The Hottest, Newest, Most Exciting PDA

[swaaye]

So everybody, what PDA are you drooling over? I'm looking to pick up a new PDA since my Zaurus 5500 got busted. I'm sorta out of the loop these days so I'd love to see you guys rattle of what's cool lately.

[James S]

Asus A620.
If you're into bluetooth then get the iPaq H2215.

[tomdon]

I cant stop going on about the A620, its speed and battery life blows everything else out of the water .

[swaaye]

I'm into gaming and music. From what I found in this thread, that almost totally rules out the A620

http://www.pocketmatrix.com/forums/view ... =asus+a620

[WrathS]

Companies make 80211b wifi cf cards, right?
Because even though the a620 just has 1 expansion slot, its quite a useful one!

[WrathS]

[James S]

[swaaye]

[METROID]

[James S]

No, The H2215 costs $389 for students, an entire $10 savings. The Asus A620 costs $349 MSRP. So, in fact, your statement is reversed. You could buy the A620 and a WiFi card for the same price as the H2215.

How often do you really use Nevo? I find my regular remote control to be much easier to use.

And the speed advantage is quite significant. The A620 at 400MHz runs as fast as the H2215 does when overclocked to 530MHz. It's 20% faster than the H2215 when both are at 400Mhz, and that means 4 frames per second faster in Quake and a couple fewer frameskips in emulators.

[METROID]

[James S]

[METROID]

[swaaye]

[James S]

The fluke was the price of the H2215 on the educational discount website

They make thumbkeyboards for many of the iPaq devices that connects to the bottom of the device and covers up the DPad and buttons.

Handwriting recognition is good enough for my bad handwriting, though, so I've never had a need for a hardware keyboard. The device has a software keyboard just incase, as well.