hm...
first about the colour ones as they've been mentioned, though original posted wants AA's
the nec 750c was the fastest ce 2.0 machine, it has an OK screen, and good keyboard
(better than on 700, for me... and the arrows are in the standard format
)
niceee design.
it has a li-ion battery which lasts surprisingly long on my 750c's at least. after so many years... they have quality cells i'm sure
620lx, can't say it has very long battery life... but again, both the batteries
(i got another
) last for some hours.
the screen is better on 750c for me, and the 620lx is sooo sluggish
doesn't have an excellent keyboard but it isn't bad.
colour version of 810c/2010c, other than the relatively OK screen
(when i got it i was really surprised by its quality, but maybe only because it was my first colour ce 2 device
), and nice and lot of software included in ROM
(and even some flashrom for backing up PIM to it!
), and lots of RAM
(for a ce2 device... though the 750c can be upgraded to 32mb too
), nothing is good about that machine
(2010c if you got lost in this sentence
).
NiMH battery sucks, slowish machine, design sucks, hinge breaks easily and it is very clunky.
the sharp 4500
(or 4600.. i have 4500 only
) is close to the ideal in some respects, nice size
(portable
), very good keyboard, screen isn't bad, speed is acceptable, but... crap NiMH batteries really.
so if you get a colour ce 2.0 device, make sure it has li-ion batteries.
AA ce 2.0's...
hp 360lx/mc16 is the greyscale version of 620lx, same good and bad points
(sloooow
), battery is eaten up relatively quickly though or so i've heard. i didn't test the battery life on mine. the backlight is very very cool, white-ish!
compaq 810: same as colour compaq's, just AA, so at least the battery is ok.
sharp 4100: nice
good overall! and it isn't too slow
just only one slot ... but others told more about this already.
nec 700: excellent if you want a real mobilepro with AA's. can't see any bad points other than maybe the hinge is prone to break after a while or so i heard. the screen is a little harder to read than some other machines, but this is subjective.
lg phenom: touch screen is very prone to die, also it can develop lines...
before completely dying, i guess. mine started that recently
both of these is a common failure with almost all phenoms
(later ones too, though my phenom express is fine, i'd be really close to crying if something happened to it, it is one of my favourites!
).
the included software is very decent. the machine is too big overall with a mediocre keyboard.
what else do i have...
casio A20: runs on AA, very very cool design, IMO. otherwise, just a normal ce 2.0 greyscale hpc. keyboard isn't bad at all.
velo 500: runs on AA, really same as velo 1, but better backlight.
phenom ultra: colour ... but has li-ion with a decent battery life, not as good as the others or the batteries don't last so well
(less quality cells
). the design is a little unoptimized imo, but doesn't look bad, keyboard is absolutely excellent, but the touch screen loves to die, both of my ultras have a dead touch screen by now. but everything is accessible from keyboard..
phenom express: colour again.. ok cheating, my express has the 2.11 upgrade. but these came out with 2.0 originally
(though this is rare now, to get one with ce 2.0
). this, imo, is one of the best older hpc's ever made, only flaw is the only slot
(pcmcia. no cf!
)... the battery should last an insane time as it is three cells
(!
) and li-ion, but one of mine is dead, the other has only about half of its capacity or so... not the best cells, huh? on the old wincecity boards, the first thing people were looking for were a phenom express
(or sometimes ultra
) battery
can be recelled though. and, sadly it has the same 100mhz SH3 the ultra had.
other than that, excellent keyboard
(hard to tell which is better, express or ultra.. maybe ultra for me?
), absolutely cool and useful design, OK screen, and it even has a parallel port
oh and a little cheating again, nec mobilepro 400 with ce 2.0 upgrade
i have one with beta ce 2.0
(!
). it's as small as a ce 1 unit but has 2.0 with all the advantages of that
keyboard isn't bad but the ram is very small... and no backlight.
(mobilepro 450 can have backlight though
)
all in all, for an AA hpc i'd recommend the 4100 if you don't need two slots
and sorry if my sum up's aren't complete, if i left out anything let me know
just ask...
Edited by cmonex 2006-10-22 3:58 PM
