RE: PDA: Which is the best one...the best price?

I've had various versions of Palms over the years and love 'em.  They tend
to work the way that I think that such a device should.  I've said before
that I wanted a single device that could do my calendar/phone list/etc.
like a Palm, play games like a PC, play MP3's like an I-Pod, function like
a cell phone, and recently I've added taking pictures like a camera to the
list.  I want it all in a small (but not too small), affordable, and rugged
package that has a color display and huge capacity.  ...and did I mention
that I'm a cheapskate?  E-mail is a must and Internet access is a plus but
I really don't want to pay a lot extra for the service.

My brother-in-law got a Keyocera Palm/cell phone last year that did play an
MP3.  It terms of cell phones it was a bit wide but in terms of PDA's I
wouldn't want it any smaller.  As a result I'm still carrying around
separate devices.  It's nice to have the address book/phone integration but
it can be a challenge to talk on the phone while looking up something in
the calendar.

I saw an ad a short time ago for an I-Pod-mini and it appeared to have the
ability to load and play games but I didn't check into it.  That might be
an option down the road but likely would need a bit of development work.

I don't want much--just everything.

Dave Parnin
Nishikawa Standard Company
Topeka, IN  46571
daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx





                                                                                
                                      
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I also prefer Palms to WinCE/PocketPC/name-of-the-month.

>From my Treo 600 I can not only view/edit office docs, I can VPN to the
corporate network, run a terminal services client, TN5250 to our 400s,
browse the net, run Java apps, play lots of games, hit both my corporate
& personal email accounts, stream audio/video, play MP3s, use it as a
modem for my laptop (the cel phone data connection is the conduit), take
pictures, read PDFs and pretty much any other e-book format.  It has a
QWERTY keyboard built in.  And it's a cel phone.  Battery life is pretty
good.

Of course, it costs more than $300, but can be had for around that after
rebates with a cel service contract.  Other Palm units, without so many
frills, can be had for less.

And of course many PPC devices can do most of the same stuff.  The Treo
just seems to have the best integration of the lot.  That's why it made
so many gadget-of-the-year lists.

John A. Jones
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