RE: [PCTECH] PDA: Which is the best one...the best price?

["David Gibbs" <dgibbs@xxxxxxx>]

> I am going back to college and I need to by  a PDA for the 
> basic business 
> stuff ASAP: Windows, word, excel, email, handwriting 
> capability and under 
> $300.00.  I am getting close to a decision between the 
> Hewlett Packard 
> iPAQ Pocket PC PDA (Brand/Model: HP IPAQ1945) or  Dell Axim  X3...

My first recommendation would be to buy one that you've held in your
hand and played around with a little.  So, unless you know someone owns
one, that rules out the Axim X3.  

I own an Axim X5 ... and it's pretty big & clunky, and given my
druthers, I would not get another one.

Make sure it has very sold, firm feeling, buttons & toggles (this rules
out the Axim X5).

I would advise getting one with a compact flash (CF) card slot ... as
most of the add-on's are CF format.  A secure digital memory card slot
would also be good.

> Last question:  I need to load an electronic Bible in it.  
> Are ALL PDAs 
> capable of accepting additional software in it?  Are this?

Any PDA worth having will allow you to load software on it.  There are a
number of religious texts in e-book format (I know for sure that I've
seen the bible [old & new version], Talmud, Koran, and the Sendmail
"Bat" book <grin>) plus some specialized apps of similar purpose.

david

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David Gibbs
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Lombard, IL, USA; tel: 630-495-2108; fax: 630-495-3591
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