Pda?

[labmonkey]

I have used a palm pilot for the past 7 years and feel that it is a great OS. I know several people who have Palm PC's and I have had time to spend exploring their capabilities and I find them to be sluggish and memory hogs. Also as far as software availability, Palm is miles ahead with literally thousands of applications available.

I can sync with Outlook. I can view and edit native Word and Excel files, I can view PDF files, as well as Quicken. And the best thing is when I need to do something I have no software for, a quick web search on Palmgear turns up a match 90% of the time because there are so many third party developers. (Bill Gates doesn't allow that sort of thing.)

Also there is a program called PDA Toolbox that lets you quickly and easily create your own programs to do exactly what you need to do in a Drag and Drop interface.

So I guess the true question is how you plan on using your PDA. I really USE it in my work. I collect data, create databases, use it to perform calculations, I have a huge library of ebooks.

If you really are just going to use it as a datebook/address book and sync with Outlook, then a PPC will work fine other than the occasional system crash (remember to back up as often as possible).

[hex1848]

(Bill Gates doesn't allow that sort of thing.)

You can write apps in .NET for Pocket PC. I have Visual Studio .NET 2003, I just havent had time to get my C# skills up to par.

[labmonkey]

You can write apps in .NET for Pocket PC. I have Visual Studio .NET 2003, I just havent had time to get my C# skills up to par.

that's the thing....with PDA Toolbox you can whip out a quick program to do exactly what you want in about an hour with absolutely NO programing skills. If you do know C+ you can get fancy, but for just a usable stable program it is all available to the novice.