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PDA's (Palm Pilots)

The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: 2004 Nov. - 2005 Jan.: Buyers Banter (ARCHIVES): PDA's (Palm Pilots) users admin

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Curious1
Member

08-31-2002

Sunday, December 19, 2004 - 11:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Anyone have any good recommendations for a Palm-Pilot type thingy for my husband? I'm not set on a certain brand or anything...since after all I barely know anything about them...just wondered if anyone had any recommendations? I'm only looking to spend around $100-$125 on it and hubby would mainly use it to store important names and numbers and schedule appointments into the calendar feature.

Thanks for any help!

Schoolmarm
Member

02-18-2001

Monday, December 20, 2004 - 6:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I use the Palm Zire. It was about $99. I don't even have the software loaded in my computer so they can talk to each other.

It has plenty of features and not too many bells and whistles. The calendar feature is great! I took it with me to organ lessons and kept grades and lesson evaluations in it.

Maybe someone who is a gadget guru can give additional recs.

Reader234
Member

08-13-2000

Tuesday, December 21, 2004 - 12:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
dh uses his palm just make sure to sinc it to the computer, I had (have) one that the batteries went and I lost all the info, dh had synched it to the old computer, the hard drive died, so I gave up!!

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Tuesday, December 21, 2004 - 12:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
i can't live without my palm pilot. i'm on my third one (due to advances in technology, and me needing new features.) i always sinc. i use it for everything i could possibly need to remember. when i'm places instead of writing things down, i put it in my palm.

Jimmer
Member

08-30-2000

Tuesday, December 21, 2004 - 1:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm not sure what the prices are like now, but I think that he will find the color ones much easier to read. I've had mine for a while so maybe they are all in color now!

The nice thing about a Palm is that you can add all sorts of additional little applications to it (many of them are free). It will do more than you think!

The biggest thing is to keep it with you and start using it regularly. The more you use it, the more you will use it! Also hotsync a lot (transfer the data back and forth from your PC). That way if you ever have a problem it is really easy to restore the data.

A really great source of information for these little devices is the Brighthand Forums at
http://discussion.brighthand.com/palmhandhelds/