Whats the best PDA for about $300

**lancer** · May 19th, 2005

My wifes birthday is coming up and i want to get her a pda, whats a good one for around $300 maybe $350.

LPDad · May 19th, 2005

Really depends on what she will use it for...(really). If she does not need lots of actual computing power then you can get her a nice Palm TungstonE and a 256 mb card for less than that from newegg.com.

If you need more you can get the Palm Tungsten 5 for abt $350. NOTE: Currently if you look on the Palmone site they are offering the Tungsten5 (and throwing in $85 wifi card for Free).

If you want to go the pocket PC route you will be paying a fair amount more for essentially similar features....most of the pocket PCs come with built in Wifi though...

If you can hold off for a while I hear Palm is comming out with a newer line with Wifi Included. I don't have any details though.

(my wife just needed scheduling/calender/notes/address book/simple exel/etc......so the TungstenE works well for her)

**lancer** · May 19th, 2005

Sorry i'll be more specific,

I want to get her something that looks good, something that can play mp3's, so it needs to either have an SD or CF slot intergrated. Wifi or Bluetooth isn't really important. It also needs to have Word, Excel, Outlook and Iexplorer, or similar programs.

I also want the screen to be colour/color for sure. It also needs to have an audio jack for headphones. boy is that a lot hey, but the asus pocket pc's have these features, Do you know of any others, does the palms have any of this?

**ming** · May 19th, 2005

It'll have to be PocketPC if you specifically want excel, word and IE. You'll find this on HP Ipaqs and Packard Bell PDAs.

I've just got an upgrade on O2 to an XDA IIi which seems to be very nice. As well as being a phone, it's got all those features mentioned in this thread - wifi, bluetooth and the software.

**ming** · May 19th, 2005

Oh, not sure if the XDA mini is out, but that too has bluetooth and the software. A neat little thing that. I think it's about the size of the Nokia 7650.

**lancer** · May 19th, 2005

i don't want it to be tiny, a regular sized one would be good.

**NetRyder** · May 19th, 2005

I've heard good things from people who own some of these:
http://www1.us.dell.com/content/prod...=19&l=en&s=dhs

Enyo got the Axim x50v and he seems to be very happy with it, although that particular model is over $400.

http://www.enyo.org.uk/node/21

**Kush** · May 19th, 2005

Originally Posted by ming

Oh, not sure if the XDA mini is out, but that too has bluetooth and the software. A neat little thing that. I think it's about the size of the Nokia 7650.

thats the imate jam here its a little wider and a bit taller than the 7650, but its a good pda, a lot of people have it here. its a phone too and that jacks the price up, its about 720 dollars here

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lancer There is no answer! Joined: October 2004 Location: FL, USA Posts: 3,087 Blog Entries: 3 Reputation: 1430 Power: 137	Whats the best PDA for about $300 My wifes birthday is coming up and i want to get her a pda, whats a good one for around $300 maybe $350. "The world has just got smaller now, but people have got further away."

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LPDad OSNN Addict Joined: January 2002 Posts: 205 Reputation: 20 Power: 129	Re: Whats the best PDA for about $300 Really depends on what she will use it for...(really). If she does not need lots of actual computing power then you can get her a nice Palm TungstonE and a 256 mb card for less than that from newegg.com. If you need more you can get the Palm Tungsten 5 for abt $350. NOTE: Currently if you look on the Palmone site they are offering the Tungsten5 (and throwing in $85 wifi card for Free). If you want to go the pocket PC route you will be paying a fair amount more for essentially similar features....most of the pocket PCs come with built in Wifi though... If you can hold off for a while I hear Palm is comming out with a newer line with Wifi Included. I don't have any details though. (my wife just needed scheduling/calender/notes/address book/simple exel/etc......so the TungstenE works well for her)

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lancer There is no answer! Joined: October 2004 Location: FL, USA Posts: 3,087 Blog Entries: 3 Reputation: 1430 Power: 137	Re: Whats the best PDA for about $300 Sorry i'll be more specific, I want to get her something that looks good, something that can play mp3's, so it needs to either have an SD or CF slot intergrated. Wifi or Bluetooth isn't really important. It also needs to have Word, Excel, Outlook and Iexplorer, or similar programs. I also want the screen to be colour/color for sure. It also needs to have an audio jack for headphones. boy is that a lot hey, but the asus pocket pc's have these features, Do you know of any others, does the palms have any of this? "The world has just got smaller now, but people have got further away."

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ming OSNN Advanced Joined: June 2003 Location: UK Posts: 4,252 Reputation: 1160 Power: 162	Re: Whats the best PDA for about $300 It'll have to be PocketPC if you specifically want excel, word and IE. You'll find this on HP Ipaqs and Packard Bell PDAs. I've just got an upgrade on O2 to an XDA IIi which seems to be very nice. As well as being a phone, it's got all those features mentioned in this thread - wifi, bluetooth and the software. Curent system: Intel Quad Core 9450 \| 4GB RAM \| WD Raptor 36GB \| nVidia 8800GT 512mb

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ming OSNN Advanced Joined: June 2003 Location: UK Posts: 4,252 Reputation: 1160 Power: 162	Re: Whats the best PDA for about $300 Oh, not sure if the XDA mini is out, but that too has bluetooth and the software. A neat little thing that. I think it's about the size of the Nokia 7650. Curent system: Intel Quad Core 9450 \| 4GB RAM \| WD Raptor 36GB \| nVidia 8800GT 512mb

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lancer There is no answer! Joined: October 2004 Location: FL, USA Posts: 3,087 Blog Entries: 3 Reputation: 1430 Power: 137	Re: Whats the best PDA for about $300 i don't want it to be tiny, a regular sized one would be good. "The world has just got smaller now, but people have got further away."

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NetRyder Tech Junkie Joined: April 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 13,256 Reputation: 4260 Power: 298	Re: Whats the best PDA for about $300 I've heard good things from people who own some of these: http://www1.us.dell.com/content/prod...=19&l=en&s=dhs Enyo got the Axim x50v and he seems to be very happy with it, although that particular model is over $400. http://www.enyo.org.uk/node/21 http://kunal.kundaje.net

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Kush High On Life! Joined: January 2002 Location: Montreal, Quebec Posts: 4,590 Reputation: 1300 Power: 185	Re: Whats the best PDA for about $300 Originally Posted by ming Oh, not sure if the XDA mini is out, but that too has bluetooth and the software. A neat little thing that. I think it's about the size of the Nokia 7650. thats the imate jam here its a little wider and a bit taller than the 7650, but its a good pda, a lot of people have it here. its a phone too and that jacks the price up, its about 720 dollars here If Someones post is helpful or makes you laugh, reward the person by clicking on this button--->

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