I’m looking for the best for the buck. I recquire unlimited access, good batteries, easy viewing of the interenet and email (not just specialized content.)
What I really don’t want is a link to circuit city or staples.
I’m looking for recomendations and advice from an experienced individual who has one or more of these devices.
Thanks.
I’m posting to get email notification because I am interested in this as well. I imagine you’d need something of a cross between a PDA and a cell phone, and it’d probably be an astronomical rate for the airtime because of the more demanding requirements that a data link has.
Something like this, but with a larger screen. I can’t imagine using a PDA to look at web pages. The font on many sites is small enough on my 15 inch laptop screen; I’d need a magnifying glass to read it on a PDA’s 5 inch screen!
It’s the wireless airtime charges that scare me. Here is one that costs $25 a month for a maximum of ten days of access. Unlimited access is $75 a month. On top of that, it doesn’t look like connectivity can be guaranteed- you have to be near some kind of magical “hot spot”.
In the mean time, here’s an interesting link:
Check “Device Specs/Handhelds” on the left. Looks like some interesting hardware. This one looks especially cool, but it’s a thousand bucks :eek:
I’ll query my techie friends & check back if i turn up any worthwhile leads.
Wow, you want all that and a bag of chips don’t ya?
I work for MobilePlanet in sales and setting up people with PocketPCs and wireless solutions is what I do all day. If money is no object, I would recommend going with a Jornada 567 ($579.95), a PC Card Sleeve ($149.95), and a Sierra Aircard wireless modem ($399.95). Service for the Aircard depends on whether you reside in an AT&T or Verizon data coverage area, and usually in the ballpark of $29.95 per month. Speeds are typically 19.2K. Not very fast, but it will do the job for viewing websites and checking your email. Coverage is in most major cities (but not all of them).
As I said, This would be the solution if money is no object. If this is a little too rich for your blood, I have tons of other solutions. Just let me know what your price range is, and your permission to email you, and I will send you more info about a solution that will work for you.
The website of the place I work for is here.
P.S. “All that and a bag of chips” solutions are still not available, but summer of 2002 promises to be a very exciting time for PocketPCs as faster wireless modems and faster PDA processors become available, and even then data coverage will still not be great.
By all means, please email me, or give me links to solutions that you recommend.
And thanks in advance for helping me out.