PDA Reviews

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.

I first purchased this pen from it's original manufacture over 2 1/2 years ago, and have never gone back to using a plain PDA stylus since. On the plus side, it's slim and perfect for older general Palm III's (III, IIIx, IIIxe, original PalmPilot). You can get refill pen cartridges at office supply stores (they're actually standard ink cartridges for regular pens). It's not a lot of $ either.
On the down side, it takes some dexterity on your part to take it apart and put it back together when you put in a new cartridge. It's not for the V, VX or m500, m505 series.
Still, I've saved many a shirt pocket by no longer having an ink pen in it (a bit geeky, I know), and putting my Palm IIIx there with this slim pen-stylus instead (O.K., defintely geeky).

These little things are pretty cool. They keep my screen smooth and in great condition. Sometimes I am writing on the screen and I can feel something scratching the writeright and I'm just glad that it isn't my screen. The only problem with them is the air bubbles that form if it isn't put on right. I wasted a few getting at first trying to get the bubbles and stuff out.

This is a good combination. I just moved to a palm and found it hard to move from complete paper to the palm. Now I can keep up with note taking and enter them later. This also has slots for credit cards and paper. It a great item for a business professional. I'll admit the use of the palm is supposed to lessen or negate the paper amount. There is still use for paper, I never lose my notes.

No nasty velcro! Velcro fasteners were definately a turnoff from purchasing other cases. This one gives my IIIe plenty of protection and padding! For some people it might be a little bulky...it fits well into a brief case or handbag, but definately not pocked sized.

You might be asking yourself, should I get the City Select Europe or the City Navigator Europe for about twice the price? I can't answer the question for you but I can say that I just returned from a 3 week trip where we drove all over Switzerland and France (including Paris) using City Select Europe and I'm glad I made the purchase.

I loaded my 2610 (North America basemap) with a good portion of eastern Europe before I departed. Once there, I was surprised how quickly the GPS acquired satelites and provided position and directional information. The GPS did a fine job of directing us from the airport to our hotel, from the hotel to sights in the area, to our hotel in Paris, to side trips to Dijon and Basil, etc. Worked equally well in cities and between cities.

The only problems I found, and these are not major ones IMHO, are:
* Once the GPS told us to take exit 46. But the exits have no numbers!
* Several times the GPS told us to take an exit using a description that was not on the exit.
In both cases, the audible directions ("in 2 kilometers exit right") and maps (showing the turn) were correct.

So what's the difference between City Select and City Navigator for Europe other than the price? I contacted Garmin, they say that "City Navigator handles rotaries (roundabouts) better". I did not see any problems with roundabouts during my trip.

I suspect that the City Navigator has more points of interest loaded, but I don't know this for a fact. Bottom line, I would recommend City Select Europe to anyone with a 2610 needing to travel in and around the countries it covers.

This module has an 8 mb backup chip and an 8 mb flash memory chip. Very easy to use and works like a charm. It's hard to find one of these features in a module, for the price, let alone both of them in the same unit.

This leather case is great! I love it to death. It fits perfectly around your Visor and looks very stylish! I would definately recommend it to anyone! (Unless...)

Well, unless you plan on having some modules connected. You see, for the first two months I had the Visor, I had no Springboard modules. I loved the case! But, later on I bought an 'EyeModule' for my Visor (which I love too). The only thing is you can't keep the module connected if you want to carry your Visor in the case. You either have to lose the case altogether, or disconnect the module and carry it seperate (which is a pain). Other than that, get this case, it's great!

needed a muli functioning cradle for a buddy of mine who has a visor pro. He's still coming to family functions so my guess is that he's still happy with it.

He highly Recomends this product.

Great case! Instead of the velcro attachments that certain aftermarket brands (e.g. Targus) use, this case uses a hard shield -- similar to the PDA screen cover that it comes with -- to hold the Visor in place. I can attach the PDA face down or up. I place it face down, when I'm traveling, and for normal, easy access, it's face up.

The pen holder will not hold a Dr. Grip pen or any other thick-based comfort grip pen.

Other than that one criticism, I've been very happy with my case. It conveniently holds a few business cards and I have a pen and paper ready to jot down something (e.g. driving directions).