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Who has color PDA and can you read it in sunlight?

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Who has color PDA and can you read it in sunlight? I have a Handspring Visor Prism, screen looks fine indoors, but is very dark out doors. Don't some of the Pocket PCs have reflective color screens that are visible in sunlight? Any reccomendations? I'm thinking about an IPaq or Jornada.
 
The Ipaq is the only PDA that I have tried I can read in bright sunlight. I had a Jornada and it washed out in real bright sunlight. Not sure about the latest Jornada though.

 
As long as it has a reflective TFT, then it should be fine in direct sunlight. I personally like the Jornada the best. I've always thought the Compaq looked like a little kids toy. I think there is supposed to be a new processor coming out for the Pocket PCs soon, so you may want to wait to get one.
 
The latest Jornada is excellent. It has a very strong backlight, and can be set to turn off the lighting entirely to enhance reflective display in bright light. It works quite well.
 
Most reviewers who rate PDA's (like thegadgeeter) will agree that the screen on the Ipaq is the best for outdoor viewing.
 
I started this thread and apprecitate all the input. Here's a good quote I found while doing further research:
from ZDnet Tech Update ------
PocketPC (or WinCE) is generally regarded as not being a very stable platform for handheld devices. It is, after all, an operating system that has been whittled down from a larger OS rather than being built from the ground up. The upshot of this is that you have an OS which shares one common attribute with all Microsoft products: bloat. EPOC32 and Palm OS, on the other hand, have been built from the ground up and tend to be more "mobile friendly". The iPaq looks nice, but then so does a chocolate-covered dog turd -- until you bite into it.
 


<< I started this thread and apprecitate all the input. Here's a good quote I found while doing further research:
from ZDnet Tech Update ------
PocketPC (or WinCE) is generally regarded as not being a very stable platform for handheld devices. It is, after all, an operating system that has been whittled down from a larger OS rather than being built from the ground up. The upshot of this is that you have an OS which shares one common attribute with all Microsoft products: bloat. EPOC32 and Palm OS, on the other hand, have been built from the ground up and tend to be more "mobile friendly". The iPaq looks nice, but then so does a chocolate-covered dog turd -- until you bite into it. >>


Too bad that person doesn't know sh!t.

I have an Audiovox Maestro PocketPC2002 device and it is excellent in direct sunlight or sunlight in general.
 
I have to agree that the reviewer obviously didn't fully understand the Pocket PC OS. It does share some APIs with Windows for application compatability, but it truly is a unique OS.

Hey NFS4, so when did you ditch the Jornada for the Maestro? What made you switch?
 


<< I have to agree that the reviewer obviously didn't fully understand the Pocket PC OS. It does share some APIs with Windows for application compatability, but it truly is a unique OS.

Hey NFS4, so when did you ditch the Jornada for the Maestro? What made you switch? >>


I ditched after going through 3 jornadas that had dusty screens. HP customer support gave me the run around and lied to me. So I sold the last replacement I got on EBay and bought the Maestro.
 
Stupid ignorant Microsoft Haters. Heh...I've used a Palm V, a Sony Clie 710 (Top of the line couple of months ago) then tried a Compaq Ipaq 3765. The Ipaq rocks! I love the fact that it's so much more than a PDA. Watching divx movie on the train ride home, listening to mp3s, talking on irc or browsing the anandtech forums while away from my computer. Never recommending a Palm again.
 
NFS4,
why did you ditch the ipaq for a jurnada? and why go to the maestro instead of an improved ipaq? and whats so great about the maestro?



<- still has an ipaq 🙂
 


<< NFS4,
why did you ditch the ipaq for a jurnada? and why go to the maestro instead of an improved ipaq? and whats so great about the maestro? >>



I can answer that: built in CF. The bulk of an Ipaq when you have to add the sliders gets to be silly. I won't speak for NFS4, but I know that I personally won't buy any device without a built in CF slot. Just being able to pop in a wireless card or GPS without adding any bulk is incredible.

The extra battery life of the Jornada over the Ipaq is great too, especially with the hot-swappable battery feature.

The Maestro looks like a nice device with both CF and MMC/SD slots built in, but I figure I can hold out for the new X-Scale models, swap my Jornada for a dust-free replacement and then sell it.
 
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