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Wife had a Palm 3xe (predicessor to m505) and now an HP jornada something. The only potentially useful things I have to say are:
The color screen makes the whole thing easier to read. If in doubt, spend a good 20 minutes trying to use one of each type and see how you feel. May not be important for what you do, but color also generally seems to mean higher contrast. Besides, you have to be able to put on a picture of your Rocco to show everyone, right?
Palm OS is not nearly as nice to work with as Windows CE, especially if you want to trade spreadsheets and e-mail and stuff. Now, I'm not even the primary user of ours, but the better integration with Windows seems helpful. The options for entering data are better (not just "grafiti" in one area, but also a sort of OCR thing anywhere on the screen), which is much more practical. I'm kinda comparing the older Palm IIIxe to the new HP, but I think the same still applies.
Wife gets hers paid for by her work, so we just got the best that was in that budget, and I really like the HP. Don't get one that is too small. Nice thing about the HP is that the part of the screen you use to enter data is actually part of the screen, not a separate section, so you can use it as regular display area (turning off the entry area) when you want to. That's a very nice feature, I think. E-mails and spreadsheets involve a lot of scrolling, and having a good ~20% or so more screen is really nice.
BwH
JoshuaA.Conner@VerizonWireless.com wrote: Ipaq 31XX series. reason? it runs a real version of winblows with excel
and IE and wm player, great battery life, backlight, good screen resolution,
cheap memory upgrades (cf 2) just to name a few. It goes on ebay for about
$150 i believe.
Joshua C.
Ipaq (Monpaq)3135
-----Original Message-----
From: Kervin [mailto:kervinridgley@earthlink.net]
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 7:42 PM
To: List
Subject: OT: PDA advice
I'm going to get a PDA this week and some input would be welcome. I
work in sales and I would be using it to manage contacts, a simple Excel
sheet, inventory list (100 items), maybe a driving direction map and
download email from home (so I have time to read ALL the messages from
the list). I like the look of t a color screen, but at $150 or so more,
I don't know if it is worth it. Here are the ones I'm thinking of:
Palm m130
Palm m505
Handspring Treo 90
Sony PEG-sj20/30
Any thoughts? Thanks!
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Kervin
86 Scirocco 2.0 8v 4K+80%
88 Gti 1.8 16v needs some love
00 tt600
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<P>Wife had a Palm 3xe (predicessor to m505) and now an HP jornada something. The only potentially useful things I have to say are:
<P>The color screen makes the whole thing easier to read. If in doubt, spend a good 20 minutes trying to use one of each type and see how you feel. May not be important for what you do, but color also generally seems to mean higher contrast. Besides, you have to be able to put on a picture of your Rocco to show everyone, right?
<P>Palm OS is not nearly as nice to work with as Windows CE, especially if you want to trade spreadsheets and e-mail and stuff. Now, I'm not even the primary user of ours, but the better integration with Windows seems helpful. The options for entering data are better (not just "grafiti" in one area, but also a sort of OCR thing anywhere on the screen), which is much more practical. I'm kinda comparing the older Palm IIIxe to the new HP, but I think the same still applies.
<P>Wife gets hers paid for by her work, so we just got the best that was in that budget, and I really like the HP. Don't get one that is too small. Nice thing about the HP is that the part of the screen you use to enter data is actually part of the screen, not a separate section, so you can use it as regular display area (turning off the entry area) when you want to. That's a very nice feature, I think. E-mails and spreadsheets involve a lot of scrolling, and having a good ~20% or so more screen is really nice.
<P>BwH
<P> <B><I>JoshuaA.Conner@VerizonWireless.com</I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Ipaq 31XX series. reason? it runs a real version of winblows with excel<BR>and IE and wm player, great battery life, backlight, good screen resolution,<BR>cheap memory upgrades (cf 2) just to name a few. It goes on ebay for about<BR>$150 i believe.<BR><BR>Joshua C.<BR>Ipaq (Monpaq)3135 <BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Kervin [mailto:kervinridgley@earthlink.net]<BR>Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 7:42 PM<BR>To: List<BR>Subject: OT: PDA advice<BR><BR><BR>I'm going to get a PDA this week and some input would be welcome. I <BR>work in sales and I would be using it to manage contacts, a simple Excel <BR>sheet, inventory list (100 items), maybe a driving direction map and <BR>download email from home (so I have time to read ALL the messages from <BR>the list). I like the look of t a color screen, but at $150 or so more, <BR>I don't know if it is worth it. Here are the ones I'm thinking of:<BR><BR>Palm m130<BR>Palm m505<BR>Handspring Treo 90<BR>Sony PEG-sj20/30<BR><BR>Any thoughts? Thanks!<BR><BR><BR>-- <BR>Kervin<BR>86 Scirocco 2.0 8v 4K+80%<BR>88 Gti 1.8 16v needs some love<BR>00 tt600<BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Scirocco-l mailing list<BR>Scirocco-l@scirocco.org<BR>http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Scirocco-l mailing list<BR>Scirocco-l@scirocco.org<BR>http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l</BLOCKQUOTE><p><br><hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!?<br>
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