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Other => Other => Topic started by: Zylstra on August 01, 2006, 08:18:56 PM

Title: Handheld PC's (HP Jordana)
Post by: Zylstra on August 01, 2006, 08:18:56 PM

I am a big Ebayer when I get bored.
I am looking at an HP Jordana.
Here's a link to a page with a description of an unused one:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000J0ND/102-2439389-4714547?redirect=true&v=glance&n=172282
What are pros and cons of these types of products?
I (am 15 and) go to school. I want one of these for typing my homework assignments up.
How many megs of memory (for storage) can these be brought up to?
The auction for this particular model seems like the price will go up fast. Are there any places where I could buy one of these for a low low price? (besides eBay)

Title: Re: Handheld PC's (HP Jordana)
Post by: GX1_Man on August 01, 2006, 08:25:56 PM

Didn't we do this a month or two ago?

Title: Re: Handheld PC's (HP Jordana)
Post by: Zylstra on August 01, 2006, 11:20:39 PM

Yes and know. I was showing what I wanted to get, but didn't get it. Now I really want to know what people think of these.
I believe they would be useful, especially for school.

So this post, and the last one similar were different. But you mentioned something about the screens on these, have they improved over the years?

Title: Re: Handheld PC's (HP Jordana)
Post by: GX1_Man on August 02, 2006, 03:11:30 AM

These haven't been produced in 5+ years, so there are no improvements.

Title: Re: Handheld PC's (HP Jordana)
Post by: panboy on August 02, 2006, 03:25:50 AM

Oh No's Don't go near those Dated thinggies, if your Really Want a Small Portable PC , Get an IBM laptop, or a Tablet PC, PDA's of any kind are not worth the Expense to Lack or Functionality Ratio

Title: Re: Handheld PC's (HP Jordana)
Post by: Nitro on August 02, 2006, 04:27:57 AM

I wouldn't bother with one of those.

I'd just get a cheap laptop.

Title: Re: Handheld PC's (HP Jordana)
Post by: Zylstra on August 02, 2006, 12:44:33 PM

What if I am buying one of these palmtops for under 50$?

Title: Re: Handheld PC's (HP Jordana)
Post by: soybean on August 02, 2006, 01:02:31 PM

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PDA's of any kind are not worth the Expense to Lack or Functionality Ratio

Hmmm, I'd like to see you say that directly to all Blackberry (http://www.blackberry.com/) users.  

Title: Re: Handheld PC's (HP Jordana)
Post by: Rob Pomeroy on August 03, 2006, 05:22:29 AM

I had an HP Jornada 690 for a while before it met with a very unfortunate coffee disaster.  It was a great little gadget, having probably the most usable keyboard that has ever been created at that size.  It was better in many ways that a PDA with a wireless keyboard - it was mroe stable to type on/less fiddly.  I loved it, but at the time they were quite expensive, so i didn't replace it.

If you picked one up cheaply, I don't think you'd be disappointed, unless you're looking for modern features like Bluetooth or wireless built in (I think you could buy expansion cards, but they're probably not worth it).  They tended to be the best litle gadget for spreadsheets, due to the larger screen size, but they were less "pocketable" than most PDAs.

Title: Re: Handheld PC's (HP Jordana)
Post by: panboy on August 03, 2006, 06:49:56 AM

Soybean , you know as well as i do that all blackberry users are infact insane  ;D