Handheld PDA or Smartphone/Pocket PC?

[Morgan Bo Borgan]

Is it wiser nowadays to buy a PDA or a smartphone/pocket PC?

i.e. avoid the Palm LifeDrive, TX, etc... and go for a Palm Treo, BlackJack, etc.?

 

[Twisted Pixie]

Depends on what you want to do. No one device will fit every circumstance or user.

Smartphones are somewhat limited in features - a stripped down PPC of sorts. You can view Word and Excel files but not edit, whereas you have that capability with a PPC and most Windows based PDAs.

 

[CVJX]

Thanks.

What do you think of the Palm T|X?

Or should I go with the Palm Treo 700wx?

 

[arindam singh]

I am not a Palm fan. Went through 3 Treo 600s and a 650 before surrendering. I use a Blackberry now. Also have a Blackjack. The BB is much better for me.

Palm is a much older operating system. On the PDAs such as the Tx, it is pretty good. As a phone, there are better O/S' out there - Blackberry, WM5 and Symbian. Just a matter of what you need and what you want.

Many people want to carry one device which can handle contacts, calendar, email and phone.