Jason Silver

Monday, December 4th, 2006

CRACKED Again... HELP Me

Update: Please, someone comment?

I'm all full of angst right now. You'll probably laugh, because for the average person, this would be no big deal at best. But I've recently found myself in a terrible dilemna-- at least it has been frustrating and annoying to me-- and I'm hoping someone out there can direct me.

I've been using Pocket PCs and palm PCs since the E10 and E11 by Casio years ago. I've had about five or six different ones, and the most recent was the Ipaq 6300 series with the camera, cell phone, blue tooth, and wireless integrated. It was given to me by a very wonderful and generous person. The screen had been cracked, so I ordered a new one, and repaired the LCD myself.

I've hated this Pocket PC (sorry Gary!!). It's been the worst of all of them-- slow, fickle, and fragile, and gives me unexplained hard resets right when I need it to be there. This morning I noticed the screen was cracked again, with black ink oozing down the left side under the glass. I'm kind of sad because I used it as my portable brain-- it's my cell phone, my Bible, my novel library, my calendar, email, contacts, note taker, voice recorder, and GPS unit rolled into one device.

So it's time to decide what's next for me. Do I even want to stay with Pocket PCs, or is it time to just give these ppc jobs to a fancy cell phone? Or to a pad of paper?

This is where you come in. I hope you can help me! What is the right device for me?

• I don't care about size.
• I want blue tooth to use it with my GPS, OR it must have integrated GPS
• I want to be able to stick SD cards in it for maps/books/etc to increase memory space.
• I want to be able to read the bible, and/or ebooks on the thing
• I would like it to double as my cell phone
• I would like it to have decent power consumption so it can go at least two days without recharging, even if I've been surfing the web or geocaching.
• I would like it to have a decent processor speed so I can run Skype
• I don't need those silly thumb keyboards at the bottom.
• AFFORDABLE... Ie: USED?

Does such a beast exist? Can you direct me? Any help you can give would be so appreciated. This is one time when I'm desperate for a few comments.

Thanks!
~Jason