A net book without a hard drive and using Linux will have a 9 hour battery
live.
The price would be about the same as a pda.
--
Ron Sommer

"Gabriel Knight" <someone@who.hates.junkmail> wrote in message
news:cb1r2512ajuh167406uetu0fj4n09n52tl@4ax.com...
> Hi all,
>
> I have owned several PDAs and now I'm on a Samsung Omnia which is my
> cellphone as well.
>
> However I've found that I would really like to have a PDA for reading
> eBooks and PDF documents, and also for the occasional web browsing.
> Therefore I decided it might be a nice thing to have something
> separate from my Omnia something with a much larger screen that I can
> use for reading mostly.
>
> So I need a recommendation because it has been years since I owned a
> PDA that was not also my cellphone.
>
> Here are my preferences:
> 1. LARGEST screen possible. I cannot over-state this it is #1
> preference as large a screen because I'll be doing LOTS of reading on
> it.
> 2. FAST CPU... my friend recently got a used ipaq - I used to own an
> ipaq as well, and though I'd been happy with them, he seems to have
> trouble he says it is quite slow. Since my current phone/pda is a very
> recent model I'm very used to FAST performance. I'd like something
> with a really good CPU.
> 3. Good battery life. I'll be spending probably 80% reading pdf files
> and maybe 20% using my wifi connection. I am fully aware that wifi is
> a battery killer and I know that from many other products I've
> experienced it with. So given that I know that already, I want a
> product with a really good battery life to accomodate this occasional
> wifi use.
>
> Aside from those preferences in terms of what is important to me, it
> MUST be windows mobile and I should at least be able to use version 5
> or 6. I know from experience quite a few of the units I've owned have
> been upgradable to newer versions of winmo so even if the product
> originally had something a bit older, as long as it will run a recent
> version like 5 or 6, I don't mind doing an upgrade.
>
> Again, of utmost importance is a really nice screen size.
>
> Recommendations are appreciated.
> I am fond of manufacturers like Asus, I am indifferent about HP, and I
> hate Sony products so that might give you an idea of my preference in
> terms of reliability of manufacturer.
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice anyone can offer.
>