RE: Advice on PDAs Please??

[Williams Christopher C <CCWILLIAMS@xxxxxxx>]

I can thoroughly recommend Psion PDAs.  I have a Series 5.  The good
thing about Psions is that they last a long time on a set of batteries
and rarely crash.  When they do a reset doesn't loose all your data.

However, if it was me I'd wait a year before buying another one.  Things
are changing really fast in the PDA world. Ericsson have show a
prototype with built in GSM (GPRS?) and GPS.  Now I happen to be a bit
hooked on computer assisted navigation so I like the idea of having the
GPS built in and enough bandwidth to download detailed maps of where I
am!  Incidentally my Psion connected to my Garmin 12 GPS with Street
Planner Millennium software is a really powerful navigation system -
just wish Street Planner and Route Planner were better integrated!

Of course when I eventually get Comfort I will want to have a colour
hand held browser for controlling my home and viewing security cameras!

I think next time I will go for a pocketable screen only device, however
the keyboard on the Psion is excellent.

Just some thoughts,

Cheers,

Chris Williams

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Mark McCall [SMTP:mark@xxxxxxx]
> Sent:	Tuesday, October 17, 2000 11:24 AM
> To:	Ukha_D@Egroups. Com
> Subject:	[ukha_d] Advice on PDAs Please??
>
> Hi all
>
> Friend bought a Palm Vx last week and it's LOVERLY!!  Put me in the
> mood for
> a PDA ( even got out my old Nokia 9000i).  After a quick look round I
> have
> looked at the following....
>
> The GOURGEOUS iPAQ (Colour, huge memory, MP3, expansion, but 400 quid
> and
> out of stock all over)
> http://www.compaq.co.uk/products/handheld/pocketpc/index.stm
>
> Mitsubishi Mondo (GSM GPRS and PDA in one!)
> http://www.trium-gsm.com/products.asp?action=getMore&id=33
>
> Anyone got any advice?
>
> Thanks
>
> M.
>
> Please note, the "L" word has not been used anywhere in this
message
> :-)
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