Check the HP iPaq 4705. It runs on Pocket PC OSN2212R said:..and I need recommendations. Thinking of it for plane usage of course. Approach plates, etc...
Don't need anything super fancy.
Brian Austin said:I'm happy with my Dell Axim but I'm not sure I'd want to use it in a plane. Screen seems rather small for some things. I can't imagine trying to use the stylus in bouncy IMC.
Maybe some others have experience with it...
Uh...I could give you similar stories from HP, Intel, and several other manufacturers. I rarely take one person's story as gospel when it comes product recommendations, pro or con.Missa said:Sorry BA, but DON'T GET THE DELL AXIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I loved mine until the first week out of warranty when the screen broke and made it completely useless. No way to fix it but we can swap it for a refurbished one for $200... hum, a new one was $80 more. And that was the best the B@$&^&@# at Dell were willing to do. My response to that was why would I want another of their high quality products if that was the way the wanted to treat a customer.
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Missa
-Don't buy from Dell.
N2212R said:..and I need recommendations. Thinking of it for plane usage of course. Approach plates, etc...
Don't need anything super fancy.
Brian Austin said:Uh...I could give you similar stories from HP, Intel, and several other manufacturers. I rarely take one person's story as gospel when it comes product recommendations, pro or con.
And in their defense, with low margins, would YOU give out a free PDA with no knowledge on how the person treated it during that period? And it's out of warranty. The line has to be drawn somewhere.
And I've also had good luck with HP iPaqs and Palm Treos. I tend to lean toward the PocketPC models now, though, since it seems to integrate more "cleanly" with Windows. I would have no problems recommending some of the iPaqs but haven't used one for a while.
My own Dell Axim is over a year old. It locked up once and something was corrupted. I did a hard reset (basically, it wipes the memory) and restored my latest backup, re-sync'd and back in business in about fifteen minutes (not exclusive to Dells, either). I've traveled around the country with it, dropped it a number of times, connected to numerous WIFI sites, and added so many apps I needed a bigger SD card to store everything.
NickDBrennan said:Maybe more fancy than you are looking for, but have you ever considered a Tablet PC? Those things are freaking spiffy for cockpit stuff. There's a guy here that uses one in his Cardinal. Its pretty cool. Even has a GPS antenna hooked up to have one of the fanciest GPS systems I've ever seen also.
N2212R said:..and I need recommendations. Thinking of it for plane usage of course. Approach plates, etc...
Don't need anything super fancy.
Greebo said:Hmm, and per your own data, if a new one was $280 and the refurb was $200, you got closer to a 30% discount...
NickDBrennan said:Maybe more fancy than you are looking for, but have you ever considered a Tablet PC? Those things are freaking spiffy for cockpit stuff. There's a guy here that uses one in his Cardinal. Its pretty cool. Even has a GPS antenna hooked up to have one of the fanciest GPS systems I've ever seen also.
HPNPilot1200 said:Hey Keith,
I have to double check on the Operating System compatibility though, this iPAQ has Windows CE