Should I buy a Blackberry, or a Treo, or an Ipaq or????
 

Which PDA is the best in your opinion?
I was thinking I should get the cell phone/PDA combo so I don't have to carry two different things around with me.

Anyone have a good way to check your stats on a PDA? (For instance would a proggie like stats remote work there?)

I wanna buy one before years end to get the write off for this year.

Agreed - treos rock

Can you tell me why the Treo's rock?

They dont, if you want, tommorow I can take a picture of my "bone yard" it has 3 broken treo's sitting in my closet because they break very easy.. I ended up with a normal phone (panasonic) and it's amazing.

too true, but i'm waiting for the unlocked GSM version, no desire at all to have a contract w/ Sprint and a Treo locked to their CDMA network..

I like the ipaq personally but don't have much experiance with the others...

i'm competely new to the surf the web with your phone thing. i picked up a samsung 316 the other day, and now i'm hooked. i maybe have to go all out and get a blackberry at some point.

There's a bunch of unlocked 650's on EBay right now. And no, they aren't industrial strength so don't drop it like your old flip phone, but you probably already know that.

It's email and 2way features are fantastic. The qwerty keyboard is easy to type on. What really sets the treo apart from the rest is the touch screen. I have a Blackberry collecting dust and I won't touch it. Why, because I don't feel comfortable with anything else after being spoiled with the big and bright touchscreen.

Plus, web surfing is fantastic with a Treo using Sprint. 144kbs! It's a real 144kbs too. When I need to use my computer I plug it into my Treo and surf three times faster than diaup.

Try that with your stinkin Blackberrys. Ha!

Oh yeah....we have our phone deal with AT&T wireless.....which is now also cingular....so I guess whatever I have to buy needs to be compatible with them.
Or do they make basically the same version for all the wireless companies?

i'm debating the SAME thing...i have att/cingular and these 3 are my finalists:

Motorola mpx220

Palm Treo 600

Blackberry 7290



but, i'm honestly considering just paying $30 a month and getting Tmobile Sidekick II...ALOT of good industry reviews on that one (mobile industry, not porn, lol) and it does "push" email, pop3, AOL/ICQ, web browsing, etc etc

I will be honest and say that a Sidekick is cool for most folks. It's better than a Blackberry that's for sure. The difference between them and the treo is that Treo is the industrial strength version of the pda phone.

I don't know what other network speeds are like.

Just send traffic to ImLive, get $100 per signup, and in the end of the month you can get this as well, amazing pocket PC phone adition

http://www.pussycash.com/images2/awards22big.gif

att/cingular only has the Treo 600 (no bluetooth)


can i buy one of these "unlocked" 650's from ebay and use it with Cingular ?

That is the way I understand it. You can see the carrier compatibility on most auction listings.

thanks, i'm gonna go look now :)

id go with the blackberry

I don't want to push your shitty program to "try" and win something....I want to buy myself something practical and get a tax write off in the process.

Spam your shit elsewhere

Anyone have or used one of these?
(Link won't work)

Its a Siemens SX66 Pocket PC.
Never heard of it before but it looks pretty slick

That is definitely the phone to beat. It's the only thing I would replace my Treo with. Unfortunately it's only a Cingular phone so far.


http://onlinestore.cingular.com/imag...sx66_large.jpg

It has a keyboard that slides out from the rear. Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and all the trimmings. The only thing it doesn't have is a camera.

http://www.cingular.com/shop/shop_cingular

The Treo and Ipaq are around $500.

This is $299 plus $100 rebate = $199
http://www.t-mobile.com/images/produ...arge_front.jpg :xmas-smil

Yeah it looks pretty sweet.
Only thing is how does the MS operating system for handhelds compare to the palm OS which seems to be the standard.
Plus its $150 more than the Treo.....but it does look really sweet.

I tried fucking with a pda phone but I found it easier to keep the 2 things separate. And my advice, get the IPAQ! I have one and the fucking things kicks ass. I have no idea how I lived without it! It's really the only way I can keep on track and finish a job without drugs :)

http://soaponarope.info/images/GFY-IPAQ.JPG

I would get a Blackberry.

treo 650

All depends on who your service provider is.

If you have Sprint then the Treo 650 or the Audiovox PPC6601 will be your best bet.
Treo runs on a Palm OS and the PPC6601 runs Windows Mobile 2003 SE.

Not true PW. Do a search for teh PPC6601 on google, its offered by Sprint now and has been for a month and a half now.

I have AT&T.....can't switch to Sprint. I have a 2 year contract with AT&T (And I don't really like sprint anyways....shitty coverage in my area)

I think I may wait for the Treo 650 to come to AT&T....or see about buying an unlocked one from ebay.
It looks WAAAAY better than the Treo 600.

I could never figure out why people would need to surf the net from a phone or PDA. I have my desktop and my laptop and so far that is all I have never needed.

So who wants to explain why these things are so great?

I just got the Dell Axim X50v

Here we go again...

Not going to tell you what to get but I'll give you my experience with the Blackberry.

E-Mail - I've had the Blackberry 7510 through Nextel for about 8 months now. The main advantage to the Blackberry is that it is the ONLY DEVICE THAT CAN take advantage of PUSH E-MAIL technology (REAL TIME E-MAIL). Meaning you get e-mails instantly...no need to poll for them. If you'd rather use POP3 then the Blackberry automatically polls for e-mails every 10-15 min. You can customize your return address to your liking. In about a month you'll be able to e-mail JPEGS and other image formats. Currently you can view PDF, Excel, Word, TXT amongst other files with the standard Blackberry OS without any 3rd party programs.

Web Browsing - You can do simple WAP browsing with a stock handheld. But 3rd party software is required for full blown HTML/JAVA etc. It looks just as good if not better than the Screen shot of that IPAQ. $27.95 for ReqWireles web browser.

Organization - Like every other device the Blackberry seamlessly synchs with Outlook and Notes. It also includes a password keeper, Task Checklist, picture viewer. I also have E-OFFICE which is a full blown Office clone for the Blackberry. Try typing an e-mail on the IPAQ without having to buy the attatchable keyboard, or the Treo with its pin sized keys.

The only advantages I see to the Treo or the IPAQ is that you get a cute little stylus, and viewing videos.

The new Nextel 7520 has bluetooth...I'll be upgrading soon.

For me its e-mail...i do about 200+ a day. Instant E-mail...it feels like I'm at home..but im not.

Why carry around a laptop/phone when you can have both in one device?

When EV-DO launches in late May early June for Sprint then you have true broadband speeds in your pda/phone without any additional hardware. :cool-as-a

Thanks Nap. I just checked it out on Google. For some reason the Sprint version doesn't have Wi-Fi. WTF is that about?!?! It's a bit bigger than the Treo too. I'll wait and see on this one.


http://www.pdabuyersguide.com/image/..._size_comp.jpg

oqo.com
 

Anyone checkout www.oqo.com?

This thing looks badass. Full xp pro and only weighs 14 ounces.

I know it is $2k and that is high but this is as powerful as a laptop but can fit in the palm of your hand.

Any other devices like this out that anyone is aware of?

i've been reading ALOT of good things about T-Mobile Sidekick II

Can anyone explain locked vs. unlocked?

the siemens sx66 rocks :xmas-smil

Locked = The phone can be only be used with one mobile provider like Sprint or AT&T

Unlocked = You can use your phone on any provider with a compatable network

For obvious reasons most phone companies try not to sell unlocked phones. Sometimes they can't get around it though.

It does look bad assed. I was salivating over it when I first saw it too. Sony has a similar computer that is even sexier than that one.


Oy vey! I love gadgets a bit too much. I'm starting to call mini computers sexy! :upsidedow