Thanks for both of your comments on the iPaq 211. It looks like quite
a good unit, I'm thinking about that product. A bit pricey for what I
need it to do, but since my needs are limited, most things would be
pricey no matter what.

Thanks, I'm going to keep my eyes open and research a bit more.

On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 22:44:17 -0600, "Roger 2008" <rwpcs@att.net> wrote:

>
>"Strongbox" <strongbox@no.mail> wrote in message
>news:8wdk3e3kpz8p$.1xv5g3pmpms76.dlg@40tude.net.. .
>> On Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:06:48 -0400, Gabriel Knight wrote:
>>
>> > On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 17:54:50 -0500, "Ron Sommer"
>> > <rsommer@nospam.ktis.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >>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.
>> >
>> > I actually have an Asus eee 900 I'm quite happy with it, but I really
>> > want something even smaller. Something I can just hold in one hand to
>> > read with, and turn on and off in only a second. I really need
>> > something like a PDA.
>>
>> I love my iPaq 211.
>
>I loved my iPaq 211 until HTC came out with phones that have a VGA (640x480)
>screen. Now I hardly ever use my 211.
>
>FYI the HTC phones have a 2.8 inch VGA screen where the iPaq 211 has a 4"
>VGA screen so it is easier to read the iPaq.
>
>And the 211 powers up and powers down pretty fast because it doesn't power
>off just powers down.
>
>Plus the 211 has two memory slots so you can easily put in over 16 Gig of
>memory.
>
>But the iPaq 211 has a few drawbacks too like it uses WM6 instead of WM6.1
>and it's screen requires more pressure than an average touch screen.
>