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Looking for a PDA

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Tiamat

Lifer
I am just starting grad school and having a hard time keeping track of all the different meetings, seminars, and deadlines. I just want something that will serve as a old-fashioned "Planner" notebook but without the pen and paper.

I need something very minimalistic, but color screen would be nice. I am used to high resolution monitors, so high resolution screen where i cannot see individual pixels would be nice. I dont need email, mp3, camera, irda, bluetooth. I guess wireless internet would be "neat" for starbucks and other hotspots, but not a requirement.

The main goal is so I dont have to carry around a damn planner around with me.

Budget is as cheap as possible. Definately none of those 200$+ pdas need apply. Perhaps 100$ for brand new is at most what I would consider spending on a "pen and paper" replacement. But I would consider $50-$250 and decide based on pros and cons.

I noticed most companies that make these things have good and bad reputations. Palm, HP are the two major ones I am looking at and they both have angry and happy customers... Any suggestions?

Edit: The Palm TX seems to be nice, but 270$. It seems to garnish a good amount of praise from the community, any comments?
 
Thanks anyways, I think im leaning towards the Palm TX because I can get it with a Hardcase for 277$ from Buy.com. The dell Axim is nice, but it is also in the next price bracket @ 375$ on sale at dell. As long as the Palm TX is as good as pencil and paper, but without the hassles, I should be fine.

All of the wifi, bluetooth, mp3, MS word/excel/ppp, is all icing on the cake.

I could probably live with a 100$ PDA, but i felt that they just were too compromised in the wrong areas (build quality, slowness of stylus tap to action time).
 
I missed my old Palm Visor PDA...it comes with 33.6k modem but now it is in the closet collecting dust.
 
Good luck with your PDA, most people (I know a few) buy one for the exact same reason as you; scheduling, convenience, bla bla bla. However, they usually just end up under the bed after you forget to recharge one day. So buy the cheapest one you can to see if you'll really be into it. I have one from work, it's great to use for work since it's also a barcode scanner. However, I never even touch the scheduler/Tasks/Mail.
 
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