PDA buying advice

[Austin]

I will be purchasing my first PDA soon, and I was hoping for some advice from experienced users.

Here's what I've been looking at:

Hewlett-Packard Jornada 548
I saw this first because of the low price. I know that it isn't nearly as powerful as some of the other Pocket PC PDAs, but it's the cheapest. And considering that this is my first PDA, I don't want to spend _too_ much.

Compaq iPAQ H3760
If I were to spend $450+ on a Pocket PC, this would probably be my first choice.

Handspring Visor Prism
Yeah, I know it's not a Pocket PC, but it's still an option for me. From what I've researched, it's not nearly as powerful as the other PDAs.

By the way, I primarily was interested in playing games on the Pocket PC. I can't wait to take a look at Pocket Quake and Pocket Wolf3d.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[James S]

I would suggest the iPaq. If you want to play any games at all it's the only one that I could recommend. Even solitaire runs slow on the Jornada, and the Visor doesn't have Solitaire at all !

Get the iPaq regardless of price. Those are ALL, however, last generation devices. The iPaq H38xx are better, but if you want top of the line then get an E-200. If you don't want to spend a ton of money on the iPaq H3670, then take a look at the Casio E-125. It's not nearly as upgradeable or expandable, but it will provide you with a good gaming platform along with some great speed and all the productivity apps you could ever want. But the iPaq H3670 is, hands down, the best out of those you listed.

[RICoder]

I would steer clear of Palm/Visors all together, ESPECIALLY if you want games.

So, that leaves you deciding between PPCs.

The iPaq, price wise, is the way to go.

Don't get anything with less than an ARM 206mhz, or it'll be to friggin slow.

[Village_Ideot]

moose he said 3760... there is a 3765 ipaq, which is like the 3670 (which i have) but with ppc 2002. if you want games visor is a piece of trash

[R0B]

I just read that you can get an IPAQ 3670 for $87.

[James S]

VI, what on earth are you talking about? I already know all of that.

R0B, where?

[Village_Ideot]

R0B you better be lying, mine was $699

[RwGast]

That is acually what price watch says but when you dig farther its like a vaja case or something not the acuall pda.

[Austin]

Thanks for the help. I've been looking at the Casio E-125 (mainly because it's the cheapest Pocket PC with a MIPS CPU). The only problem now is that all the retail stores in my area (Best Buy, Circut City, etc.) don't cary Casio PDAs. Sigh... i guess I can always just order directly from the Casio website.

[RICoder]

I may be the biggest Casio fan in the world...well maybe next to Matt...but still I would steer you away from a MIPS device. The chip is dead, its all about ARM now. So, if you want cheap, look at the iPaq.

[Luciano U. Werner]

If you can, go for the E200. Steer clear of a MIPS machine and if you're on a budget, go for the iPAQ.

[Matt Keys]

Don't forget the @migo PD-600c.

[Jaybot]

[RICoder]

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