PDA Reviews

This is a great case, my new palm m500 fits perfectly in it (i also tried with a m105 handheld and it also fits), i didnt give it a five star because it only have one clear pocket (perfect for an id) but i would like it to have two regular pockets (no transparent clear ones), the color is great and all the parts looks well assembled (it also have a lifetime warranty about it), here says that is water resistant but i prefer not to try it out. The botton line is that this is a great case for a very afordable price, you better buy it before it runs out!.

I bought this after my 2nd plastic cover broke off my Palm Pilot - in order to protect it in my purse. It serves the purpose, but is a little fatter than I would have preferred. The zipper was quite difficult to use at first but has now loosened up. Overall, it's a pretty good item for the price.

This case is very nice - well constructed, attractive, fits the iPaq 4150 / 4155 very well. Just be aware that if you own the extended battery that it's too big to fit in the case.

I use my unit to log traces of my hikes and runs; so good, continuous reception is my most important criterion for judging this unit.

I originally bought a Garmin eTrek GPS unit, but I had to return it. Reception was fine when properly oriented, but the small size and antenna design caused it to lose the satellite signal even under clear skies while I carried it in my hand. I could get good reception only if the unit was held horizontally. This makes it worthless for logging runs and hikes.

The user interface on this Magellan is OK: it's easy to use on the run and somewhat customizable. It's also not too hard to learn to use. But some simple data isn't displayed, like time elapsed since start of trip, or average pace (though average speed is available.)

Map quality is good, and the CD to download detailed maps is included, unlike the Garmin. Also, topographical data of most of the US is preloaded. But this I've been disappointed with, since it seems far less accurate than the USGS maps available in electronic form from National Geographic. Often, a steep uphill appears on the Garmin map as a downhill, while the data loaded into the USGS maps shows the altitude change correctly.

But again, this is all secondary to the good quality reception of the unit in different orientations. Since this is good, it gives good traces of my runs and hikes, and so I'm happy with it.

In comparison with my previous use of the Presenter to go, the Pitch Duo is far better in terms of functionality.
due to
1. It does not use the SD slot, thus see no. 2
2. You can have your presentation in the SD card
3. You can play kinoma movies and see it on the screen. (N.B. You have to get the new iDisplay software ver 1.3.2 ...)
However, the whole screen size is not utilized since the software makers made it in a way you sort of see your palm device in the screen. I hope they can come up with making it full size)
AND the playing of the kinoma movie is still choppy.. But better than none.
4. You can use the BT in your Tungsten T to manipulate the movement of your slides (tried it and the range is around 15 feet, not bad)
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I hope the engineers and developers in igo/portsmith come up with utilizing the full screen while using I display and
I hope they have a way of making the use of BT and idisplay more functional while using a UTkeyboard, since it is sooo slow on this test.
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Overall, using it for presentation using the quickpoint and ipresent is worth it. NOT tried it with other Tungsten models.

I've wanted an in-car navigation system for a long time, but was put off by their high cost and non-portability. I was pretty excited to see this Navman unit - at last a totally portable driving navigation gps, that I could use hiking, driving or boating at a reasonable price.

The unit is well constructed and does not 'feel cheap'. It is very small/thin, but has a beautiful bright display. The screen really is nice. The maps (Australia in my case) come pre-loaded on a 128mb SD Card. They also come on CD if you want to use the SD Card for other things. It comes with a sturdy windscreen suction attachment, car charger, wall charger, slip cover and USB cable.

The small flip-out antenna can lock onto satellites when I'm inside my house! I was concerned I would need an external antenna for the car, but I've yet to encounter any difficulty with getting sattelite locks.

The Navman unit is actually a rebadged Mitac Mio 168 (first Pocket PC to include a built-in GPS receiver), which has received very good reviews. The primary difference is that the Navman comes with SmartST mapping software. Unfortunately, this may not be a such good thing. The SmartST software is great to use - the 3D street maps are fabulous, and it's very easy & intuitive to enter in addresses or search for location 'types'. However, it is *NOT* possible to enter waypoints or GPS coordinates, so it is not suitable for geocaching out-of-the-box (what a shame). There are 3rd party PocketPC programs that you can use for geocaching.

The voice prompting is loud and clear, and location accuracy seems to be quite good. I've been driving around the city of Brisbane for the last few days, and only had one 'error' with the directions (I was on a service road a few metres away from a highway - it thought I was on the highway). Roundabouts are handled well (ie. it will say "On the roundabout, take the second exit"). If you make a wrong turn, it auto-calculates a new route very quickly.

As it is a PocketPC, it comes with "Office" type software, such as PocketExcel, PocketWord, an MP3 player, games etc. Since I've never used a PDA before, I didn't realise how versatile they were. It's amazing how many 3rd party software packages are available. It now seems crazy to buy a dedicated GPS or car navigator when integrated gps PDA's like the Navman are available. If you've put off buying a GPS, take a look at the Navman PiN - highly recommended.

The NexiCam was a great solution to my digital camera problems since it worked directly with my Pocket PC... previously my old digital camera used a different type of memory than my IPaq Pocket PC, so transferring images between camera, PC and Pocket PC was alot more timely than I wanted.
The NexiCam works great, has more features than my old Kodak digicam, is very simple to setup and I am happy to be rid of the old memory cards. I love the built in Compact Flash memory slot, zoom feature and configurable self-timer.
One major downside I found was lack of good user documentation. The manual is Adobe based and very basic, you really need to experiment on your own to see the full potential of what you can do with the NexiCam (although that is alot of fun too!)

This is a great Palm case for us that have our whole lives in their Palm. It is nice looking, easy to use and there is ample storage for credit cards and business cards. Only downside is that it is designed as a wallet and I don't use my palm case as a wallet !

We often buy more than 2 stylus pens for our pda so far. But, we don't have to do any more with this PDA Panache Deluxe Stylus pen which is compatible with stylus holders of Palm m100 series. It's strong enough to use as long as the palm and the design is also cool!!! It cost a little bit higher than the regular stylus pen but you can save the same money because you don't have to buy again as it's not broken at all unless you don't lose it. However, I hope to say that there's real stylus pen for palm series now with stroung body and perfect capatatiblity.

I got a PDA Skin because it seemed like a good way to consolidate my various tools including a PDA and a cell phone. I work in a challenging engineering environment where I am often in the field at night working on remote tasks. The only problem(?) is that I now have an extra empty pocket where my wallet use to reside. I have had this PDA Skin for over 6 months and have really found it very helpful and intuitive to use. It is well designed and constructed and is really worth the investment.