My first PDA was a Palm Pro in 1995. Over the 5
years I owned it I did RAM and ROM upgrades. In
Sept of 2000 I moved to PPC and picked up the
first ARM based Color PDA the
iPAQ 3650 and I am still using it . The
iPAQ will be updated when a PDA manufacture
ships a PPC PDA with the following.
Microsoft PocketPC SE
An Intel CPU XScale CPU running at 520MHz
128MB RAM
64MB ROM
VGA 480x640 3.5” or 4.0” Display
WiFi
Bluetooth
1 SDIO slot no CF (CF makes a PDA to large)
And a form factor close to the
iPAQ 4150
The Asus 730 looks like a close fit when it
start shipping
My first Phone was a car mounted NEC analog AMPS
phone back in 1985. I kept that for 12 years
then upgraded to a Nokia 6160 TMDA phone in
1997. After 7 years with that phone I upgraded
to a Nokia
6820 three weeks ago. The
6820 is a great phone that offers Bluetooth
and GPRS/EDGE. That technology lets me surf the
net just about anywhere at speeds up to 200Kb
with out any wires using my laptop (over
Bluetooth) or PDA (over IR until I get a new
PDA).
My first portable computer was that luggable
Compaq with the two 5 ¼ drives and a built in
TTL amber monochrome display. I have had many
laptops since then. The latest is an IBM T40
with built in WiFi A/B/G and Bluetooth that
links to the new phone for internet access
anywhere.
Sean

Palm Pro and
iPAQ 3650

Nokia 6160 and Nokia
6820
iPAQ 3650 connected to the Nokia
6820 over IR to the net over GPRS/EDGE. The
next PDA will be connected over Bluetooth

IBM T40 connected to the Nokia
6820 over Bluetooth.

Nokia
6820 open