New "Palm Pilot"-type device

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I'm about to start my sophomore year of college, and I'm interested in getting myself a hand held device for organizational and school purposes. Does anyone have any recommendations? I'm content with my cell phone for making calls, so I don't need something that makes telephone calls (like a Blackberry). I've started looking at Palm Pilots, but I was wondering someone could point me in a few good directions. My budget is $300, but if I can spend less than that I'd be pretty happy.
 
iPaq? they all are pocket-pcs that make phone calls, nowadays.


unless youre looking at the ipod touch, which is a crippled iphone
 
EDITED POST >> I thought the iPaq you mentioned automatically meant a smart phone, instead of a pocket PC type device.
 
Windows Mobile devices are better at a wide range of things than Palm Pilots are and there are a lot of third-party applications. However, Palm's organizer interface is better than Windows Mobile's. If you want something to serve mainly as an organizer and a notebook-type thing, a Palm would be your best bet. If you want to run a lot of different apps and mess around with multimedia stuff, you'd probably prefer a Windows Mobile unit. Judging by your first post, it seems like you'd be leaning more toward the Palm side of things.
 
dude... WM phones are great... I just got the AT&T tilt and the thing is incredible. Completely integrated with outlook... the today screen shows me what my next appointment is, what is on my todo list, etc... it's got all my email, txt messages organized by conversation, and has 3G net access that I can link to my macbook (which sadly enough is faster than the wifi at my campus because too many students are always on at the same time)

maybe you don't want the two devices integrated... in which case I would look at the latest palms out there... probably your best bet... but honestly, a new smartphone will do everything you want and be within your pricerange
 
My suggestion would be to look for a good used Dell Axim x50v or x51v which can be located on fleaBay or Craig's List sometimes for a decent price as a package deal with all sorts of goodies like software, extra/high capacity batteries, power cords if necessary, carrying cases, headphones, etc. There's also the chance of getting an iPAQ still as HP still manufacturers their PocketPC lineup to some degree.

I myself wouldn't buy any of the current phone/PDA devices on the market: none of them have screens large enough to satisfy me (other than the iPhone and I can't stand the damned things), but the x50v/x51v models have fairly large LCDs and they also have true VGA mode for 480x640 portrait/640x480 landscape mode and that alone makes a huge difference in readability especially when using the Internet with the Wi-Fi each has.

There's so many items out there to choose from these days, and even though the Axim line is "dead" now (Dell dumped it in early 2007) I'd say those were two of the finest PDAs ever manufactured by any company.
 
Id get a Ipod Touch. I will be Junior soon and it is useful having a wifi capable device handy in case you need to check something but dont have your laptop with you (ex: Going to a exam and forgetting to check the room # beforehand lol). With jailbreaking and now 2.0 firmware you have a calender which makes it a PDA basically. It is very slim so it is easy to take along and it is a fairly good music player. IMO if your campus has lots of wifi spots the iTouch wont disappoint. PDAs are a dying breed already.

p.s. I had the Dell X30 for awhile and the X51 might be a lot better but between the X30 and the ITouch the iTouch makes for a much better internet browsing experience. The touch screen is much better.
 
Check out HTC's products. At this juncture in time, youre stuck between either a WM/PPC phone, or a "netbook" (eee, wind, w/e). The whole MID / subcompact notebook market is starting to take off.
 
For just basic organization, a Palm Z22 is easy to use, quick responding, and fairly durable. And less than $100. If all you need to run is basic PIM apps to organize your time, no reason to spend a lot of money.
 
I ended up getting the Palm Tungsten E2, and it's working out nicely. :) Thanks for the help!
 
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