[dskaff]

Can anyone tell me if I am on the wrong track? I reently gave up my Ipaq PDA to get an Audiovox Thera PDA CDMA phone. Why? I have long wanted a cell phone that does all the functions of my PDA (and some of the newer stuff my PDA didn't have yet). Not seeing anything that suited me, I settled for the Thera as a stop-gap measure until the hardware met my expectations. With a good PDA pushing $600+ and cell phones $300+ and the fact that I have to carry a pager, a cell phone and a PDA I thought there would be something out there that effectively combines them all. Wrong. Being on Verison systme I looked at the SPH-i700 by Samsung. Has the features, but the processor is only a 300 MHz PXA250 XScale processor. For that much $ shouldn't it have the fastest available? So I looked at the motora MPX200. Duh...no Pocket Word, etc. too small of a screen, no hand writing capability. So I'm asking where do I go and how long do I have to wait for the best of the best. All the features of a PDA in a phone with no comprimise? Something along these lines http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/333/C1853/ with Voice Command and PPC 2003 and the new Intel processor and...and...and... :?

[dskaff]

Can anyone tell me if I am on the wrong track? I reently gave up my Ipaq PDA to get an Audiovox Thera PDA CDMA phone. Why? I have long wanted a cell phone that does all the functions of my PDA (and some of the newer stuff my PDA didn't have yet). Not seeing anything that suited me, I settled for the Thera as a stop-gap measure until the hardware met my expectations. With a good PDA pushing $600+ and cell phones $300+ and the fact that I have to carry a pager, a cell phone and a PDA I thought there would be something out there that effectively combines them all. Wrong. Being on Verison systme I looked at the SPH-i700 by Samsung. Has the features, but the processor is only a 300 MHz PXA250 XScale processor. For that much $ shouldn't it have the fastest available? So I looked at the motora MPX200. Duh...no Pocket Word, etc. too small of a screen, no hand writing capability. So I'm asking where do I go and how long do I have to wait for the best of the best. All the features of a PDA in a phone with no comprimise? Something along these lines http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/333/C1853/ with Voice Command and PPC 2003 and the new Intel processor and...and...and... :?

[Mike Temporale]

There is always something better on it's way. Tis the nature of this industry. :wink:

Sounds like you want something like Motorola's MPx that is expected to ship around the end of Q2 this year. Since you're leaning more to a "data/PDA with phone" based device, you might want to check out our sister site Pocket PC Thoughts.

[Mike Temporale]

Opps, forgot to mention....

There is always the VOQ phone expected sometime this year.

[dskaff]

Thanks for the insight. I'll check those out.

[encece]

Get anything...just get rid of that Thera....I HATE THEM. They are not even PPC - Phone Editions. It's just a PPC with a wireless card built in...not integrated....Booooooo! Poor batter life. Crashes all the time. I HATE THEM! And they are based on technology that's at least 2 or 3 years old.

(Can you tell I dont like them?)

I used to be an avid PPCPE user. But after using the Smartphone...there;s not much more that I need. There are days when I wish I had a PPCPE, and will probably look at the newer smaller versions coming very soon, like the MPx.

But give the Smartphone's a shot...they are VERY powerful and get better everyday with new models and the ever growing catalog of software. Depending on what you use it for....it may suit your needs in a smaller form factor that you'll be sure to enjoy after carrying around that brick of a Thera that you have there.

[dskaff]

I agree with you on the Thera. I have a 256mb SD card and it takes forever to read it each time it boots up. I am seriously considering the new Motorola MPX (if they ever release it). Everything I've read appears to be good, but you can't tell until you can get it in your hands.