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Factorite (Elite) Posts: | 134 |
Location: | United States | Status: | |
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H/PC Vanguard Posts: | 2,579 |
Location: | The Lone Star State | Status: | |
| For me it is the MP790. |
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| I'm going to append your question. "What is the best handheld PC" and why?
For me, the Jornada 720 because it has an excellent form factor, a resonably up-to-date OS, good expansion and its fairly cheap for what it is. |
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Factorite (Elite) Posts: | 134 |
Location: | United States | Status: | |
| good point, I wonder if an administrator could change the name? |
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H/PC Vanguard Posts: | 2,579 |
Location: | The Lone Star State | Status: | |
| I think you can change it with the edit option within the first hour. Just change the subject line. |
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Factorite (Junior) Posts: | 42 |
Location: | United States, and not proud of it. | Status: | |
| I only own an J720 and I have to say I love it! It is small and portable, comes with some great programs and is cheap. Then again I have never used any other hpc. |
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H/PC Oracle Posts: | 16,175 |
Location: | Budapest, Hungary | Status: | |
| my first hpc was the J720 and i'd always thought (maybe still think ) that it is the best, i had this attitude somewhere deep and not conscious where i thought all other hpc's were bad or worse ...
i have a lot of hpc's now and the 720 is still the "etalon", i always compare the others to the 720/728 unconsciously. some little things are different (better or not, different for sure ) with other hpcs.
for example the 720 doesn't have the feature for switching off when i close the lid - nec's (and even the J680 ) have this and i always found that somehow "strange", even though my pda (psion 5mx clone ) i used before the 720 did have this feature. but i disabled it (somehow i'm not a fan of this ).
or another example, i have the great hp settings applet on the 720. missing it on the others. or, the 720 has the hard icons on the side of the screen. i love that and again i always welcome them if a hpc has them, and not if not.
and so on...
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Factorite (Elite) Posts: | 166 |
Location: | Reno, NV | Status: | |
| I love my 720 but I'm really fond of the IBM Workpad and Jornada 820 form factor. Usable keyboards, I don't have to use a stylus which limits the chances of a scratch, and 640x480. I just wish HPC 2000 had found its way onto these units. Still trying to get my hands on an intermec 6651, though it uses a stylus. |
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Factorite (Elite) Posts: | 134 |
Location: | Cracow, Poland | Status: | |
| For me - a NEC 7x0 with StrongARM CPU and sun-readable TFT screen. Guess why |
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| Probably my Z50. I love the size and the battery life especially. Not to mention it runs NetBSD!
I've never tried a Jornada, but I'd really like to based on the size. |
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H/PC Newbie Posts: | 23 |
Location: | Warner Robins GA | Status: | |
| The Sharp Tripad is my fav. Although its an old device, its never failed me once. The battery life is great and it works perfectly for writing.
If you want my second fav. (which is also a phone) is my Nokia 9500. I've often thought about ditching the Tripad leaving it at home, but when
you write (quite a bit) the small keys on the 9500 is painful. Thats why I love the large keyboard on the Tripad. |
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Factorite (Elite) Posts: | 166 |
Location: | Reno, NV | Status: | |
| Quote scharfshutze - 2006-03-26 4:03 PM
The Sharp Tripad is my fav. Although its an old device, its never failed me once. The battery life is great and it works perfectly for writing.
If you want my second fav. (which is also a phone) is my Nokia 9500. I've often thought about ditching the Tripad leaving it at home, but when
you write (quite a bit) the small keys on the 9500 is painful. Thats why I love the large keyboard on the Tripad.
I just bought a Tripad, with any luck it will arrive late next week. Love the design of it. Seller claims it is unused, aka MINT so I'm eager to see if his evaluation is accurate. |
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Subscribers H/PC Guru Posts: | 5,773 |
Location: | United StatesĀ | Status: | |
| HP 360LX!
-Because it runs on AA batteries, good on the go, has nifty CF card holder, and has CE 2.0, which has a bit more software support.. |
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H/PC Elder Posts: | 2,156 |
Location: | Barrie, Ontario | Status: | |
| My fav is still my 6651s. They do all I ask of them, decent size, OK keyboard and incredible TFT screen. Right behind them is a tie between my MP and 720s. What I gain on one I lose on another and vice versa. |
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| A couple of months ago I would have said Jornada 720, but I have become a big fan of my Netbook Pro. Its OS environment is far more mature than the HPC 2000 on the Jornada, the screen is big and bright and its 3 expansion slots lets one run wifi, bluetooth and a storage card simultaneously. Another big plus is that modern web browsers like Minimo are available for the Netbook Pro. |
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