PDAs are Getting Cheap
Published March 22nd, 2006 in Gadgets
My last PDA cost me well over £200. I can’t remember about the one before that, but it was at least the same. This time ‘round I’ve lucked out with a brand new, Windows Mobile 5 PDA with built in wi-fi, keyboard, camera and phone. The best bit of all was the price. While stand alone PDAs are still selling for up to £500, thanks to the wonders of subsidised handsets, I picked up mine for £50, albeit with a 12 month contract. So forget about buying a stand alone PDA, nip in to your local phone shop and get it from them.
Update: I suppose you get what you pay for. It was so slow as to be almost useless as a phone – it would take over 5 seconds to actually start ringing on an incoming call, which would mean that by the time I got to the phone, the voicemail had cut in. So it went back, in exchange for a smartphone which, er, works.
Hmmm, I wonder, is it beer proof? I guess time will tell.
Looks very smart, I’m almost tempted myself, but as my current phone plan costs me at most £2 a month (pay as you go, which I hardly use), I think I’ll pass just now!
Probably a good call, Ian. Now that the new toy syndrome is wearing off, I’m starting to wake up to the problems with it. It’s seriously under powered and it’s bloody awkward to use as a phone. Still, it’s good for posting blog comments