Editor's Top Picks

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PDAs

Editor Review - 01/2/2009

For basic and wireless PDAs you just need to decide between buying a Palm or an HP.  If you are buying it to manage your personal information like schedules, calendars, and contacts you should buy one of the models we review below.  If you are looking for a 'business' PDA to use for Microsoft Office applications like Word, Excel, and Powerpoint you should get an HP iPAQ.

If you are looking for a Smartphone then there are really more choices.  Palm and HP also make very good Smartphones but Apple has thrown the category up in the air with its introduction of the iPhone.  Blackberry and Motorola also make very good Smartphones and it really depends on what your needs are.  If you want the best looking or the best mp3 player buy the iPhone.  If you want the best email management buy the Blackberry.  If you want the best core PDA functionality buy either the Palm Tungsten or the HP.

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PDAs

Palm TX Handheld PDA

Wireless PDA Editors #1 Pick

Reasons to buy the Palm TX Handheld PDA:

  • features a improved 320 x 480 pixel screen
  • very rigid
  • simple and smooth design
  • 128 MB of nonvolatile flash memory
  • Palm states the TX will have a 5 day battery life

Reasons not to buy the Palm TX Handheld PDA:

  • Can pay $300 more for iPAQ 2495 "better for Word, Excel, Powerpoint"
  • Older technology with 4/13/2005 release date

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Palm Z22 Handheld PDA

Basic PDA Editors #1 Pick

Reasons to buy the Palm Z22:

  • Color-coded categories
  • Alarms for every appointment
  • Great value

Reasons not to buy the Palm Z22:

  • want a cheaper model
  • want and HP model

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HP iPAQ hw6945 Mobile Messenger PDA

GPS PDA Editors #1 Pick

Reasons to buy the HP iPAQ hw6945 Mobile Messenger PDA:

  • listed 2GB of internal memory
  • memory expansion up to 4 GB
  • has one of the largest standard batteries for current Pocket PCs

Reasons not to buy the HP iPAQ hw6945 Mobile Messenger PDA:

  • Can get the cheaper iPAQ if you don't need GPS
  • Don't need full PDA functionality
  • Battery life is not great when running the GPS

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HP 111 HP iPAQ PDA

Smartphone PDA Editors #1 Pick

Reasons to buy the HP i PAQ 111 PDA:

  • Great Picture quality
  • Sound Quality
  • bundled software

Reasons not to buy the HP iPAQ 111 PDA:

  • The Start menu can be sluggish sometimes
  • want something cheaper

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