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NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: NEAL WEINBERG
on PRODUCT REVIEWS 11/27/01 - Today's focus: The PDA roundup Dear Wincenty Kaminski, In this issue: * The best in PDA devices and accessories * Links related to Network World product reviews * Featured reader resource ____________________________________________________________ HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE If you're looking for a gift for that special network executive, or if you're a network executive looking for gifts for your family or friends, odds are we've played with, errr, tested a device that could do the trick. Check out our Holiday Gift Guide to help make this year's shopping easier! http://nww1.com/go/ad206.html ____________________________________________________________ Today's focus: The PDA roundup By Neal Weinberg The Reviewmeister spends most of the year testing out heavy duty networking gear. But with the holidays on the horizon, we thought it would be appropriate to look into some tech tools you might want to put on your holiday shopping list. Our first category is the personal digital assistant (PDA). If you're still using a Palm III, it's time for an upgrade. Hewlett-Packard's Jornada 565 Pocket PC is an option. At $600, this model features a color screen, is wireless-ready and has new enterprise features such as VPN connectivity. If you're looking for multimedia features, the Sony Clie PEG- N610C lets you view color photos and movies, uses Memory Stick for storage and costs about $400. The Handspring Visor Pro, at $300, offers twice as much memory as other Palm OS devices and the fastest processor. If you want to put lots of applications on a PDA, buy this one. If you're looking for a starter PDA for friends and relatives, check out the Handspring Visor Neo, a $200 model that offers a fast processor and the Springboard expansion slot for add-on modules. The @migo PD-600c Pocket PC is the only one with a PC Card slot. It's great for wireless LAN cards, Bluetooth cards or storage cards, and costs $500. The best high-end Palm is the m505, a $450 model that comes with a color screen and expansion slot for Secure Digital or MultiMedia Cards. It's the Palm to have for the Palm junkie (for the moment). * PDA accessories If you want to take your Palm wireless, check out the Xircom wireless LAN module for Palm m500 series. At $300, it offers a snap-on cradle that gives wireless LAN (802.11b) access to the Palm m500 or m505. How's this for an accessory: The $120 Akron Networks Parafone PRF500 turns your Handspring Visor into a 900MHz cordless phone for use around the house. Its charging stand doubles as a HotSync cable. The Seiko Thumboard, at $40, is a keyboard for Handspring Visors, Palm V/Vx and m500 series. It snaps onto the PDA's sync port, covering up the writing area. Also check out the Acer Accufeel G300. For between $40 and $50, it's a keyboard that snaps onto a Palm V; best for use with e-mail and long document inputs. And for $75, there's the Belkin Pocket PDA Keyboard, a tiny fold-out keyboard that is compatible with many different Palm models (III, V, VII, m100) because of its "PDA-One" adapter. With the adapter, it's a bit tricky to configure, but once it's working, it's a pretty cool keyboard. For the full report, go to http://www.nwfusion.com/hgg2001 _______________________________________________________________ To contact Neal Weinberg: Neal Weinberg is features editor at Network World, in charge of product reviews, Buyer's Guides, technology primers, how-tos, issue-oriented feature stories and the Technology Insider series. You can reach him at mailto:nweinber@nww.com. _______________________________________________________________ Get your wireless service from the carrier ranked #1 by Forbes magazine. Now get Unlimited Night & Weekend Minutes, plus up to $165 in savings when you activate on select calling plans and purchase a Nokia 3360 or 8260 from AT&T Wireless. To learn more go to http://www.nww1.com/go/ad207.html _______________________________________________________________ RELATED LINKS Network World's research pages on PDAs http://www.nwfusion.com/research/pda.html Review: A strong enterprise PDA Network World, 07/02/01 http://www.nwfusion.com/research/2001/0702rev.html The archive for Reviews is: http://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/index.html ______________________________________________________________ FEATURED READER RESOURCE Network World Fusion's The Edge site Network World Fusion's The Edge is a resource devoted to the advances in service-provider networks that are shaking up the old telecom order. In classic Network World fashion, we focus on the hardware, software and services coming to market - but this time from the vendors targeting legacy carriers, new alternative local carriers, ISPs and application service providers. http://www.nwfusion.com/edge/index.html _______________________________________________________________ May We Send You a Free Print Subscription? You've got the technology snapshot of your choice delivered at your fingertips each day. Now, extend your knowledge by receiving 51 FREE issues to our print publication. 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