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Cyan~Fire - Mon Jan 30, 2006 5:11 pm
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Any recommendations on specific models would also be appreciated. Thanks.

Smong - Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:55 am
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In my experience every new palm I get the battery runs out faster. So unless you really want hires and color just go for low res and b/w screen.

My last one is a zire 72s, the camera is pretty naff indoors and the video saves to .asf (better than some cameras which use a totally custom format).

Cyan~Fire - Tue Jan 31, 2006 8:03 pm
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Per your recommendations, I think I'll go with the Palm m500, mainly due to the expandable memory. You think that's a good bet?

I've basically ruled out Power PC because someone confirmed my suspicions that Windows CE crashes just as much as the normal one (not too much, but I don't want my PDA to crash at all).

Smong - Wed Feb 01, 2006 4:29 am
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If you want to use it as an organiser that should be fine. In which case the only point in having an expansion slot would be to store a backup of the device or install stuff if the usb chip gets fried.

Cyan~Fire - Wed Feb 01, 2006 3:56 pm
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Well, they main purpose would be an organiser but I have high-and-mighty plans to possibly take notes on it as well (would work for classes that give lots of notes very slowly).

:-/ Is that USB issue common?

Smong - Fri Feb 03, 2006 5:43 pm
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I wouldn't be surprised if the whole m500 series is affected. You could see if the m500 uses the same chips as the m505.

Cyan~Fire - Sat Feb 04, 2006 5:32 pm
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Well, now I'm setting my sights on a refurbished Tungsten T.

Cyan~Fire - Thu Feb 16, 2006 4:10 pm
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OK, so I got the Tungsten T and I'm very happy with it. It has a color screen (pretty high-res, too), but a long battery life; an SD card; a nice, solid case; and the ever-useful bluetooth technology.

Smong - Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:39 pm
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Cyan~Fire wrote:

...and the ever-useful bluetooth technology.

Indeed. Even if I wrote a subset of ss with bluetooth I would never have anyone to play against.

Cyan~Fire - Fri Feb 17, 2006 3:44 pm
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Heh, I tried playing your Skirmish game, Smong, but it needs terrain!

D1st0rt - Sat Feb 18, 2006 4:01 pm
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Plus you'd have to be within 30 ft of a repeater or something at all times to be able to connect with bluetooth

Cyan~Fire - Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:24 pm
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Just as a follow-up, I'd like to say I'm still very impressed with this thing. I've dropped it about 3 times now, and the metal case has served very well, only minor scratches (even with one drop being on a tile floor). The battery life is still great, and I'm discovering more usefulness every day.

I must say, I'm amazed that I am so impressed by a product of a modern-day company. Kudos to Palm!