Frogford

Fancy a new gadget and was looking at a PDA. Have not got a clue which one to get. Would like to use sat nav with it too ! Budget of around £200-£250.

Any suggestions peeps?

Ta

Andy

Graceland

i've got an XDA2s - very impressed with it so far



Satnav on it is the daddy

Zetec Andy

Just sold my navman with tomtom installed and built in GPS receiver for £200

Frogford

isint that the O2 thingy bob? I already have a Sony K750i. Did look at them in Aug when I moved over to O2 but decided against it !

Frogford

oh sweaty mancunian armpits

Graceland

XDA2s is an O2 one yep

altho there are other names for it from other providers - best phone/toy/boredom killer i've ever had

Stu.H

mda compact/imate jam with 1.13 rom and 1.13 radio and bigstorage.

cant fault it apart from not having wifi, but can be added with an sd card but IMHO the best pda for price and size at the mo!

Jamz

XDA is an O2 brand name but you can get them on other networks under different names.

Jamz

I have an XDA2 and use it all the time. I was talking to Adrian on MSN the other night whilst pushing the trolley round ASDA

Adrian

This is true

Cant do that on my Blackberry

Graceland

MSN on the move is cool - doing upto 100mph in a train while looking at signals and playing on msn is belting

Frogford

Now I've heard this I defo need this new toy ! Would make shopping so much more interesting !

Was looking at one of these. Anyone heard anything aout em ?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Acer-N35-PDA-2...QQcmdZViewItem

S3an

halfrauds have these on offer

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/s...ctorCatalogId=

Stu.H

i used to do this on my nokia 6230!

Fil

both them ones in the links are 266mhz, mines 400mhz and most new ones are 5/600mhz

id go for something that runs windows mobile 5 as thats just come out, and soon will be the OS to have, take a look at some ipaq models as there built well! + 3yrs warrenty

Markb_s1

ipaq every time imo.

got one myself.

Frogford

what about one of these ?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/iPAQ-rz1710-PO...QQcmdZViewItem

Graceland

the best all rounder is the XDA2s

it has built in gprs, w/lan, phone, 128meg ram with flashcard socket for upto 16 gig memory (when cards become available),

has

400mhz processor - Intel PXA263
128Mb DDR RAM
32Mb Flash RAM
32Bit Databus
240x320 tft touchscreen display with 65k colours (16bit colour)


excellant bit of kit, and has a slideout keyboard too

avengerpenguin

Really depends if you want a pda or one with a phone built in so you can have msn etc

Stu.H

if ur not bothered about size, want both pda and phone, then talk to avengerpenguin.

He has the daddy of ALL pda's at the mo

Frogford

dont need the phone bit as I said previously I already have a phone I'm happy with

User 32922

I got the XDA 2i which is basically the same as the 2s (- a keyboard but + better camera)

as said above....XDA 2s/2i rocks, i love mine, best phone buy yet!

avengerpenguin

I know its sad but I do love my pda's and gadgets so here is a pic or 2 of my new phone/pda.

Frogford

I have read up on that and it looks sooooooo coool BUT after 10 years of faithful service to orange the last 18 months I had with them was diabolical and I have switched to O2. I have vowed never to go with them again. Just a damn shame thats only avaliable with orange !

PhilM

I got an Acer N30 at the moment, very similar to the N35 Frogford linked, they have a slower processor, but for what I use it for (Satnav, MP3s, etc), that doesnt seem to affect anything. Bets thing by far about the Acers is they are thin, and they have USB host, so you can plug USB gps's into them, USB memory sticks, Digital cameras etc...

If I was buying a new one right now, I'd get an XDA 2s (black one), I think, they look very good

Also very impressed with my mates XDA Exec, screen is awesome, keyboard looks good, works well but a bit geeky for me .....the transcriber translation is MUCH improved over my PDA though (may be just the updated windows mobile)

S3an

im after a pda , sat nav thingy now, im with 02 and have been for 10 years, can you get them from 02 direct, maybe get a good bit of discount. any links to these gadgets to observe them read up on

thanks

ohhh how much are they?

avengerpenguin

You can get mine on O2 is called the XDA exec

S3an

how much are they so i know if they start bullshitting me over the phone

thanks

avengerpenguin

I was offered one for free, but expensive tariff, 75 a month I think. You are best off looking online and then seeing if O2 will do anything to match it

Damo V

I really rate the new palm Pilot




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DaveEscos

Frogford

Theres so many to choose from I'm still stuck.

I have just been recommended a Dell, the one in the link below. Any suggestions ?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Dell-iPaq-Axim...QQcmdZViewItem

ta

cossie-boy

I got an Acer N35, seems good and has navigation software too

thebigyin

i just got the xda exec on o2,its excellent

rsboy82

Alright fella im selling one on ebay at the moment at its near enough new! i only used it once! its an additional 20-30 quid for the gprs reciever and your away have a look and see what you think!

This is alot better spec than the o2 ones its also got biometric finger print reader on it which is pretty cool when ya in front of ya mates


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MESE%3AIT&rd=1

BM08

Superb

rsboy82

no no mines better than that and its on ebay u wanna proper PDA because theres so much you can do with them

Redkop

Take a look here http://shop.uplands.co.uk/acatalog/O2_XDA_2.html