anyone here use a PDA?

[DedicatedFan3D]

I am a Sony Clie SJ33 user.

320x240, excel, word, powerpoint, publisher, Lord of the Rings FOTR/TTT, Hunchback of Notre Dame, all my emails, all my work/family/business contacts, all my business documents-contracts licenses etc, all my doctors/dentist/work/business appointments for the next 3 years, budget, grocery list, quicken, and source code header files, cnn.com salon.com weather.com anandtech.com msnbc.com mobilebikes.net pcworld.com yahoo.com, simcity, robotron, rayman, and about 2 hours of mp3's all in the palm of my hand.

Anyone else use a palm/pocketpc device?
Once you use them effectively, to lose them is like losing your wallet with all your creditcards/cash/family heirlooms in it.

Oh yeah, I also keep a record of all my logins, bank account #'s but that's protected by a password prog in the Clie.

[CHHAS]

I had an old Palm Pilot that I never use, but I'm looking for new options, does anyone have links to comparative reviews of new pocket pc's ?

[DedicatedFan3D]

It's difficult to recommend a WindowsCE based PDA.

They are getting behind in apps and flexibility.

I'd go with a PalmOS based device. The Zire71 looks like a real nice deal. Integrated camera and high-res screen and such.

[VJ]

I'm still using a Psion 5mx: greyscale display (640x240), keyboard, ...

Normally it is used to store my appointments, addresses, and to send emails/faxes/sms via my cell-phone. Unfortunatly, since we started using encrypted protocols, I can no longer use the mail-client to read my emails (it doesn't support SSL), and I haven't found a working tunneling application...

Jörg

[az]

I'd maybe use a PDA if there was a PDA/iPod habrid (without camera, but with harddisk).

AZ

[Fat Tone]

I use a Palm M130, but I don't use it for much more than an electronic diary. While it will do much more (Office docs, image viewer, movie player...) they are all too limited to be much use.

I tend to keep all the info I need in my Outlook contacts and mirror it to the pda.

To be really useful they need much better/faster input options, such as the new wave of devices with built in keyboards, but I haven't tried them yet.

[Wombat]

Az, the latest iPod software does make it PDA-ish, with calendars and stuff.

My Handspring Visor Deluxe gave up the ghost recently, and I replaced it with a Clie SJ-22.

[Technoid]

I use a Palm Vx
Its enough for all I wan't
The Zire 71 would be a nice upgrade path if it wasnt for the inane idea of puting a camera into it

[Sethos]

Yes I still use the old Palm III ex it's good enough for my simple purposes...

~Sethos

[GT98]

I have a Dell Axim X5 400mhz/64MB RAM PDA...its pretty neat and its good for holding contacts and phone numbers stuff.

[Kooldino]

AHh, I still want a GOOD, FAST, crisp PDA/cell phone w/ a built in keyboard.

[DedicatedFan3D]

Koolio,
The tungsten W is SWEET man, it will play mp3's, do addresses, calendars, all that stuff and it's a cell phone.

@az
My Clie SJ33 can play about 6 hours of music with my mem stick. It playes it crisp and clear too and the battery lasts a good 5 hours doing nothing but playing mp3 music.

I'd take the clie over the ipod any day.

[isochar]

<--- Viewsonic V35 heaven.

[Jammrock]

I'd rather have a tablet PC.

Jammrock

[Paddy]

I have an iPAQ H3970.

I love it, but the M$ software is pants... None of my word docs can be edited on the PDA...