Which PDA?

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I'm not sure if this is the best group to ask this, but I'm looking for a
PDA and the HP iPaq series has caught my eye.

There is a model, the hx4700 which looks very powerful and has a screen
slightly larger than other models.

I want a good all round machine for both business and personal use,
something I can access the internet through and actually use it instead of
waiting hours to download. Should be able to handle more than one
application at once, Excel/Word/Acrobat for example.

On the personal use side, I would like to be able to watch video, maybe
AVI/MPG format. Complete films can be 700 Mb or so, would this be a
problem? I'm also looking for an alternative to an iPod so decent audio
capability is a must.

Extras such as GPS navigation for my car would be great too.

Basically, I don't mind paying £400-500 if I know I'm getting a seriously
powerful machine that can keep pace with the demands on it. Has anyone used
the 4700? Does it live up to it's billing? Or maybe there is a better
alternative.

I own a Nokia 9210 and for the most part I am very happy with it, only that
it is showing its age and internet connection at 19.2kb is for all intents
and purposes useless. I don't know whether I'm going to replace the Nokia
completely or use the two together, but if the PDA can take a SIM card and I
can get it to work on Vodafone then I might trade it in altogether.

Am I asking for too much?

Tanel.

 

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On the seventh day, Tanel Kagan wrote...

> I'm not sure if this is the best group to ask this, but I'm looking for a
> PDA and the HP iPaq series has caught my eye.
>
> There is a model, the hx4700 which looks very powerful and has a screen
> slightly larger than other models.

it's not only larger, but it also has a larger resolution (VGA) as opposed
to 320*240 of common models. BTW: The toshiba E800 also has VGA resolution.

> I want a good all round machine for both business and personal use,
> something I can access the internet through and actually use it instead of
> waiting hours to download. Should be able to handle more than one
> application at once, Excel/Word/Acrobat for example.

Should be no problem.

> On the personal use side, I would like to be able to watch video, maybe
> AVI/MPG format. Complete films can be 700 Mb or so, would this be a
> problem?

You need a storage card (you can get Secure Digital, MMC or CF cards.
Personally, I'd get a SD card which is available tio up to 1gig, because
you'd have the CF slot spare for CF cards.

Even then, playing back video might be a problem as well. My ipaq 3850
doesn't play back eben re-encoded movies so that might get messy. There are
some software packages available that do the re-encoding for you.

> I'm also looking for an alternative to an iPod so decent audio
> capability is a must.

Again, have a look for storage cards. I am using 512 megs SD card which
contains approx. 5 hours music.

> Extras such as GPS navigation for my car would be great too.

You can use a Bluetooth GPS mouse, cableless. There are navigation packages
available.

> Basically, I don't mind paying £400-500 if I know I'm getting a seriously
> powerful machine that can keep pace with the demands on it. Has anyone used
> the 4700? Does it live up to it's billing? Or maybe there is a better
> alternative.

Don't think so.

> I own a Nokia 9210 and for the most part I am very happy with it, only that
> it is showing its age and internet connection at 19.2kb is for all intents
> and purposes useless. I don't know whether I'm going to replace the Nokia
> completely or use the two together, but if the PDA can take a SIM card and I
> can get it to work on Vodafone then I might trade it in altogether.

You can also get a cell phone with Bluetooth. I am using a Sony-Ericsson
T610.

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> Basically, I don't mind paying £400-500 if I know I'm getting a seriously
> powerful machine that can keep pace with the demands on it. Has anyone
used
> the 4700? Does it live up to it's billing? Or maybe there is a better
> alternative.

Its very well crafted and the screen is awesome. It fast and runs most
applications very smoothly.

> I own a Nokia 9210 and for the most part I am very happy with it, only
that
> it is showing its age and internet connection at 19.2kb is for all intents
> and purposes useless. I don't know whether I'm going to replace the Nokia
> completely or use the two together, but if the PDA can take a SIM card and
I
> can get it to work on Vodafone then I might trade it in altogether.

Only the iPAQ h6300 series can use SIM cards, so you would need a phone with
Bluetooth on the side for internet connection with the hx4700 (or you need
to be in a hot spot, since it has built in WLAN).

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