Which Pocket PC Should I Buy?

[RaGe]

I'm planning on a 340MB Microdrive.. I've decided upon getting an Amigo 600c.. It's got the most options. <br><br>One thing, about the Microdrive, how many brands are there? I know iomega makes them, I IBM also does, correct?<br><br>-RaGe

[Moose or Chuck]

Don't get a MicroDrive other than 1 GB. The lower sized ones don't use power efficiently, and thus drain your PPC, or possibly cause damage to it.<br>A MicroDrive is an IBM product, and ONLY an IBM product. But if you're getting an @migo, why not get the Kingston 2GB PC Card HD?

[jongjungbu]

B/C it costs almost as much as a PPC.

[jongjungbu]

On that subject, what would u say uses the least amount of power (but still maintain an excellent read speed).

[Moose or Chuck]

Any solid state RAM CF card. It uses no power unless reading, and it reads as fast as the onboard RAM.

[jongjungbu]

That's pretty much what I figured.

[RaGe]

iomega has a Microdrive availible on thier site.<br><br>http://www.iomega.com/microdrive/index.html<br><br>No drivers availible for the Amigo, but they've got iPaq drivers which should work.<br><br>-RaGe

[jongjungbu]

I have an IBM Microdrive, but i'm really lookin for something fast but a lot less powereating. Unfortunately, CF's are so damn expensive. (Note I did not really say darn.) But It'd be nice to have a huge one.<br>

[Matt Keys]

If your PocketPC has a PC Card slot you can get a good deal on used PCMCIA flash cards. I got a 448MB for 180 bucks.

[jongjungbu]

Hmm. Well, Matt. You already know I have an @migo, so..where did u buy the used Flash PCMCIA Card? e-Bay?<br>I'd really like Flash and its so damn expensive i'll take a used one. My Microdrive is an older one and its powerhungriness drives me Second Banana.

[Matt Keys]

Its funny, I posted new about this back in the day, and two weeks later everyone at Brighthand was sporting their new PCMCIA flash cards. Before I opened my big mouth nobody else was bidding on them and I was gonna get a 800MB card. Well the prices went so high after that so I couldnt afford one:( they may have settled down again though, and yes I got it off ebay. Of course now I opened my mouth again, you better hurry:)

[Moose or Chuck]

Those PC Cards take up more juice than a CF card. I'm not sure how much but it definitly would.

[Matt Keys]

How do you figure moose? its still a solid state card like in CF, they just put it in a PCMCIA form factor.

[jongjungbu]

Well, Goose. What would be the alternative? A CF Card w/PCMCIA adapter?

[Moose or Chuck]

Because the data rate is faster, it has to send a stronger current through the device.<br><br>JoBung: no, guess whyLast modification: Moose Master - 07/07/01 at 14:23:21