10-18-2009, 04:30 PM
An iPhone is definitely not a PDA, does it even have a word processor, power point viewer, PDF viewer or Zip archiver yet? If you are looking for a PDA then those are things you want because undoubtedly you will be viewing and manipulating those on the go a lot from emails.
A Windows mobile device is probably the way to go (though an android phone should have everything you need) but make use your device has decent specs as WM can be a little resource thirsty (no surprises there). These days its probably going to be easier and cheaper to find one with a phone built in and the HTC's are really number 1 in this field.
Take a look at the Touch Pro 2, its expensive but a brilliant unit: http://www.htc.com/au/product/touchpro2/overview.html
Or for something a little cheaper: http://www.htc.com/au/product/touchpro/overview.html
I had one of the basic HTC touches and it was a great phone but majorly under qualified in terms of specifications and ran very slow.
I now have an Nokia e71 and I strongly encourage you to take a look at these, they may seem less of a PDA than the HTCs but honestly it has 95% of the functionality, is a much better phone as a whole than the touch I had and the software is clean and stable (unlike WM on my touch). It has a word processor, opens PDFs, Powerpoint, has a Zip archiver and you can even print from the phone! (still working that one out....)
A Windows mobile device is probably the way to go (though an android phone should have everything you need) but make use your device has decent specs as WM can be a little resource thirsty (no surprises there). These days its probably going to be easier and cheaper to find one with a phone built in and the HTC's are really number 1 in this field.
Take a look at the Touch Pro 2, its expensive but a brilliant unit: http://www.htc.com/au/product/touchpro2/overview.html
Or for something a little cheaper: http://www.htc.com/au/product/touchpro/overview.html
I had one of the basic HTC touches and it was a great phone but majorly under qualified in terms of specifications and ran very slow.
I now have an Nokia e71 and I strongly encourage you to take a look at these, they may seem less of a PDA than the HTCs but honestly it has 95% of the functionality, is a much better phone as a whole than the touch I had and the software is clean and stable (unlike WM on my touch). It has a word processor, opens PDFs, Powerpoint, has a Zip archiver and you can even print from the phone! (still working that one out....)