. You should be able to get a new Tung E for around 150-160. I have had great luck with mine, and many compliments on the screen (it really is a beauty of a screen).

March 15, 2004, 22:18	#5
BSchroeder Registered FALaholic #: 6303 Join Date: May 2002 Location: Indiana Posts: 203	If I was going to pay $150+ for 'affection,' I would not be accepting that affection in public. The lowest-priced Tungsten on the Sony website is listed at $199. A Dell Axim X3 is also $199.