Yup, for just Geocaching, cheaper is better. If something happens to it 
(and it will) you don't want the loss to be too great. OTOH, once you 
start using one, you will find other things you can do with it, and wish 
you had a better one. Refurb Palm IIIxe (good because it uses AAA 
batteries that can be changed-out in the field) from outpost.com...$70.
RTW does not need a PDA since he uses the mighty 60cs which finds the 
cache, signs the log, rates his trade for fairness (what could compete 
with a RTW brochure?), folds his laundry and checks the air pressure and 
wear on his tires while cooking a four course gourmet meal .

Brian Casteel wrote:

>If you want something very basic, inexpensive and something you wouldn't cry
>over if it fell 200' down into a ravine and broke into 1000 pieces, go with
>something simple/basic like a Palm IIIxe w/ cradle.  Greyscale, 8MB RAM, and
>handles the text relevant to your caching adventures with ease.  I have yet
>to see 8MB of cache data that will make it stumble.  Of course, I categorize
>my caches too, with only caches relevant to my current hunt, plus perhaps
>some residual that I didn't find on another adventure.  Unfound is the
>default, and I created another db for ones I haven't logged yet.  When I log
>them, I move those over to the Found db and it's all good.  You could go
>with a Tungsten unit, depending on how much pain you want to inflict on your
>wallet, or go with whatever I'm sure RTW will bring to the table here
>momentarily.  :)
>
>Brian
>Team A.I.
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>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:az-geocaching-bounces@listserv.azgeocaching.com] On Behalf Of Robert
>& Linda Smith
>Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 2:26 PM
>To: AZGeocaching
>Subject: [Az-Geocaching] PDA's
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>OK, for those of us that are PDA challenged ..  Which one??  I was up on 
>eBay and they listed about 13000 PDA's and I don't know one from the 
>other..  The first one they listed closed it's auction in 5 minutes at 
>$145 for the HP iPAQ 3835/3850   It looked interesting to me, but what 
>do I know??  Do most of them expand memory with SD cards like my GPS's??
>
>Bob Smith, Prescott
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