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What do I do for a PDA now?
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Here is a thread I can truly help on. Don't veer away from windows mobile because of DELL axims! I have an HP iPaq rx3115 and I absolutely love it. It has word and excel on it for your word processing and spreadsheets and it has windows media player, internet explorer, wifi, bluetooth all packed behind a fairly fast 300mhz ARM processor running Windows Mobile 2003SE. The best part is that I got it on ebay for only $115!
As far as syncing goes, I know of two solutions. One is the Pocket Mac which plugs into iSync and works with iCal, iTunes, iPhoto, Mail, Address Book...etc. The other is Mark/Space's The Missing Sync which has its own suite of software. Either uses iSync to communicate with the Pocket PC. Hope this helps!
By the way, I'd go with HP if you are going to get a pocket pc.
See, I completely disagree with you here. I have an rx3115, and have had nothing but problems trying to sync it to a Mac using Missing Sync or Pocket Mac. The only way I could get it to sync to my Mac was to use Exchange, which was what I was trying to avoid.
Yuck. Well, I don't want to use Microsoft stuff if I can help it anyway, so...
I think I'm just going to wait a bit for 6G iPods and see if they might work for me. If not, then I guess I'll just get another Palm
Also, possibly once I get a laptop it'll be good enough when combined with my iPod...maybe.
Yuck. Well, I don't want to use Microsoft stuff if I can help it anyway, so...
I think I'm just going to wait a bit for 6G iPods and see if they might work for me. If not, then I guess I'll just get another Palm
Also, possibly once I get a laptop it'll be good enough when combined with my iPod...maybe.
I know where you are coming from on this. But I really doubt that a 6G iPod will have the PDA functionality that you are looking for. Mind you, I hope that I'm wrong and if so, my iPod Photo will be on eBay lickidy-split!
If you really want a Z22, there are people like me, who got one as a gift a year or two ago and used it once or twice, but have left it in the drawer for the rest of the time I'mnot sure if I want to sell it, but I really haven't used it for the last year. My phone holds numbers, and paper takes care of everything else. My dad on the other hand uses his older Palm for everything, but I just dn't see the need.
I'mnot sure if I want to sell it, but I really haven't used it for the last year. My phone holds numbers, and paper takes care of everything else. My dad on the other hand uses his older Palm for everything, but I just dn't see the need.I'm starting to miss the ebooks that I had on my old pda's and am looking around again for one. Are you sure that Missing Sync is needed for iCal? According to iSync any Tungsten or Zire can sync w/o using it, and there are instructions on Palm's site that seem to confirm this. What am I missing? Why do I need Missing sync if iSync already does everything?
I forgot to update this thread! I ended up buying a new TX a few weeks ago from Amazon. I decided the lower resolution screen on the Z22 wouldn't work for the spreadsheet I use every day.
My new TX actually seems even faster and more stable than my old one-or maybe it's just my imagination. At any rate, it's WAAAAAY faster and less buggy than the E2 is. IMO if you need a PDA, either the Z22 or the TX are the two best choices depending on your needs. The extra $80 on the TX over the E2 is well worth it...oh, and the TX of course can use Graffiti, which the E2 can't!
It is SUCH a relief to have one again. The iPod/PC combo just doesn't cut it.
My new TX actually seems even faster and more stable than my old one-or maybe it's just my imagination. At any rate, it's WAAAAAY faster and less buggy than the E2 is. IMO if you need a PDA, either the Z22 or the TX are the two best choices depending on your needs. The extra $80 on the TX over the E2 is well worth it...oh, and the TX of course can use Graffiti, which the E2 can't!
It is SUCH a relief to have one again. The iPod/PC combo just doesn't cut it.
I ended up getting a Nokia 770 internet tablet primarily for reading ebooks, but also for browsing the internet from the couch. It arrived today and seems to work well; the display is 800x480 which is far better than any pda out there. I haven't tried syncing the calendar and contacts yet, or trying the pda features. I think syncing may require a 2-step process 1) sync from MB to my phone and 2) sync from phone to 770. There may be a simpler way, but I'm still playing with it.
Yes, but at only $130 new I couldn't pass it up; It seems to do the 2 things I intended it for (internet and ebooks) quite well, and also has other features (calendar, contacts, email, simple games) that I haven't tried yet. Plus there seems to be a fair amount of software for it that can be installed. And since it is Linux based, you can probably port many other programs as well if you want.Those looked like nifty pieces of hardware, but unfortunately seemed way too limited to me
That was from the US Cellular page. So only $200 bucks if it does what you want.
http://na.blackberry.com/eng/devices/device-detail.jsp?navId=H0,C63,P204#tab_tab_features