iPod touch I'm thinking about trading my Touch for another PDA - what are my options please?

[wordmunger]

The iPod touch is a music and video entertainment device that happens to have wifi and a web browser built in, mainly because Apple happened to have a bunch of that stuff sitting around from making the iPhone. Why did you ever think it was a PDA, or even aspired to be one?

Maybe the fact that it has a calendar that syncs with my computer's calendar, an address book that syncs with my computer's address book, a photo app, a calculator, and nearly every other application that a PDA has. Maybe the fact that Steve called it "an iphone without the phone."

Yeesh, the guy just wants a couple more apps, then it would work for him as a PDA. Not everyone needs their PDA to run Excel and program in COBOL.

 

[macbattle]

Maybe the fact that it has a calendar that syncs with my computer's calendar, an address book that syncs with my computer's address book, a photo app, a calculator, and nearly every other application that a PDA has. Maybe the fact that Steve called it "an iphone without the phone."

Yeesh, the guy just wants a couple more apps, then it would work for him as a PDA. Not everyone needs their PDA to run Excel and program in COBOL.

So my friend can sync his Razr2 to his computers calender software, his address book to the comp software, can make a note, and a few other things. Does that make it a PDA? Naw.

 

[wordmunger]

So my friend can sync his Razr2 to his computers calender software, his address book to the comp software, can make a note, and a few other things. Does that make it a PDA? Naw.

Well, the Razr doesn't even have a keyboard. Can it add calendar entries? If it had those two features, I'd call it a PDA. I wouldn't buy it though, since I don't want to be locked down to a phone contract just to get a PDA.

 

[j26]

I've a Palm TX and it's great.
It has software to edit Office Documents and you can get a decent pdf reader (not Adobe) for free. It also has Wifi and bluetooth and a great screen (480x320) which is a better resolution to work with than QVGA, and syncs seamlessly with Tiger using Missing Sync software (costs a few quid).

I use it with a bluetooth keyboard for those times when I don't want to lug my Macbook around.

 

[question fear]

I've a Palm TX and it's great.
It has software to edit Office Documents and you can get a decent pdf reader (not Adobe) for free. It also has Wifi and bluetooth and a great screen (480x320) which is a better resolution to work with than QVGA, and syncs seamlessly with Tiger using Missing Sync software (costs a few quid).

I use it with a bluetooth keyboard for those times when I don't want to lug my Macbook around.

not to knock the tx per se, but it is a few years old and may be end of life'd this year. Palm has also shown no interest in the continuing their foothold in the traditional handheld market. You can probably get a tx for a great price, but just remember 6-12 months from now you may need to turn to the Internet for all your support and palm needs, because palm, Inc doesn't give two ***** about PDAs.
If you loooove palm os, then its great, but its far from the best option in the PDA world today.