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| Thread ID: 57500 | 2005-05-04 09:04:00 | User comments on PDA's | paulw (1826) | PC World Chat |
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| 352015 | 2005-05-04 09:04:00 | I am thinking of purchasing a PDA and was wondering if anyone could give me some info on these things. I want it for the address book, calendar, diary, notepad functions. I'm not sure which one to buy though. I have been looking at the Tungsten T5 and also the Dell X50. Has any one got any ideas please. |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 352016 | 2005-05-04 09:13:00 | I can't comment on the different models, but for your use i would choose the tungsten one as it has the palm operating system. The Dell uses the pocket pc os whgich is windows based, good if you want to multitask on your pda. But can be confusing | plod (107) | ||
| 352017 | 2005-05-04 21:52:00 | I have both systems here, a Toshiba PocketPC and a Palm Treo. I also have (or have had) a PalmPilot Pro, Palm IIIe, Palm Vx, Palm M500 They are very different systems achieving much the same thing (comparing Palm with Windows). No such thing as "which one is best", it is very much a subjective matter and one of personal choice. The PocketPC (Windows) based systems possibly have better compatability with Excel and Word but tend to be more complex to use overall. Palm OS is much lighter and perhaps more user friendly in some areas. The Palm synchronisation system has given me less problem that the PocketPC one though. Neither are trouble free. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 352018 | 2005-05-04 22:17:00 | I have had both Palm and PPC PDA's. The Palm was better for non connected activities, e.g. addresses, tasks, email syncronisation and with the free Docs2go from DataViz it did better Office applications too. The PPC, I have has Video. Camera, 3G Net speed, MSN Messenger, Internet Explorer. As with the Palm I can read PDFs, Word and Excel, and listen to MP3s. BTW it is also a phone too. I believe, for your needs the T3/T5 would suit your immediate needs. If you suspect you will grow to other functions, don't worry, you can buy and updated PDA a later date, and most likely it will be a smartphone. The Sony P910 is worth a look too. Some I know have used these, and have been happy with them. |
KiwiTT_NZ (233) | ||
| 352019 | 2005-05-04 22:32:00 | I have had a Palm 111e, TRGPro, Handera, Palm M505, and currently own a Treo 600 - all of them PalmOS devices. I have also owned a Sony Ericsson P800 which works on SymbianOS - I hated it and got rid of it as soon as I could. I have no experience of PocketPCs, so I cannot comment on them. However, I would certainly recommend the Tungsten you are looking at for the purposes you outline. I am not sure whether you will be receiving Word or Excel attachments via email, and need to open them away from your PC? As KiwiTT says, DataViz works very well with them. I purchased QuickOffice ages ago, and find it better than DataViz, but that is probably a matter of opinion. There was some research at some stage that said that PalmOS devices work better with Microsoft attachments than PocketPCs, which is supremely ironic - sort of like the days when Mac owners got better apps from Microsoft than the Windoze equivalents. However, I have not been able to re-locate that research. I think you will find that in general, PalmOS devices are cheaper than PocketPCs as well. They are certainly user-friendly. You may like to search for reviews at http://www.infosyncworld.com/ Larry Garfield's reviews are usually on the button. |
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| 352020 | 2005-05-05 21:30:00 | Thanx every one for your replys. I think I'll go with the T5 | paulw (1826) | ||
| 352021 | 2005-05-07 10:28:00 | I have had a Tungsten T3 for a while - and the T5 is probably better at some things - and I don't think you will regret it. Except perhaps in a week or two when the LifeDrive comes out, which could be quite amazing. tinyurl.com | Waltzzz (3972) | ||
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