Solve : Buying my first PDA - please help?

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Answer» Hi, I came here to get some input....I have a brand new laptop with MS Vista and I have MS office 2007 with Outlook. I need a hand held device that will allow me to sync my outlook appointments/calendar so I have it with me on the go. I would love to get a phone that does that for me, but I just got a new verizon chocolate phone a few months ago. (and wouldn't there be an additional charge because those soft phones and blackberry's use the web?) I don't NEED to be able to check email on go online with my hand held. If it is not much difference in cost, I may invest in it, but I don't want any monthly charges (like internet or roaming). I am really new to this and from what I can tell the Palm brand USES an OS that may not be compatible with MS outlook..is that RIGHT? I am really looking for your experiences and which devices you feel are the best yet reasonably priced. Thank you for your help.Good evening, You are going to have a difficult time finding a phone that wont charge you monthly with internet that works anywhere there is reception from a cell tower, and roaming, but, if you have a DSL/Cable/Fiber connection in your home, and a wireless router, you will be able to connect to it (depending on the PDA, that is) PalmOS (from Palm) is a great OS, but might not be 100% compatible with Outlook Calendar and Email. I had a teacher who owned a PalmOS device, and it was able to sync to her Outlook program fine, as well as transfer files flawlessly. Make sure any PalmOS (or any device) is ActiveSync compatible. Why dont you take a look at this site: http://www.newegg.com/Store/Category.aspx?Category=30&name=PDAs-Accessories and see if you find anything you like Feel free to post some of the things you are interested in (but dont expect replies of definite answers, as we can only work off the INFORMATION the LINKS provide) It depends on what you want. If you want more of a 'mac'-like clean interface with minimal multimedia, then the palm tungsten e2 is the way to go. If you want all kinds of video and music, but are willing to put up with yet another windows OS (trust me, I'm fed up with the WinGUI, it SUX), then a pocketPC may be better. But PPCs will cost ALOT more than palms. Palms are $100,200,and 300 (e2 is 200) whereas PPCs are $400+.Quote from: linuxlover on December 21, 2007, 07:37:44 PM It depends on what you want. If you want more of a 'mac'-like clean interface with minimal multimedia, then the palm tungsten e2 is the way to go. If you want all kinds of video and music, but are willing to put up with yet another windows OS (trust me, I'm fed up with the WinGUI, it sux), then a pocketPC may be better. But PPCs will cost ALOT more than palms. Palms are $100,200,and 300 (e2 is 200) whereas PPCs are $400+. I wouldn't go as far as calling the PamlOS a "Mac-Like" interface, nor would I go as far as calling it clean. I do think that the PalmOS is as capable of running multimedia as the Windows, you might be doing a bit of program searching... I think you will find that for the most part, there is an equivelency rate with the PalmOS and the Windows Mobile OS, being that the PalmOS costs less since it runs more minimal, but if you want to start doing more stuff with it, you will need more The HP iPAQs are really nice. I've got a non-phone model. I can usually use it for 2-3 days without recharging and it gets quite a bit of use in that time. It gets used for the same things you're talking about (appointments and stuff) as well as listening to MP3s, watching movies when I get some free time, and a little bit of gaming. I use it to check mail at wi-fi hotspots as well. Works flawlessly with Outlook since it's running Windows Mobile. I've never had a phone PDA, but I've known people with them and most of them seem like they can get a half day of constant use before needing to recharge. Having a phone as well really drains the battery.

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Hi, I came here to get some input....I have a brand new laptop with MS Vista and I have MS office 2007 with Outlook. I need a hand held device that will allow me to sync my outlook appointments/calendar so I have it with me on the go. I would love to get a phone that does that for me, but I just got a new verizon chocolate phone a few months ago. (and wouldn't there be an additional charge because those soft phones and blackberry's use the web?)

I don't NEED to be able to check email on go online with my hand held. If it is not much difference in cost, I may invest in it, but I don't want any monthly charges (like internet or roaming).

I am really new to this and from what I can tell the Palm brand USES an OS that may not be compatible with MS outlook..is that RIGHT?

I am really looking for your experiences and which devices you feel are the best yet reasonably priced. Thank you for your help.Good evening,
You are going to have a difficult time finding a phone that wont charge you monthly with internet that works anywhere there is reception from a cell tower, and roaming, but, if you have a DSL/Cable/Fiber connection in your home, and a wireless router, you will be able to connect to it (depending on the PDA, that is)

PalmOS (from Palm) is a great OS, but might not be 100% compatible with Outlook Calendar and Email. I had a teacher who owned a PalmOS device, and it was able to sync to her Outlook program fine, as well as transfer files flawlessly. Make sure any PalmOS (or any device) is ActiveSync compatible.

Why dont you take a look at this site:
http://www.newegg.com/Store/Category.aspx?Category=30&name=PDAs-Accessories
and see if you find anything you like

Feel free to post some of the things you are interested in (but dont expect replies of definite answers, as we can only work off the INFORMATION the LINKS provide) It depends on what you want. If you want more of a 'mac'-like clean interface with minimal multimedia, then the palm tungsten e2 is the way to go. If you want all kinds of video and music, but are willing to put up with yet another windows OS (trust me, I'm fed up with the WinGUI, it SUX), then a pocketPC may be better. But PPCs will cost ALOT more than palms. Palms are $100,200,and 300 (e2 is 200) whereas PPCs are $400+.Quote from: linuxlover on December 21, 2007, 07:37:44 PM

It depends on what you want. If you want more of a 'mac'-like clean interface with minimal multimedia, then the palm tungsten e2 is the way to go. If you want all kinds of video and music, but are willing to put up with yet another windows OS (trust me, I'm fed up with the WinGUI, it sux), then a pocketPC may be better. But PPCs will cost ALOT more than palms. Palms are $100,200,and 300 (e2 is 200) whereas PPCs are $400+.

I wouldn't go as far as calling the PamlOS a "Mac-Like" interface, nor would I go as far as calling it clean.
I do think that the PalmOS is as capable of running multimedia as the Windows, you might be doing a bit of program searching...

I think you will find that for the most part, there is an equivelency rate with the PalmOS and the Windows Mobile OS, being that the PalmOS costs less since it runs more minimal, but if you want to start doing more stuff with it, you will need more The HP iPAQs are really nice. I've got a non-phone model. I can usually use it for 2-3 days without recharging and it gets quite a bit of use in that time. It gets used for the same things you're talking about (appointments and stuff) as well as listening to MP3s, watching movies when I get some free time, and a little bit of gaming. I use it to check mail at wi-fi hotspots as well. Works flawlessly with Outlook since it's running Windows Mobile.

I've never had a phone PDA, but I've known people with them and most of them seem like they can get a half day of constant use before needing to recharge. Having a phone as well really drains the battery.

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