Poll: Which PDA do you use?

[MacRumors]

Vote: Poll: Which PDA do you use? (http://www.macpolls.com/?poll_id=373)

[slowtreme]

I have a Palm sitting a a drawer, but I never user it. I'm not nearly pretentious enough.

[virividox]

palm IIIc never felt the need to upgrade, it still does what i wanted it to, and i dont really want to watch movies or go the interent on a pda its just to small

[~Shard~]

Never had one, never needed one. The only time that this might change is if they give me a free one for work - and even then, it would probably spend more time being turned off/in the drawer than being used. :cool:

[wordmunger]

handspring treo but I mainly use it for the phone.

[backspinner]

None.

I use my Sony Ericsson T68i occasionaly as a calendar (isync with ical). I got an old Palm Vx from a colleage, but it won't sync (it gives fatal errors...).

[ihatesoya]

My iPod handles all the calendar and contact management I need. I wonder why this wasn't an option in the poll?

[Centris 650]

Originally posted by ihatesoya
My iPod handles all the calendar and contact management I need. I wonder why this wasn't an option in the poll?

Same here. My iPod handles my contacts and calendar needs. I really don't need a PDA. Though I think the reason the iPod was not on the poll is because it's not a PDA. It would have been nice to see how many people use their iPod as a PDA.

[Stoffel]

I used to have a palm. But it was too unhandy. Now I use iCal. Seems like my powerbook is more handy than the palm was....

[Trowaman]

iPod!!!! Calenders and contacts, who needs anything more? :D

. . .Oh, well some do I guess, but I don't. :rolleyes:

[pEZ]

eMate 300, baby. It's still a great machine, and I like it better than the Visor Deluxe I once had.

[wrldwzrd89]

I have a Palm, but I don't use it. I'm thinking about getting an iPod and perhaps using that as a PDA replacement as well as a portable music player.

[Photorun]

I have a Palm but hardly ever use it, now with their canceling Mac support I hope the entire company goes under.

[Counterfit]

Originally posted by backspinner
None.

I use my Sony Ericsson T68i occasionaly as a calendar (isync with ical). Same here, and my iPod too sometimes. And speaking of which, Gotta run to class!

[Awimoway]

I've always been a Palm OS user, but I might start shopping around because of this unfortunate development from PalmSource.

[frozenstar]

PDAs? Haven't you people been watching the trends? PDAs are on their way out. Smartphones are the future, at least for a little while. My trusty Sony Ericsson P900 handles all my needs.

[montecristo]

Who uses a Newton? Are they still around, functional and available for purchase!?!

I use a Palm, but a lot less now that I have both an iPod (for me)and a blackberry (for work).

My problem is that it takes too much effort to sync the iPod, iCal, Palm and blackberry.....

[wdlove]

My wife uses the Palm for nursing. She love's hers. Able to keep on on drugs and diseases.

[DreaminDirector]

I have the sony NX70 clie, with the camera, mp3 player, onboard keyboard and 480x320 screen.

Does it get any use? No. Anyone wanna buy it?

[Counterfit]

$5 :D

[noel4r]

I think they are a waste of time and money. They're just a fad.

[rolnif]

It's got everything I need for PDA functions. I can sync my calendar and contacts list and throw notes into it. I love my iPod!!!

[DreaminDirector]

Originally posted by noel4r
I think they are a waste of time and money. They're just a fad.


sadly, I always realize that after I've bought them and put them in the drawer....

as for Counterfit's offer, that's probably more than it's worth to me right now. Ha!

[Counterfit]

I bet shipping would cost more than what I want to pay you for it :p

[mrsebastian]

pdas are so 90s :) i had a pda for a while, but just didn't use it. for that matter i guess i'm 80s, since i prefer my pocket calendar and a pen.

[jasonbw]

Originally posted by Trowaman
iPod!!!! Calenders and contacts, who needs anything more? :D


I'd vote ipod too, its what i used the last time i checked an address. I use the phone book on my mobile most of all.

I still have a handspring, but i haven't used it in about two years now. when i did, it was mostly for playing dope wars and that space trader game.

[bennok]

Another person satisfied with just what the iPod has to offer as a *very* limited PDA.

[virividox]

my dad got a newton when it first came out, i snatched it up fast and used that!!!

[kristo]

I got one of them sony ericsson p900s, its sweet...its handy for me to keep passwords on, serial numbers, crap that i need when i call service drones (ie, walking behind a machine, copying the serial number into my phone, walking out of the colo cause it sounds like a wind tunnel, going outside, calling, talking about the machine, give serial number....go home, work the next day...damn, need the serial for a rma...ah ha, on the phone....)...most of my work when i am mobile is done via kvms, so to pull out my lappy to find a password or other crap is annoying....plus it has cool weather/time stuff (i deal with people everywhere) and yeah, for me its good, but for most people, i don't see a need.

I had a palm for a while, i got sick of carrying it, a phone and my laptop around (especially with all the duplicated info...its was like, should i break out the pda, no, its my phone...is it? or on my lappy...bugger)

so now its just the phone and if i really need it, break out the lappy

plus the p900 is a normal size as well (its a bit thicker than my wifes t610) and yeah, works well

anyways, thats it

[ant_s]

let's be controversial and tell you I've got a Dell Axim X5 :D

Actually I'm very happy with it - and it syncs with my Outlook perfectly. I haven't tried hooking it up to the PowerBook yet, but I have a friend who has done with a Compaq iPaq, with few problems after buying some 3rd-party software.

Unlike some, I don't believe that they're a fad - I do think they have a future - but as communication devices (smart phones or pda-phones) - especially as the high-speed mobile generation gets more popular.

Windows Mobile - Pocket PC 2003 is my favourite Microsoft product!! hehe...

[mrsebastian]

Originally posted by ant_s
let's be controversial and tell you I've got a Dell Axim X5 :D...


nnnnooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo say it isn't so, not a dell ;)

uh... sorry i can't resist, dude you got a pda... i really coudn't resist.

[eyelikeart]

I still write my stuff down with a pen. I do want one though, just not spending the money on it. I've got other things I need before convenience like that. ;)

[SiliconAddict]

An aging HP Jornada 568 Pocket PC with a 1GB CF card that syncs with my "My Documents" directory on my desktop. I store music and have a few full length movies on the thing. (Right now Raiders and Underworld.) I use to do CDMA wireless on it but the cost was prohibitive and the speed sucked. I also have a first gen Compaq iPaq that was converted over to Linux. A friend of mine that is a Linux head helped me out on the conversion. I love the GUI that they use. It much closes to a desktop experience then anything Pocket PC or even Palm gives you.

I'm waiting for Pocket PC 2004 and Palm OS 6 to be released before I jump to my next device. I was seriously looking at Palm for my next device what with the enhancements I've read that will be sported in OS 6 but frankly this announcement about Palm and killing support for OS X was the final grain of salt that has tipped the balances. Palm has, for now, native Mac support. By dropping that for me Pocket PC and Palm are now equal and now that its confirmed that Pocket PC 2004 will sport VGA resolutions I pretty sure I'm going to stick with Pocket PC.

[idkew]

Originally posted by frozenstar
PDAs? Haven't you people been watching the trends? PDAs are on their way out. Smartphones are the future, at least for a little while. My trusty Sony Ericsson P900 handles all my needs.

ditto with my P800

[iPC]

palm zire 21.

got it for free from dell (1 for each machine - 5 total) when buying last batch of computers for work.

it is sucky... but that is my view of pda's in general. one thing it needs is a backlight. no such luck in the $99 retail category. :(

[macboygrey]

Originally posted by virividox
my dad got a newton when it first came out, i snatched it up fast and used that!!!

I feel obligated, because I didn't see anyone else mention this yet...

So. Hear that talk about an Apple PDA or Apple Phone? Wouldn't that be great? Wow. I bet it'll have a 10 nm G5 in it and it'll use Bluetooth to cause any PCs in it's range to explode!

And it's free with the purchase of... an Apple-branded t-shirt. Woohoo! xD

[question fear]

palm zire 71...i use it more as an extension of my computing life when i am away from my computer...i <3 my palm, cant help it.
and the digicam is helpful too.

[Bunzi2k4]

sony clie sj-360 its a great little palm pilot.. esp. when i got it for $50!!! :-D

[parrothead]

My iPod and cell phone are all I need!

[Crikey]

The gadget-freak side of me wanted a PDA badly back in the days of the Poquet PC, the Atari Portfolio, and the HP 95, but I couldn't afford one. When the Palm Pilot came out, I bought the Professional with great misgivings, fearing it wouldn't be that useful and would end up collecting dust in a drawer.

Instead, I found it immediately indispensible, and it put my PowerBook 150 out of a job. It's not a perfect all-arund computing device, but what it does it does very well. I rely on mine more and more as my memory gets worse and worse.

I used to think people using laptops or PDAs in public were pretentious. Then I got my PDA, and found I use it because it's functional, not because I care what I look like. I used to think cell phone users were twits, but I ended up with one of those, too.

I still use a Palm Vx. For me, it's the ideal combination of small size, light weight, and long battery life.

None of the smart phones I've tried have tempted me to switch. The interfaces are all too clunky. The Samsung SPH-i500 rocks (http://www.samsungtelecom.com/dev/i500/), but that's because it's the first Palm-powered phone that isn't too large. I'm not willing to switch from Verizon to Sprint to get one; besides, I like the phone have now.

I should try syncing my info to my iPod, but getting to the info I want would be more cumbersome on the iPod. And, I constantly add information to my Palm throughout the day. I'd have to carry my iPod *and* a pad of paper, then type in my notes every night. Plus, the display on the Palm seems bigger.

I'm sorry to read that Palm won't support the Mac with future models. Eventually I'll probably drop or sit on my Palm Vx, or the battery will wear out. When that time comes, I'll look for another Vx on eBay or in pawnshops.

If I need a new one, I guess the then-current Windows Mobile PDAs will be as much an option as the future Palms, since either way you can get it to work using third-party software. My decision about what to get will be largely determined by how easy it will be to sync with my Mac and my Linux machine.

I think Apple should make a deal with Palm to provide the HotSync conduit software built in to iSync.

I'm surprised that so many forum users don't use PDAs. I really would have trouble functioning without mine.


Crikey

[pimentoLoaf]

Palm Tungsten T -- replaced a Handspring Visor Deluxe.

[macnulty]

Use it mainly for easy access to Filemaker Pro files,
inventory, pricing, account info, etc etc. It's a pain to whip out my PB just for pricing and contact info for obscure clients is not practical on a phone.

[jrv3034]

Handspring Treo 300. I love it. Sprint service is good, and Palm functionality is also great. They're also cheaper, now that the Treo 600 arrived.

[wdlove]

Originally posted by Trowaman
iPod!!!! Calenders and contacts, who needs anything more? :D

. . .Oh, well some do I guess, but I don't. :rolleyes:

My wife is a visiting nurse, so being in the medical field she needs more. She subscribes to eprocrates and it able to keep updated on drugs, diseases, and medical advice on her Palm.

Does anyone have additional information if true about Apple no longer supporting the Palm?

[question fear]

wdlove-
palm is dropping apple, not the other way around.
your wife's pda will still work, they are just going to stop developing the palm desktop for the newest palm operating system...if your wife does need to upgrade then, mark/space has already pledged a program.
but OS 5.x and lower will work with the palm desktop and macs.

[temptatino]

If Apple ever released the forever-rumored Apple PDA, would you buy it? Even if it was more expensive than the competition?

[question fear]

Originally posted by temptatino
If Apple ever released the forever-rumored Apple PDA, would you buy it? Even if it was more expensive than the competition?

it would have to eb damn good...for me, and i am sure i am not the only person here who thinks this, if a pda is going to cost me as much as a laptop i dont need it....
and the pda market has reflected that time and time again, especially with the sales of the high-end sonys that went for 600-800 usd. they sold, but not in droves like palmone and hp handhelds do.
200-300 is the magic pda price for me...i can scrape that up if i need to, and its a reasonable amount for the feature sets of pdas that land in that category. above that its just not worth it...
anyone else agree?

[Schroedinger]

I've got a Clie, a TJ-35. I agree with the previous poster who said it becomes indispensible like a cellphone or a computer do. I was using it to listen to mp3s until I bought my ipod, so now I use it to read (read the entire Harry Potter series off that thing on the metro) and obviously to keep track of stuff. The TJ-35 (and I believe the 25) have a handwriting recognition that I don't believe is on other Clies (Decuma??) It makes it really easy to put info into it. As I tend to lose things, I like being able to jot down a grocery list on the thing and then pull it out later. Lastly, I use it as a little portable photolibrary, just dumping pictures onto the memory stick.

[wrldwzrd89]

I've been reading through this thread and am quite amazed at all the uses people have for their PDAs besides contact and appointment management. I also was not expecting people to be using iPods as makeshift PDAs. I consider myself a basic PDA user (when I do use my PDA, which isn't often). I never would have thought to use one for the 'extended' functions.

[bousozoku]

Originally posted by jrv3034
Handspring Treo 300. I love it. Sprint service is good, and Palm functionality is also great. They're also cheaper, now that the Treo 600 arrived.

I would love to have either and give up my aging Motorola StarTac and my frequently unpowered Handspring Visor Deluxe.

I'd miss being able to write on it though. :( (No, I don't write on the StarTac.)

[question fear]

bousozoku-
the treo 600 runs palm os 5.1, and it will support jot, where you can write on the screen. so you wont have to miss writing.

[bousozoku]

Originally posted by question fear
bousozoku-
the treo 600 runs palm os 5.1, and it will support jot, where you can write on the screen. so you wont have to miss writing.

That's great! Especially great, since my Targus keyboard won't likely work with the Treo 600.

[question fear]

Originally posted by bousozoku
That's great! Especially great, since my Targus keyboard won't likely work with the Treo 600.

yep, but if you desparately need a keyboard the palm IR keyboard might work...i dont remember if the treo 600 has an ir port. but it does have the mini keyboard, plus jot, so unless you are taking copious notes it should suit you without a problem.

[Java]

I just want to say congradulations to all the Newton users still out there.