Q's for PDA users

**technophobic** · March 2nd, 2007 02:08 AM

BTW treo 680 is about 29800 so it should fit your budget. I tried using it and it feels great. But no wifi, so i sticked with my TX.

Take note the wifi feature is nice to have. I usually use my TX to browse the internet and to do some IM and emailing, since our office have wifi. But on the outside the feature become frustrating, can't find a hotspot and if I did i prefer using my vaio to do the work. So IMHO wifi is not a must have in the handheld, unless the place you are working with has wifi.

**docgorio** · March 2nd, 2007 08:17 AM

Originally Posted by technophobic

try www.mapalad.org to know more about Palm PDAs.
Now as to your inquiry about qwerty keyboard on PDA it depends, so far treo and HP iPaqs is doing it right in terms of form factor. Most people claim that they can type faster, however the downside is you use 2 thumbs. Nokia communicator type of layout is kinda bulky and it may be bigger than the iPaq or treo but the layout made it diffucult to input fast.

*docgorio, most people claim that treo is better than iPaq because of the ease of use and more stable, and i agree with you. however there are times na naghahung ang Palm, i'm not sure with windows mobile so no comment there. But a lot of people prefer palm talaga because of its easier to use and great after sales support din.

I find it weird but my Treo 650 hasn't hung up on me.... yet.

Been a Palm user since 1999 and I've never turned back...

**wulf** · March 2nd, 2007 09:49 AM

qwerty, wifi, 3g,stable, relatively cheap.... egad, its the e61!

hehe.i've had this fone for a while, after years of different xdas... simple, easy to use, does the job. too bad i'm switching back to a p990, got a case of 'touch-screenitis' .... if you can live w/out the camera and touchscreen, i highly recommend it

**technophobic** · March 2nd, 2007 11:06 AM

e61 is not a full qwerty key. Find out if you need those features, e61 is good enough i guess, I didn't really liked the form factor. But its wifi feature is very tempting. 3G I never used it so its non essential. Its not a complete all in one phone but for its price, I guess its ok.

**metatron** · March 2nd, 2007 02:41 PM

Originally Posted by wulf

qwerty, wifi, 3g,stable, relatively cheap.... egad, its the e61!

hehe.i've had this fone for a while, after years of different xdas... simple, easy to use, does the job. too bad i'm switching back to a p990, got a case of 'touch-screenitis' .... if you can live w/out the camera and touchscreen, i highly recommend it

the relative rarity of great pda programs for the symbian os is still a big disadvantage. but i definitely agree that the e61 is a great pda phone.

**badkuk** · March 2nd, 2007 03:20 PM

wala kasing built-in wifi ung treo...sayang, the keypad looks nice B)

**badkuk** · March 3rd, 2007 11:12 PM

do most wifi hotspots use any kind of encryption(WEP/WPA/WPA2), or usually unencrypted siya?

**technophobic** · March 5th, 2007 01:41 AM

Most wifi usually are encrypted. but some establishments offer them free. You should see some free wifi sign on those who offer it free.

**badkuk** · March 6th, 2007 02:15 PM

Originally Posted by technophobic

Most wifi usually are encrypted. but some establishments offer them free. You should see some free wifi sign on those who offer it free.

sir, usually WEP lang di ba? very rarely WPA/WPA2?

**WeaponX** · March 6th, 2007 03:56 PM

Currently, I'm using an old imate PDA2K. It has qwerty K/B, touchscreen LCD, Bluetooth, Wi-fi, infrared, GPRS, etc. Sulit for me. Di ko lang type yung built in camera. VGA kasi e. Pero okay lang. Pag nagkabudget, upgrade ako to Imate JasJam.