Bloody friggin' choices ..

I know VERY little about ipaq's. The company I work for want me to buy a new one. It must run on the latest CE .NET operating system.

I assume if I buy one with Pocket PC 2003, it WILL have the correct operating system?

Also they used to buy HP3950 ipaq's. That model seems to have been discontinued (OK you can buy one and update the operating system) but what I want to do is go out and very simply buy a new one.

What replaced the 3900 series if anything? Also it seems that the RS232 port has disappeared on the newer ipaq's .. is this correct?

Should I but the 1900 series, 2200 series or 5500 series etc .. why is everything ipaq wise so friggin complicated?

Any help MUCH appreciated.

Thanks,
Doofus.

God - just what im looking into at the mo. Im after one that i can

a) download emails to
b) play mp3's !!!

I liked the palms until i had a go - cant get used to the basic OS

Jza

Go for a Dell Axim

what do want in it? 2210 has bluetooth, CF and SDIO, there are new 4000 series with bluetooth, wifi, SDIO and one has a built in keyboard.

Do you want to be able to use the jackets with it? If so you need the 5550.

regards,

Greg

Was just gonna say gregh is your man on this. Or alternatively drop towzer a mail, he knows about these babies as part of his job.

Dave

Ipaq 2210 for me with tomtom navigation

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