05-07-2004, 11:00 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 29,160
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Inexpensive Entry-Level Pocket PCs
I've seen some price shuffling lately with Pocket PCs, and it seems like a steal to get a Toshiba E400 for $199 USD or an iPAQ 1945 for $205 USD. Maybe mom needs a Pocket PC? :mrgreen:
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05-07-2004, 11:08 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,725
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I gave my mom my old iPaq 3650, and she barely uses it. She's not anti-computer or anything, but I can never get her to convert from her day planner to it, let alone use other programs. She carries it around a lot, but prolly only uses it once or twice a week. :|
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05-07-2004, 11:19 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 651
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Guess i'm lucky, both my parents are Techie. My mom already has an 5555 and so does my dad. This mothers day my mom is getting an ipod, my dad has one already. It's surprising how much my mom uses here ppc too, she's come a long way cause I started her off with a palm m100 which lasted all but a week then I got her a Hp 525, from then on she was hooked.
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05-08-2004, 12:26 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 171
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I wish either of my parents would use a PPC. My mom has come a long way on using a PC, but still won't even use a cell phone (and I pay the bill). She hasn't even put her address book into the PC which is beyond me.
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05-08-2004, 12:47 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 1,398
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My mom has been using my old Palm m105 for a year or so now. Just got my dad a Zire 21 for Christmas, and they're both taking to them surprisingly well.
I know, I know -- the whole "dark side" thing. Don't worry, I'll get them into Windows Mobile Land sooner or later. :lol:
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05-08-2004, 02:26 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 1,055
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My parents are both electrical engineers... no matter how hard I try, I don't think I'll ever be able to pry their old Palm IIIs out of their hands. They love those simple devices to death.
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05-08-2004, 04:37 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 1,097
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Originally Posted by OSUKid7
I gave my mom my old iPaq 3650, and she barely uses it. She's not anti-computer or anything, but I can never get her to convert from her day planner to it, let alone use other programs. She carries it around a lot, but prolly only uses it once or twice a week. :|
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We got my mom to switch by taking away her day planner and leaving her with just with her palm IIIc and her Dell Axim X5 for a week.
She now uses the day planner for other people to input appts, because she doesn't want people touching her axim. She uses the axim for everything else, she makes me beam my week's schedule to her.
Edit: I forgot to mention that we installed Pocket Informant and TextMaker, etc.
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05-08-2004, 04:41 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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imo, the built-in pim apps aren't much better than a paper-based dayplanner. The third-party pim apps are what really make Pocket PCs shine if all a user uses them for is pim-type stuff.
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05-08-2004, 02:05 PM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 559
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My mom's been using an old IIIc for years...and the thing is starting to die. I keep trying to tell her how much better a PPC would be: it could be read in sunlight, pictures would look way better on the hi-res screen, etc. But she likes it and keeps using it.
But, here's the cool part...we got her an h1945 for Mother's Day. I can't wait to give it to her! :mrgreen:
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05-08-2004, 02:12 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 63
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hehe i bought my mom a 1910 about 10 months ago. she had been using a palm III for atleast 3 years before that. i've been using pocket pc's for about 2 and a half. i thought it was time to convert her :lol:
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