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Originally Posted by towny
I would have to agree with erol (I knew I would sooner or later  ) ... beware of Pocket PC / Win CE devices. They are not the package they appear to be at first. Think about what you actually need a handheld to do and how often you want to do it before you buy anything. When you've done that, you'll find that an OS designed for handheld devices - i.e. Palm OS - is much better suited than an OS that was designed for a desktop and then scaled down (i.e. Windows). |
Actually I think you'll find that PocketPC was designed from the ground up. It just looks like Windows. From what I've seen on the iPaqs that a lot of people where I work use it's a pretty good OS
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As for hardware, as erol says beware of battery life and be sure you need WiFi badly enough to put up with the power drain. AFAIK Bluetooth is less power hungry ... most Palm, Handspring and Sony devices (all Palm OS) either have Bluetooth built in or can take a Bluetooth expansion card, so this option plus a compatible mobile phone may be better for you.
Pocket PC devices appear to me to be somewhat bulkier than comparable Palm OS handhelds (especially compared to the delicious Palm Tungsten-T3) And finally, don't be fooled into thinking you're getting more hardware for your cash with a Pocket PC ... they apparently have more RAM, but what they don't tell you is that they need twice as much RAM as a comparable Palm OS device because the Windows OS is so bloated.
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The latest iPaq models (the HP branded ones) seem to have a pretty good battery life. Someone I know has the high-end one (the one with built-in Bluetooth, WiFi and the fingerprint scanner (which works very well)) uses his all day for web browsing via Bluetooth to his GPRS mobile and has no complaints about batter life.