Buying PDA help please.

bestyman

Hi,
Im thinking of buying a PDA and would appreaciate any help as I have never owned one before although I do have a desktop and a dell inspiron laptop.
The main uses of the PDA will be for ( if possible)

1.tomtom 6 ( at the moment I have tomtom 5 on a mobile phone , so the PDA must support tomtom 6 ( list at bottom of post ) A pda with built in GPS reciever would be best although I already have a stand alone one. Sucker to stick to windscreen is a must .

2. Internet???? Are PDAs wi fi enabled just like my dell laptop? Does this mean when at a wi fi spot ( obviously subject to payment or finding un encrypted) I can browse the web and check email? Do these thing have a browser like ie ? sorry for dumb question but never used one. Could I browse internet just like on a real PC or is it more of a wap style?

3 Mp3/ movie playback . At the moment I use a nokia mobile for this with output to extension speakers or headphones. A large HDD or at least SD slots would be good . Really the bigger the HDD the better as Tomtom 6 with European mapping is just under 1 gb then wouldnt mind room for some music as well . ( do I need to leave room for an OS like on a laptop?)

4 . A mobile phone. Do these PDAs work also as a mobile phone? Do they take PAYG sim cards or are you laughing whilst reading this? If so do they come unlocked to any network
4b. If not used as a mobile phone could I connect to internet , say at a hotel abroad on a wi fi spot and use software such as voipbuster to make free ( or almost free) voip calls?

5. Anything else? Do they have word? Suggestions please.

The compatable PDAs with tomtom 6 are pasted below. Many thanks in advance for any help/suggestions. Wouldn`t mind dell pda as happy with pc/ laptop dealings in the past.

Airis

N509, NC05A, T460

Dell
Axim X3, Axim X30, Axim X3i, Axim X5 , Axim X50, Axim X50I, Axim X50V, Axim X51

Eten
G500

Fujitsu Siemens
Pocket LOOX 610, Pocket LOOX 720

HP
HW6510, HW6515, iPAQ H1940, iPAQ H2210, iPAQ H2215, iPAQ H3870, iPAQ H3970, iPAQ H4150, iPAQ H4350, iPAQ H5450, iPAQ H5455, iPAQ H5550, iPAQ H5555, iPAQ H6340, IPAQ HX2110, iPAQ HX2190, IPAQ HX2410, iPAQ HX2490, IPAQ HX2750, iPAQ HX2790, iPAQ HX4700, iPAQ RX1950, iPAQ RX3715, iPAQ RZ1710

Imate
JAM, Jas Jar, K-Jam, PDA2K, PDA-N

Mitac
Mio 168, Mio A701

O2
XDA, XDA Exec, XDA II, XDA IIi, XDA IIS, XDA Mini S

Orange
SPV M1000, SPV M2000, SPV M3000, SPV M500 , SPV M600

Qtek
2020, 2020i, 9000, 9090, 9100, G100, S100, S110, S200

T-Mobile
MDA Compact, MDA Compact II, MDA II, MDA III

MDA Pro, MDA Vario

Toshiba
E-400

Vodafone
VPA Compact, VPA III

amcluesent

A friend has just got a T-Mobile MDA III - nice bit of kit resold under lots of different names by the network providers. He hooked it up to home wi-fi no problem, yes you can browse the internet and play mp3. No hard disk though you can get SD cards of 2Gb now. He got a good price, £9.99, but had to go for an 18 month contract. I suspect if you want PAYG or an unlocked device you'll be paying ££ hundreds. Have a look an https://www.expansys.co.uk, the support forums for each device are pretty helpful.

flang

I have a hp 4150 has it a few years now its great, built in wireless, accepts mmc cards and sd cards.
I just upgrade my TomTom every year and all versions work fine on it!

flang

I got mine from http://www.rankhour.com/

Blacksheep1979

dell pda's are top notch well up there with the rest and there is currently an offer on the middle model atm making it as cheap as the bottom end model (plus quidco)