For Susan Hayes

First take a look at the power consumption of any PDA that you are thinking
about.
Most reviews do not cover this aspect.
I have transitioned over the years from a Palm Pilot to a Palm V and now a
couple of IPAQs.

Battery life
Palm Pilot      2 weeks         AAA batteries obtainable very easily.
Palm V          rechargeable    often lasted a week between charges but
could be as low as a day if heavily used.
IPAQs           20 minutes on a good day!!
Very disappointing especially as all software disappears as battery dies.
With some adaptor sleeves on the PDA continues to draw current from the
battery when it is switched off.  GPS sleeves are big culprits.

Have not tackled the more recent Palm or HP/Dell style PDAs but battery life
needs serious consideration.

Brian
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Brian Skingley
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Subject: [PCBUILD] Specs for a PDA/Pocket PC

Hello Everyone:

I have not posted in a very long time, mainly because my problems have been
few.  However, I would like to purchase a PDA or Pocket PC.  Unfortunately,
I
have no idea what I am looking for in the way of specs.  I want to use it
for
email and some web browsing, if possible.  I want to access my AOL email so
I
assume I would need to download the AOL software to be able to do that.  If
any
of you have a PDA and access your AOL mail, you can email me privately to
let
me know what I need.  There are so many PDA's out there so I need some help
with the specs on one.  I do have an unlimited AOL monthly plan.

Thanks so much in advance,
Susan Hays

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