Get a standard stylus-based PDA and buy a folding keyboard. You'll be far
quicker (productive I should say) than people who use these built-in
keyboards that apparently were designed for people with chopstick fingers.
Netman ® wrote:
> Is there no longer a perceived need for k/b based PDAs? I'm looking at
> PDAs at the moment and remember back to the days of my Psion Series 3 and
> later the 5MX that both did me proud and were worked into the ground!
>
> I think what has put me off PDAs in the past, and the reason I've had them
> and then got rid because I didn't use them enough, was because of the lack
> of keyboard. I just don't think I'm a stylus kind of guy :-)
>
> I know stylus input systems have come a long way and obviously people get
> on with them judging by the number of PDAs sold these days, but to me you
> can't beat the speed of input via a keyboard.
>
> Is there anything available to me in the current market? I'm almost
> inclined to pick up a cheap Revo as I'm on a budget anyway. But I'm not
> sure of sync issues and compatibility with XP and the latest versions of
> Outlook? I would also quite like the modern convenience of a colour screen
> and Bluetooth.
>
> Steve
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