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[Meatpuppet]

Planning to do some travelling in a month or so, and was considering trying to pick up a cheap PDA for the journey.

Basically, I am looking for something that will be able to store and display some text documents (my condensed/personalised transcriptions from various travel books), spreadsheets of some format (to store data on train times), and allow me to jot down any thoughts I may have along the way. Be nice to have space to store an ebook, could finally get round to reading Don Quixote.

What PDAs would you lot recommend based on these basic criteria (and personal experience)? Not looking to spend more than $75, old models & second hand is not an issue for me. Just don't want to pick up a complete lemon.

 

[bionic77]

Planning to do some travelling in a month or so, and was considering trying to pick up a cheap PDA for the journey.

Basically, I am looking for something that will be able to store and display some text documents (my condensed/personalised transcriptions from various travel books), spreadsheets of some format (to store data on train times), and allow me to jot down any thoughts I may have along the way. Be nice to have space to store an ebook, could finally get round to reading Don Quixote.

What PDAs would you lot recommend based on these basic criteria (and personal experience)? Not looking to spend more than $75, old models & second hand is not an issue for me. Just don't want to pick up a complete lemon.

Worst advice ever, but my Dell Axim x50v is awesome. I use it all the time to read ebooks and occasionally watch movies. The screen is gorgeous. Only downside is the price (usually $400 unless on sale) and the battery is only between 3-4 hours.

 

[SKluck]

A03 improved battery life quite a bit. You can probably get 5+ hours of typical use now. Without wifi/bt/intensive shit.

I love my x50v too, even though it was probably a mistake for what I do with it (It rarely leaves the house). Hey Bionic, where do you get ebooks? I've tried to find the Ender books / Michael crichton stuff in that format, but haven't found any decent sources. I'm not paying $10 for a txt file. For the Ender series its the same price for the ebook as the hardcover, ridiculous.

From what you say you want, maybe pick up a Palm Zire 21. I think those are like $75 now. I know at my store they are $79 now and going to $69 on the 6th at OfficeMax. You can probably get one off ebay for cheap though. That's like the only namebrand PDA under $150. Well, there is the Zire 31, just a color/backlight version of the 21. Little more memory, speed.

I hate palm. But that is you ONLY option unless you want some cheap sharp "personal organizer".

 

[bionic77]

A03 improved battery life quite a bit. You can probably get 5+ hours of typical use now. Without wifi/bt/intensive shit.

I love my x50v too, even though it was probably a mistake for what I do with it (It rarely leaves the house). Hey Bionic, where do you get ebooks? I've tried to find the Ender books / Michael crichton stuff in that format, but haven't found any decent sources. I'm not paying $10 for a txt file. For the Ender series its the same price for the ebook as the hardcover, ridiculous.

From what you say you want, maybe pick up a Palm Zire 21. I think those are like $75 now. I know at my store they are $79 now and going to $69 on the 6th at OfficeMax. You can probably get one off ebay for cheap though. That's like the only namebrand PDA under $150. Well, there is the Zire 31, just a color/backlight version of the 21. Little more memory, speed.

I hate palm. But that is you ONLY option unless you want some cheap sharp "personal organizer".

Check your pm.