PDA Advice Please.
 

Ok-looking to get a couple of PDAs.

I want them to have WLAN capabilities, & to have Pocket PC 2003.

These are the two I am trying to choose between:

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/pr...=uk&l=en&s=dhs

http://www.hp-expo.com/uk/eng/commer...ds/fa174t.html

As both seem to be in my price bracket (£250.0 0 ish)

Any thoughts/advice/comments/experience welcome!

Ta

N.

[Edit]-Jeez, look at the price difference on the iPaq at different retailers: http://www.easyvalue.com/b2b/shopbot...ue&pid=6090229 :Yikes:

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No experience with them but I like the hp one the best, any idea on connection costs ???? ( to the net )

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There won't be any connections costs, as it will use my wireless connection at home. :)

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I have an ipaq and have never had any problems with it.

I also got hold of a targus stowaway keyboard for it - very nice :)

Can't comment on the dell one tho :)

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My bad, thought you were going to use it to surf on the move :dunce: oh well back to the drawing board.. lol :D

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Haven't tried either, as i am not a PDA man, but i think the hp one looks better, and i have had bad experiences with dell's warranties/ part replacement in the past.

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I've had two IPAq's. One a Compaq 3850, and now a HP5550. They have both been excellent. They are both still used.
I've had one Dell laptop, the keyboard stopped working (two keys) and therefore the motherboard needed replacing!!

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Just got me a HP H2210
Very impressed.
I've got a TDK bluetooth adaptor (think £50 from carphone warehouse) for connecting my laptop to mobile, and with the h2210 I can now surf etc downstairs while my PC is upstairs so no need for a wifi card in the CF slot (which currently holds the 1GB CF card from my camera)
Also have a 256MB SD card in it too.
Mega impressed.
Was looking at ipaq's a few years back, and couldn't justify the £400-£600 but this one was only £229 so I couldn't resist :D

I've got some software so I can watch my DVD's on the move, which is cool, as my laptop battery doesn't last long enough!

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At the moment I use a Tosh e750 and the wireless connection drops out a lot, the people i`m testing for use and resell the dell axims and say they`re really good for the price. They used to use ipacs but the price got too much. So i`d go for the dell. I don`t know if tomshardware.com covers pda`s but it might be worth a try.

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The H2210 makes a great mp3 player too with pocketmusic installed :D

*boogies across thread*

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Ok-thanks gang, looks like it will be an iPaq then. :)

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£50? Sweet jesus, I paid £7 for my Bluetooth Adaptor

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Where from man? At £7 that is an excellent price and worth the cost!

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Admittedly it was from Ebay ;) and for that 7 quid he accidently sent me 2 .. not that I was going to complain (or even mention it) but they were both new, sealed and work perfectly.

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Have to say, I have the X3i (built in wireless etc) which I purchased by calling dell - they ended up giving me a better discount than their website price ;)

It works well, the battery lasts pretty well (although I try to rechage most nights, it has lasted a good few days of use) although the wireless connection really chews up power. :(

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How on earth did you manage that-share the info!!

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I've got an iPaq - on the whole it's been pretty good, but that was when only Compaq and Toshiba were really making PPC's. I think if I was choosing one now I would plump for the Dell.

The Dell is certainly the better deal, and those new models are much sleeker than the previous generation (the top of the range Dell is only 2 quid more than the HP you suggested) If you only want the LAN not the Bluetooth then the Dell is another 35 quid cheaper.

With that Dell you also get an additional 32mb ROM over the HP, same amount of RAM.

Plus you've got the next day swap out warranty with the Dell.

Come to think of it, I've just sold one to myself! Where's my credit card?

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Hang on, you can have it back in a mo-I'm just ordering a few Dell x3i's! :batty:

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Just got an HP 2210, and have wireless network. Wondering how the baove works.
Think it is as follows, but would like clarification; :dunce:
Wireless enabled PC/Laptop - has Bluetooth adapted (USB prob).
Ipaq has Bluetooth adapter, so talks to PC. Therefore Ipaq surfs net through PC.
Is this correct? :scratch:

Alternatively, I 'presume' I could get this wifi card that connects directly into my wireless network. Or am I being thick again? If not, any recommendations for cards?

Thanks

Lemarsh

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I think we've discussed this before and you can't use blutooth to surf on the IPAQ.
You can (I do) using wireless.

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I was going to say that, I paid about £12 for my MSI one from dabs

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Just curious what settled you on Pocket PC '03 as opposed to Palm OS 5?

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I wanted 3 years of accidental damage cover - but not next day replacement - their system could not do that - so they ended up giving me 3 years next day replacement cover and a free case, for the price I got from the web, less a few quid for delivery (the web price included it - and they just knocked £10 delivery of the price)- I get the feeling that their sales people get commision no matter how little profit they make - so greed kicks in and they will match the WEB offers, and try to beat it if tou buy from them rather than the web :D

HTH

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Got a usb TDK bluetooth adaptor attatched to either pc or laptop
On the ipaq go into blue tooth manager -> new -> connect!
Down the bottom is active synch via bluetooth.
That's the one to set up, it talks you through how to do it.
Once it's done, just double click the activesynch shortcut in bluetooth manager and you're away browsing the web, chatting on msn, or irc :)


One thing I found, it associates the device name with the mac address of the BT adaptor.
So I first set it up on my laptop (arrakis) and then went and plugged the adaptor into my PC.
Couldn't understand why it was still finding arrakis and not caladan (pc) til I realised what it was up to. so I've renamed shortcut to activesynch with bluetooth.


You could go for a CF wifi card, or SD wifi cards (about £50+ from what I've seen) but I've got a 1GB CF card installed for my DVD's, and a 256MB SD card for programs etc. just seems daft if you can do the same with blue tooth. although wifi does have a greater range and speed

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Bluetooth works great for me for surfing :)

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Does it allow connection to bluetooth headsets?

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I have never used it, only wireless, which has been fine on both my 3850 with an expansion jacket and wireless CF card, and standalone with my 5550. I think someone else said the BTooth wouldn't work!!

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Ok-who hijacked my thread? :erm: :Peace:

Anyway-I went for the iPaq in the end. :)

It arrived earlier this morning, & I am just having a general play around at the mo, but 1st impressions are extremely good-it's very small & compact, & all very user friendly. :tu:

So far so good, & thanks to everyone for their advice/opinions etc. :tu:

N.

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I hope you have some screen protectors before you play with it too much or you'll likely scratch the screen.

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Hmmm-the WLAN MAC address is showing as 00:00:00:00:00:00. :confused:

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Ok-resolved that!

Now.....how do I get MSN Messenger working!? :D

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How did you get on with the iPAQ in the end Neil?

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Been looking at them asus do some nice ones and HP ipaq's seem nice especially the 4150 for the money - even if it does crash a few times on me :)
looking at getting an i-mate pocket pc next or xda 2

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I've been looking at the Dell Axim X5i and the HP 4510, but there seems to be so many out there to choose from, how are you suppose to make your mind up?