I usually do my own research on products and am pretty good, but I've
spent ages on this and am getting nowhere.

I'm looking for a pocket pc pda and wondered if anyone had any
suggestions?

Requirements:

- GPS (Required)
- WIFI (Required)
- Bluetooth (Required)
- 480 x 640 (Like to have)
- Windows Mobile 6 (Like to have, but there again 5 should be fine)

I don't need:

- Built in keyboard (I prefer the soft keyboard or full sized
bluetooth)
- Phone (I have a phone. But if it has it I suppose it doesn't matter)

I've considered:

- Fujitsu Siemens Loox N560 ... powerful, good screen and well made,
but the wireless seems bad; the initial GPS is slow
- Mio P550 ... well made, but questions about the battery
- Asus Mypal A696 ... just out, cheap but not many reviews yet.
- Acer 530 ... small ... perhaps too small
- HTC P3300 ... ouch. How much?
- HP iPAQ hw6915 ... i don't really need the keyboard and it looses
too much screen.

Alternatively, I suppose I could go for a separate bluetooth GPS and
go for something like an Ace 311.

Thanks. Any help would be great.

Astley Le Jasper wrote:

> - Fujitsu Siemens Loox N560 ... powerful, good screen and well made,
> but the wireless seems bad; the initial GPS is slow

I have had an N560 for about a year now. The wireless is bad if (and only
if) you use the built-in program called Connectmobility/E2C. That program
messes up Wifi so seriously that the only way out is a hard reset. The good
news are the you don't need that program at all and that Wifi works very
well without it.

As for the GPS, I don't think it is slow once you have established the first
fix and are within a reasonable distance from that position. It is not as
fast as my Garmin GPSMap 60CSx but then few GPS'es are.

Ebbe

Astley Le Jasper wrote:

> - Fujitsu Siemens Loox N560 ... powerful, good screen and well made,
> but the wireless seems bad; the initial GPS is slow

I have had an N560 for about a year now. The wireless is bad if (and only
if) you use the built-in program called Connectmobility/E2C. That program
messes up Wifi so seriously that the only way out is a hard reset. The good
news are the you don't need that program at all and that Wifi works very
well without it.

As for the GPS, I don't think it is slow once you have established the first
fix and are within a reasonable distance from that position. It is not as
fast as my Garmin GPSMap 60CSx but then few GPS'es are.

Ebbe

Astley Le Jasper wrote:

> - Fujitsu Siemens Loox N560 ... powerful, good screen and well made,
> but the wireless seems bad; the initial GPS is slow

I have had an N560 for about a year now. The wireless is bad if (and only
if) you use the built-in program called Connectmobility/E2C. That program
messes up Wifi so seriously that the only way out is a hard reset. The good
news are the you don't need that program at all and that Wifi works very
well without it.

As for the GPS, I don't think it is slow once you have established the first
fix and are within a reasonable distance from that position. It is not as
fast as my Garmin GPSMap 60CSx but then few GPS'es are.

Ebbe

Astley Le Jasper wrote:

> - Fujitsu Siemens Loox N560 ... powerful, good screen and well made,
> but the wireless seems bad; the initial GPS is slow

I have had an N560 for about a year now. The wireless is bad if (and only
if) you use the built-in program called Connectmobility/E2C. That program
messes up Wifi so seriously that the only way out is a hard reset. The good
news are the you don't need that program at all and that Wifi works very
well without it.

As for the GPS, I don't think it is slow once you have established the first
fix and are within a reasonable distance from that position. It is not as
fast as my Garmin GPSMap 60CSx but then few GPS'es are.

Ebbe

Astley Le Jasper wrote:

> - Fujitsu Siemens Loox N560 ... powerful, good screen and well made,
> but the wireless seems bad; the initial GPS is slow

I have had an N560 for about a year now. The wireless is bad if (and only
if) you use the built-in program called Connectmobility/E2C. That program
messes up Wifi so seriously that the only way out is a hard reset. The good
news are the you don't need that program at all and that Wifi works very
well without it.

As for the GPS, I don't think it is slow once you have established the first
fix and are within a reasonable distance from that position. It is not as
fast as my Garmin GPSMap 60CSx but then few GPS'es are.

Ebbe

Astley,

Here are some other devices to consider:

1) E-TEN X500+ (It's got a phone as well)
2) E-TEN Glofiish X800 (Again, a phone)
3) iPAQ 210 (Just announced - without GPS)

See my full list of VGA Pocket PCs here:
http://kripster.blogspot.com/2007/05...dup-ver-6.html

-Krip

Astley,

Here are some other devices to consider:

1) E-TEN X500+ (It's got a phone as well)
2) E-TEN Glofiish X800 (Again, a phone)
3) iPAQ 210 (Just announced - without GPS)

See my full list of VGA Pocket PCs here:
http://kripster.blogspot.com/2007/05...dup-ver-6.html

-Krip

Astley,

Here are some other devices to consider:

1) E-TEN X500+ (It's got a phone as well)
2) E-TEN Glofiish X800 (Again, a phone)
3) iPAQ 210 (Just announced - without GPS)

See my full list of VGA Pocket PCs here:
http://kripster.blogspot.com/2007/05...dup-ver-6.html

-Krip

Astley,

Here are some other devices to consider:

1) E-TEN X500+ (It's got a phone as well)
2) E-TEN Glofiish X800 (Again, a phone)
3) iPAQ 210 (Just announced - without GPS)

See my full list of VGA Pocket PCs here:
http://kripster.blogspot.com/2007/05...dup-ver-6.html

-Krip

Astley,

Here are some other devices to consider:

1) E-TEN X500+ (It's got a phone as well)
2) E-TEN Glofiish X800 (Again, a phone)
3) iPAQ 210 (Just announced - without GPS)

See my full list of VGA Pocket PCs here:
http://kripster.blogspot.com/2007/05...dup-ver-6.html

-Krip

- Ebbe, I've found a Loox N560 for about £265. it's a shame that
Fujitsu Siemens appear to be dropping out of the market.
- Thanks for the listing Krip. That's really helpful. I'd not heard of
the X800. But again, it's starting to look really expensive at about
£400.

Would you say that Windows Mobile 6 is significantly better than 5.
(I've come from an Ipaq 2210 with PPC2003 so anything is probably
going to be a significant improvement!). Looking at
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/cellphone...yle-245389.php
I've got to admit it doesn't look that much better unless you're a
road warrior.

- Ebbe, I've found a Loox N560 for about £265. it's a shame that
Fujitsu Siemens appear to be dropping out of the market.
- Thanks for the listing Krip. That's really helpful. I'd not heard of
the X800. But again, it's starting to look really expensive at about
£400.

Would you say that Windows Mobile 6 is significantly better than 5.
(I've come from an Ipaq 2210 with PPC2003 so anything is probably
going to be a significant improvement!). Looking at
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/cellphone...yle-245389.php
I've got to admit it doesn't look that much better unless you're a
road warrior.

- Ebbe, I've found a Loox N560 for about £265. it's a shame that
Fujitsu Siemens appear to be dropping out of the market.
- Thanks for the listing Krip. That's really helpful. I'd not heard of
the X800. But again, it's starting to look really expensive at about
£400.

Would you say that Windows Mobile 6 is significantly better than 5.
(I've come from an Ipaq 2210 with PPC2003 so anything is probably
going to be a significant improvement!). Looking at
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/cellphone...yle-245389.php
I've got to admit it doesn't look that much better unless you're a
road warrior.

- Ebbe, I've found a Loox N560 for about £265. it's a shame that
Fujitsu Siemens appear to be dropping out of the market.
- Thanks for the listing Krip. That's really helpful. I'd not heard of
the X800. But again, it's starting to look really expensive at about
£400.

Would you say that Windows Mobile 6 is significantly better than 5.
(I've come from an Ipaq 2210 with PPC2003 so anything is probably
going to be a significant improvement!). Looking at
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/cellphone...yle-245389.php
I've got to admit it doesn't look that much better unless you're a
road warrior.