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. :(