Archive for January, 2005

Best PDA deals: Buy.com vs. everyone else

Friday, January 28th, 2005

Here’s what we can say of Buy.com’s “best PDA deals”: They sure are good in hyping it up. Not always the best in PDA bargains, but very consistent in sending the message out … Anyway, let’s review what they claim to be blockbuster prices for PDAs versus what anyone can find in DealCatcher at the [...]

Garmin iQue M5 initial thoughts

Wednesday, January 26th, 2005

Ok for those of you that have say, oh $750 or thereabouts in loose change to spend; plus you are a big fan of GPS or just a disaster with maps and locations … have a look at the BargainPDA.com’s first thoughts of Garmin’s spankin’ new iQue M5 GPS PDA (what a mouthful) running on [...]

Forgotten PDAs

Monday, January 24th, 2005

About 314,000 PDAs and other handheld devices are left behind in cabs worldwide every 6 months. That’s over 7 units every hour of the day. What the … well, we are guilty of that too. Only it was in the bus … good grief: That means there are MORE everywhere else, other than cabs!
Anyway, we [...]

Cardo Scala BT headset

Monday, January 24th, 2005

The Cardo Scala 500 Bluetooth Headset looks nice, weighs 0.58 ounces, runs up to 9 hours on a single charge (now that’s low), and is priced to move at eCost.com for only 35 bucks (regularly $79.95)- but will it work with your Bluetooth-enabled PDA?

Here’s what Cardo Systems say on that in its FAQ:
“The scala-500™ headset [...]

A decent notebook for a song

Saturday, January 22nd, 2005

Yeah; we know Wal-Mart has them sub-$600 notebooks … but somehow we are not too convinced of the reliability nor build of the thing. But we found this in our neighborhood’s upcoming Staples weekend deal circular:

HP® Pavilion Intel® Celeron® M Processor 350 build-to-order notebook $649.98 after instant savings & easy rebate. Valid Jan 23 - [...]

The ETEN Windows Mobile Phone Edition

Tuesday, January 18th, 2005

Taiwanese 2-in-1 PDAphones lovers rejoice, for they now have an additional Windows Mobile Phone Edition hardware to lay their hands on: The ETEN M500.

Looks real good, but lacks WiFi and a built-in keyboard - something that’s consistently left out of small PDAphone models. It’s not a deal-breaker for us … so long as they have [...]

The Zodiac makeover

Tuesday, January 18th, 2005

Thanks to engadget, we read of an article in PC Magazine about the future of the Tapwave Zodiac straight from the horse’s mouth, and how it’s morphing towards being more of an entertainment device and less of a gamer’s PDA.

Free T-Mobile Sidekick II

Saturday, January 15th, 2005

We’ve always wanted the Sidekick II, but T-Mo doesn’t have service in these parts.

So boo-hoo for us when Amazon comes up with a free Sidekick II offer (with service plan) … Hold on: After combined $50.00 T-Mobile and $150.00 Amazon rebates, you actually get paid an extra $25.01 - to buy the thing.
Ok: We are [...]

Yet another Axim X50v coupon

Saturday, January 15th, 2005

Only 2 days left to expiry, but this coupon’s too hard to pass up …
The excellent Dell Axim X50v (known as Axim X50 624MHz at Dell.com) can be had for a low $399.20 after a 20% coupon; key in the code DCB2TW51W2P024 at checkout. The coupon code expires 1/18/2005, 00:00 (midnight) CST.
If you are [...]

The unexpected Zen Micro Photo

Saturday, January 15th, 2005

Yup; this flew right by us, just as engadget expects. Creative really means business in taking its fight to Apple - and announced the photo-displaying version of its tight Zen Micro, the Zen Micro Photo at the recently-concluded CES exhibition in Las Vegas. It also helps that it has won another “Best Of CES” award [...]