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hermitage777
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Posted:8/21/2006 3:12:19 PM

Hi Guys I am new to this forum.

I am airline cabin crew and I am fed up with lugging my laptop all around the world and am looking for a easier way to stay in touch.

I would like to buy a PDA/Tri band phone to save on weight and space.

My requirements are as follows.

Tri band phone.

WiFi to access hot spots and hotel wireless/wired networks.

I need to access msn messenger, retreive emails and surf the web.

The possibillty to add a card that carries the gps software would be a bonus(a friend of mine has a gps receiver thingy that sends a bluetooth signal to his PDA. Cool)

Storage of files (wps and jpeg) would be nice to have.

Finally mp3 storage/playback would be really great.

Please help if you can. I know a bit about 'puters but not much(anything) about PDAs'.

Many thanks

hermitage777

JimFox
Posts:36

Posted:8/22/2006 4:17:55 PM
Hi I think you are best off with the Treo 650 by Palm. not sure about external keyboard though.

hermitage777
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Posted:8/22/2006 4:50:13 PM

Hi Jim,

Thanks a lot. I will check it out.

Chris

buzzmike
Posts:1

Posted:9/1/2006 5:23:09 PM

I just replaced my Treo 650 with a Nokia E61, and I can generally recommend the E61. It has built-in WiFi, Bluetooth, Quad Band, and 3G. As opposed to the Treo, Bluetooth really works well on the device. The keyboard is stellar (two thumb typing), and the screen is nice. For pretty much all apps, you can choose the network connection (GPRS, 3G, WiFi, etc.) when you make the connection. The OS is more responsive and more stable than the Treo.

It has a full and fast web browser based on the same engine as Apple's Safari and Linux's KDE. In addition, it runs Opera Mini very well. The built-in mail client seems good so far. I couldn't get the built-in IM client to work with AOL, but IM+ and several others fill the gap. There is also third party blog posting and blog reading software. Google Maps and Metro are great for travel. The VoIP client, on the other hand, is useless. Skype may yet come out with a Skype client for the E61, giving you really cheap long distance calls, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

Not all is roses. The user interface isn't as good as that on the Treo 650 (more keystrokes, uglier design), and some
applications seem designed for lower resolution screens, so they give
you less text with bigger characters. Finding software for it is more effort because there is less and because there are so many incompatible versions of Symbian. Lack of a camera is a bother. And connector choices are stupid, as usual; I want: mini-USB (sync, charging), stereo, and headset; I get: power and proprietary connectors, with a stereo dongle and a cheap headset with a special connector. Fortunately, with Bluetooth, this matters less and less.

Altogether, I like the Nokia E61 better than the Treo 650, and I think the Nokia is a better device for traveling. Still, each company could learn from the other, and they both have their work cut out for them.

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