Best Value Pocket PC
Hi,
After much searching, for the missus, and the reading of an entire plethora of data on the subject, I headed out and began testing units from the Ipaq to the Dell Axim, incidentally , the Dell Axim, in addition to being better value for money actually received better reviews than the same class Ipaq, in expandability , processing and so forth.
From a newbie's perspective however actual testing of these units was required and was actually the most telling, the CRS ( character recognition Software ) on the Ipaq, was the worst, in fact of the typical shop display units that get hammered on daily, the Ipaq suffered the most, particularly with its screen, of course, even had the screen been functioning normally ( I tried 3 different display versions ) the really bad OCS rendered the device useless. The Dell faired a little better although I noticed that it required screen recalibration ( centering ) on all the diplay models I tried for it to function normally.
I ended up buying the Dell Axim 400 hz processor 32 meg rom 64 meg ram with flash expansion and room for either LAN, modem or wireless card input.
Came cheaper than the Ipaq, included a synching cradle for PC which also charges the unit and a spare battery at the same time, incidentally battery life on the Axim is awsome, played Mp3's for over 6 hours. The wife loves it and it even deciphers my chickenscratch.
Go Dell AXIM !!!! I paid $ 300.00 $ 250 with the mail in rebate.
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