Handheld Reviews

The Casio E-11 is definitly one of the earlier PDA's.
First of all the the screen is kind of dark.
Second of all it is way to bulky for a B/W screen, I mean my dad's Palm IIIXE is like half the size. Still the casio has a digital voice recorder (which is pretty cool) and Windows CE is a lot more like a desktop than Palm.

These are one of the coolest PDA's I have had. I had gotten it for my birthday. At fist I wasn't sure if I liked it. But know I do. It comes with most of the good stuff. I personly like the mini games on it. I would recanmend it to anyone wanting to buy a PDA.

Casio's portable color TV-980 is a great, inexpensive option for road trips or places you need a TV. It is small enough to fit in most jacket pockets and the antenna picks up stations well. In fact, I can pick up more stations with this TV than with my rabbit ears at home.

The screen is a passive-matrix LCD display. It is sharp and clear, and the colors are rather vivid. It is important to keep the brightness at the right level, otherwise the display is difficult to read. It is also tough at times to read small print on the screen, the display is clear but not when it has to be read that close.

The television is powered by 4 AA batteries, which will give you about 4 hours of viewing time. There is also an AC adapter option, however, you will have to either buy this separately, or get this TV in the package which includes a case and the adapters. For the money, this TV is a great choice.

One disadvantage for the ipaq pocket pc is the fact that there is no screen protector and believe me a broken screen costs lots. Availability of extra pockets nice to have.

This is a great expansion pack to own. Slide it on and "Tah ding" your connected and ready to go. I chose to go with this instead of the CF expansion pack because of the flexability of options. You can use 2 CF cards (with the use of CF card Adapters, it does come with 1), or 2 type II PC cards, or 1 CF card and 1 type II PC card, or 1 type III PC card. It also has a built in battery pack to extend how long you can use your iPAQ between charges. By the way if you have a charger for you iPAQ, which I'm sure you do, It will charge the battery in the pack at the same time you charge your iPAQ.

If you are looking for a compact expandable solution, this pack is "not" what your looking for. The straight truth is it's bulky. The pictures you see on the web make it look thin and are misleading. However if you don't mind the bulk I'm sure you'll reap the joys the flexibility of this unit will bring you.

The only reason I give this 4 stars out of 5 is I wish it had a screen cover built in so I could toss it in my bag when I'm on the go and not worry about anything buggering up the touch screen, or pausing the media player when I'm listening to MP3's.

This is a pretty nice case and does a good job of protecting your iPaq. It's got a nice little storage compartment for extra memory chips, as well as space to hold business or credit cards. One small complaint is that the side strap isn't as long as a stylus, so if you store an extra stylus in the holder, it will stick out a little either on the top or the bottom (or a little less on both). No biggie, though, that's really nitpicking.

Also, as you should be able to tell from the picture, it is a bit bulky. If you use it, you iPaq is no longer a "Pocket" PC, but it will fit nicely in your laptop bag, briefcase, or (for the ladies) your purse. I wish there were some clever way for it to attach to one's belt in such a manner that it could slide in and out for relatively easy access. Oh well, I guess we'll never see a product like that...

I got an early prototype form a friend at the company that makes them, and I love it. I can listen to the radio (any station), receive email alerts, and even get traffic updates! I've had a few techical glitches, but from what I understand, those are being worked out. I mostly use it for the radio and email alerts....check it out!

This case has proved to be both stylish and durable when I thought it would only be the former. I first tried the metal hard case and after being severely disappointed, I figured leather was the only way to go. This case didn't disappoint. The rail made it easy to keep my Palm V in place. For the price, this leather case can't be beat. You do get what you pay for, if not slightly more. I've seen the coach case and although I think that is slightly overpriced, the quality is a small step up from this case. Definitely recommended because of price and appearance.

I bought this case after a long search for a Palm V case that would carry my Palm V, a notepad and a few cards. This case fits the bill perfectly, and is both nice looking and durable. The 5x8" notepad is perfect for taking notes during meetings, and you then have those notes right next to your palm when you have time to enter them. There are several choices of leather from which to choose, so all the many fashion-concious Palm users will be satisfied.

One of the nicest things about this case is the two large pockets underneath the Palm V and the notepad. I store lots of notes, receipts and other document there.

I only wish there were more card slots, as the 4 provided aren't really enough. And the supplied pen doesn't have a "clip" so it tends to slide out of the pen slot real easily.

I struggled with the usefulness of this PDA holder versus the smaller one also made by Fellowes. What opted me to purchase this one is that I found it on a "sale" table at a local Office store for 1/3 the price here. In the worst case, I waste a little money, try it out and then buy the smaller one.

The reason I was looking at the Fellowes cases is because I wanted a case besides the one provided by @migo that would protect the screen of my PDA without having to slide it out of. I also wanted a means to carry a pen and either a pad of paper or batch of post it notes. This case came with a pad as well as a pen holder.

CASE WILL HOLD THE FOLLOWING:
10-15 business cards
1 pocket pc or palm PDA by using a velco tape on the back of PDA
1 stylus for PDA
1 Pen or pencil
Pocket for passport or smaller envelope or plane
Separator that can hold 9 credit cards
Pad of 3" wide x 5" long paper. Paper could be up to 7" long.
Under the PDA area and not too obvious is an area that you can put receipts and the like as well.

Considering the size of this case it would be nice if it had a spot for money or a zippered section for additional security.

CASE SIZE:
You can get this from the description, but I wanted to note it here as well. It is 5" wide by 8-3/4" tall and 2" deep with the PDA in it. I have the @migo 600c, Pocket PC that I'm sure contributes to the thickness. I'm sure an Ipac with the sleeve would fit in here, but it may wind up even thicker.
You can't put a letter sized envelope in here. It is too short.
As I tend to keep my plane tickets in the envelope, this would not work for this. You definitely can put just the tickets and a passport in this PDA case. I can't put this PDA case in my purse. The purse I carry is a medium size bag and this PDA case would be way too big. This PDA case will fit in my briefcase (A Land's end standard attache) with no problem however.

QUALITY:
As this is an artificial leather case, quality should be noted. It is a very nice looking case. Few people would question that it was not real leather. On top of that the plastic zipper seems to be decent quality and it has a nice metal tang which makes it easy to grip.
By having the PDA screen face the separator that would hold the tickets or passport it is well protected as well.
The exterior of the case is padded with a hard (cardboard) core that feels well made.

All in all this is a decent product but, I'm not sure its size meets my needs for the long run. It is too small for travel and too big for day to day.