[Thinkpad] [seebs at plethora.net: Re: OT: Which PDA should I consider?]

[Rei Shinozuka]

a very timely question for me, since cingular is retiring my trusty rim 950 
mobitex service and i am looking for a nice qwerty device.  decidedly a 
NON-WINDOWS-MOBILE device.  email and messaging are most important,
voice next, everything else last.  any personal experience (including
carriers) for someone in the NYC region would be great.

thanks so much,

-rei

----- Forwarded message from Peter Seebach <seebs at plethora.net> -----

To: thinkpad at stderr.org
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] OT: Which PDA should I consider?
Reply-To: Peter Seebach <seebs at plethora.net>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:09:02 -0500
From: Peter Seebach <seebs at plethora.net>

In message <20061019205034.91300 at gmx.net>, dr.r.becker at gmx.net writes:
>I intend to get a PDA for situations where using the Thinkpad is inconvenie=
>nt. Got to have 640x480 and WLAN.

>If any of the Thinkpad users here is using PDAs, which makes/models do they=
> use?

>ipacs from HP are omnipresent, but are they good?  Well, I don't really fan=
>cy their notebooks, that is for sure ...

>Any alternatives? What should I look for?

If you want a PDA, get a Palm.  It will be lower resolution, but it will be
a functional PDA with good battery life.

If you want a handheld computer, the ipaqs are tolerable.

I have both.  I haven't taken the 640x480 ipaq off the shelf in months; I have
the Palm with me even if I'm just popping over to a fast food place for
snacks.

-s


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Rei Shinozuka shino at panix.com
Ridgewood, New Jersey