Hand Held PC (Pocket PC)

[rexinre]

I am looking to get a pocket PC... Here is why...

Originally I wanted an MP3 Player, but my job got more demanding and my phone's calendar was not getting the job done anymore. So I came to the conclusion to combine them both. A pocket PC that has a calendar/excel/word/and MS Streets & Trips that can play MP3's. What do you think?

After visiting www.dell.com and www.hp.com a few hundred times I began to become more and more confused as to what to get. I don't want something that will crash, or loose my info...

Can anyone steer me in the right direction? Give me any info possible, ie articles or info?

Thanks

 

[P11]

i got a Toshiba e350 and its slim/stylish/word/excel/calender/phone book/Optional(ms streets) and mp3's but a sandisk is needed. I use it all the time and battery doesnt run out for a week unless u listen to mp3s - if u do battery will run out in 3-4 days.
Also it should be cheap now but anyways i suggest getting a toshiba e400 cause its cheap and reliable.

 

[rexinre]

What is a sandisk?

If it doesn't come with MS Streets how does someone install it? I have MS streets for my home PC, but you just can't install it on a Pocket PC can you?

 

[4W4K3]

I used to have a Dell Axim, i liked it. Now they have lil' skinny ones that look pretty good, and i think they are still jsut as fast.

 

[rexinre]

Dell was what I was leaning twards... Thanks.

Again I am still looking for some info/input on the 2 questions above.

 

[computerdude2004]

You would need to buy MS Streets for the PDA and then you install it through a syncronization with your PC. So you put the CD with the info into your PC's CD drive and then it installs it throught the PDA's connection with the computer.

 

[computerdude2004]

Sandisk is a company that manufacturer's portable media cards. They manufacture compact flash cards, memory sticks, xD cards, SD Cards. He is saying that you need like a compact flash card or something to put the MP3's on because there isn't enough space in the PDA's memory or hdd if you want to call it that.

Sandisk - http://www.sandisk.com/

 

[rexinre]

OOOHHHHH... thank you very much for the info computerdude! I have a few of them lying around the house...

Thanks again! This site rocks BTW!

 

[rexinre]

One more quick question... Prob a dumb one but who cares anyways... Is there a way to get a bigger HD on the handheld?

 

[computerdude2004]

No. If you want a bigger hdd on your handheld you have to buy a new one with larger memory. It isn't that big a pain to use removable media for memory. It should work fine to have a sandisk card.

 

[rexinre]

Ok, thanks again... I am prob going to get the biggest hdd dell offers in their handheld. Plus I will use the sandisk cards as well!

 

[Echo_]

the dells use compact flash not sandisks btw and u can buy those when you purchase your handheld. have fun :d

 

[computerdude2004]

Yeah, Compact Flash cards are really getting cheap. I use them for my digital camera. I love how much they have gone down in price. San Disk is a company, not a specific type of removable media like Compact Flash is. Compact Flash cards write quickly so you don't need to worry about a lot of lag or write time.