PDA Advice Please.

[Neil]

Originally Posted by zovat

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

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

[andygrif]

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?

[Neil]

Originally Posted by andygrif

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

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

[lemarsh]

Originally Posted by Xaccers

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

Just got an HP 2210, and have wireless network. Wondering how the baove works.
Think it is as follows, but would like clarification;
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?

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

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

[imback]

Originally Posted by Bifta

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

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

Originally Posted by Neil

I want them to have WLAN capabilities, & to have Pocket PC 2003.<snippety snipped>

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

[zovat]

Originally Posted by Neil

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

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

HTH

[Xaccers]

Originally Posted by lemarsh

Just got an HP 2210, and have wireless network. Wondering how the baove works.
Think it is as follows, but would like clarification;
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?

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

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

[Xaccers]

Originally Posted by Proppinupthebar

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

Bluetooth works great for me for surfing

[Xaccers]

Originally Posted by imback

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

Does it allow connection to bluetooth headsets?

Originally Posted by Xaccers

Bluetooth works great for me for surfing

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!!

[Neil]

Ok-who hijacked my thread?

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.

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

N.

[dilli-theclaw]

Originally Posted by Neil

Ok-who hijacked my thread?

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.

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

N.

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

[Neil]

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