[plug] linux-friendly pda

[Fred Janon]

Sorry, I haven't checked all the latest models, I was speaking of the
US models: 700 (external antenna) and I think the 680 (internal
antenna) when I was there 1.5 yrs ago. I was working on the US models,
I don't know what's available here... You probably can better real user
feedback on the forums...

Sorry for the confusion.

Fred

--- Gavin Chester <sales at ecosolutions.com.au> wrote:

> On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 22:14 -0800, Fred Janon wrote:
> > You definitely want to avoid the 600. At this point, I would ignore
> the
> > 650 and look at the newer models. Not sure if it is still the case
> but
> > the ones with the external antenna were getting much better signal.
> No
> > external antenna = better look but headache for the signal
> engineer.
> > Don't take my word on it, technology changes fast.
> > 
> > The rest of your questions is personal preference I guess. Have you
> > also checked into buying it directly from Palm? Not sure if it is
> even
> > interesting, most of the time not from a manufacturer, but they run
> > factory sales sometimes. I never had to buy one, I had 6 on my desk
> > back then! :)
> 
> Thanks for the tips, Fred ... BTW, I realised after sending my
> previous
> message that I forgot to acknowledge your contributions to this
> thread :-).
> 
> The problem I see with part of your latest advice, though, is that
> you
> advise getting the latest model treo (that will be biased by what I
> can
> afford) and to get the ones with the external antennae.  Trouble is
> the
> latter feature stopped with the model 650.  What do ya' reckon on the
> newer ones, not having this feature then?  Just a contradiction I'd
> appreciate you clarifying :-) 
> 
> Gavin 
> 
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