[CLUG] [OT] Palm Pilot

[Adam Lock]

Ronan Kirby wrote:
 > Lads,
 >
 > Sorry for the off topic post.
 >
 > The auld fella wants to buy a Palm Pilot, and I'm a little out of
 > tune with whats good and whats not at the moment. Last time I looked
 > was to buy a Vx. They seem to have changed their products lines
 > since.
 >
 > So any advice / suggestions would be appreciated. Must be a Palm,
 > colour doesn't matter.
 >
 > Thanks,
 >
 > Ronan

The Palm Vx has been replaced by the m500 & m505. They're pretty
much the same except for minor tweaks - PalmOS 4.0, USB cradle and 
having a slot to put a flash card into. The m505 version is colour and 
looks like it's being replaced by an m515 soon.

Handspring & Sony also do PalmOS devices which also have their own neat 
features. Handspring has something called a Treo which is a Palm/GSM 
phone hybrid and looks really nice, as well as counterparts to the Palm 
range. I think some Sony models can play music, take pictures and other 
silliness but cost a lot and use proprietary Sony crap like memory stick.

I have to say my Palm Vx is one of the most useful gadgets I've bought. 
It's not exactly powerful by PocketPC standards, but then it doesn't hog 
batteries or cost a bomb. It actually does what it's supposed to - 
organize - and does so very well.