Please help selecting PPC.

[TommyT]

Yes, I know this is a Dell Axim forum but I want to get all the info I can get.

It’s time to get my first PPC but with all the choices which one do I get? Please read all.

I have narrowed the field down to the IPAQ 5455 or 3955, Toshiba e750 or the Dell Axim 5 but, let me tell you what I want to do with it first.

Besides the obvious contacts, appointments, calendar, spread sheets, and word. I want to be able to listen to MP3’s in stereo, view quality pictures, record conferences and lectures and play games easily. I’ll need WiFi (802.11b). I will also need to be able to connect a foldable keyboard and eventually want to connect a GPS.

One other consideration that I have contemplated is the memory cards. Because I will want to listen to a lot of MP3’s I imagine that I will eventually have several SD or CF cards. I don’t know if it is a good idea to constantly insert and pull out the cards fearing that it will wear the contacts inside the PPC. Therefore, I think it would be better to have an expansion piggyback pack with extra battery and CF or SDslot.

I don’t think that the Toshiba or the Dell Axim5, have piggyback expansion packs available with CF or SD slots and extra battery but I could be wrong.

The IPAQ 5455 and the Toshiba both come with integrated 802.11b the Dell Axim 5 and the IPAQ 3955 do not.

The IPAQ 5455 has small buttons, which I have read, may not be all that good for games but it supposedly it the best and brightest screen of all.

The IPAQ 3955 is the only PPC without a replaceable battery.

Support is also important.

Please help.

Thanks,
Tom

[daximx5]

First of all, if you are a budget-conscience buyer....then eliminate everything except the Axim, lol. And you don't have to worry about the contacts getting worn out. I've had my axim for almost 6 months now, and I switch between a GPS, WiFi card, and 3 different Cf memory cards, and I can only see normal wear, nothing wrong with the contacts. It would also be cheaper to have both the SD and Cf already, instead of the expansion packs.

If you do have the money, then the 5455 might be a good choice. It has the biggest, brightest screen of other PDA's. But, the thumbprint scanner isn't the best.

Just my two cents...

[Whatsurpointnow]

I think you should buy the more expensive items and definetly get the expansion sleeve.

Please pay retail for all of these items. My hope is that you will single handedly spend us out of the current recession.

I thank you in advance.:D

The axim beats the competition in capacity loses in weight. I have seen the screens, and would not pay the premium to get it.

many people complain about the expansion sleeve for its considerable bulk.

if time isn't an issue, the axim will be coming out with a wifi version soon.

have fun shopping

[futureexecutive]

i have seen the ipaqs expansion sleeve and i would state that when the sleeve it attached it hardly becomes a mobile device anymore very bulky alot of attachments to cumbersome for me...too many things to keep track of.......i recommend axim all the way