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Old 05-09-2008, 11:27 AM
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Question pocket pc for student???

Hi, guys! I'm considering buying a pocket pc/smartphone for university and personal use. I’ve done my research but the more research i do, the more confused I become, lol. So, i do need some opinions and advices from people who use their PDA everyday – not just for a review. At the end of the day, it’s a lot of money.
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At the moment, i’m considering: TyTN II, iPAQ 214, HTC Touch Pro, i-mate Ultimate 9502, Portégé G910. I'm into iPAQ 214 at this point because of three things: screen size, battery and price!
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Here are the things I prefer to be included:
(1 is being the most important)
1. long battery life
2. easy typing ( i own the Viewty so i’m used to touch screen), although prefer slide-out QWERTY keyboard.
3. Window Mobile 5, 6 and has Office mobile that is compatible with Office 2007
4. large screen
5. can access to the internet, one question to ask, is viewing webpage on pda any good? I’m not expecting it to be like on a PC. Is it similar to webpage on a mobile phone, which in my opinion is useless?
6. can be charged while USB (without installing software/if possible)
7. last at least 3-4 years,
8. good value for money, under £500
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Stuffs that is not important:
· Sat Nav (but it might be useful in the future, although a life span of a pda might not reach that time lol)
· Camera
· Microphone
· decent phone functions (it’s likely that i’ll keep my Viewty, plus this might save battery life)
· thickness
HERE IS A BIG THANG YOU FOR YOUR HELP

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The 214 meets all your main requirements best. Even adding satnav to it would still keep it well under your budget.

I have the old HTC Tytn1 so I know how handy it is having everything rolled into one unit and the slideout keyboard is excellent.

Cameras on PDA's arent that great though so I'd stick with a normal camera or the camera on your on your Viewty.

If your doing lots of docs and spreadsheets at Uni I think you would be best getting the 214 as will see teh benefit of the bigger screen.

Let me know if you want to order.
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Old 05-09-2008, 08:45 PM
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Have you looked at the IPAQ 614C, it does everything on both lists and is within your budget
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Agree.

IPAQ 614C, recommendation

I think it's a good one and suitable for you.
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Welll i guess this's a very important subject.
About my experience in PDAs; This's my best selection, so i'll be proud by having anyone of this PDAs:

Dell Axim X51v
Fujutsi Siemens Pocket Loox n560
Hp iPaq 214, 200



So what i concluse that the HP iPAQ are the strongest pda i ever seen (just a point of view) it means when you kick't the wall, Hp iPAQ looks like a Nokia 1100 or 3310 to me in resistance.

Whatever my favor web site that i realy trust for the best choice of a PDA is insidepda.de you can go on /PocketPc then chose /Ranking .

Another advise for students with humble budget to go hunting on the eBay

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