December 11, 2006

Finally got a PDA, the iPaq rx5900 Travel Companion

I've been putting off getting a PDA for quite some time now with my last "PDA" being bought in while I was in Japan first getting there almost 9 years ago.

So, being interested in the PDA market I kept my eye on what is coming out. Finally there was one that seemed rather attractive with the normal PDA features like calendar, contacts, Word, Powerpoint, email etc with WIFI and Bluetooth support, and to top it off, GPS. GPS with TomTom providing the software for the maps.

I most definitely like the fact that I can just quickly switch it on to see where I am exactly, being in that I am like a backwards homing pigeon and will almost always go the exact opposite direction in that I want to go.. it's rather weird actually. Anyways, this rather handy functionality has already served a great purpose for me yesterday when I was curious as to how long it would take me to get to my destination. It did pretty good in figuring it out and judging on the distance.

I've read a lot of reviews on the iPaq rx5900 and the biggest complaint was that the battery doesn't last so long but it seems to be doing rather well for me. We'll see though I guess.

Now my next interest lies in that I would like to run flash apps on it. Most particularly our support application, or at the least, a mobile version of it. So that's next on the list of things to check out on this thing. I wonder how to get the flash player installed.. I'm guessing there are sites that cover this kind of thing so off I go! But of course if any of you readers out there have some tips, please let me know :)

Posted by Graeme at 10:54 AM | Comments (0)