[Az-Geocaching] PDA for Geocaching

[Steven Stringham]

Working for lawyers in their IS department, I have come across the
following deal.

Frys Electronics - $550 for the Treo 600 (really nice! I am drooling),
$150 rebate + $100 rebate. Total - $300. Having not bought it myself, this
is what my lawyer friends are telling me as they bring them to me to set
up with email access. The provider is Sprint - with unlimited internet for
$15/month. I have used them to browse the GC.com site - in color - with
graphics. Nice. SD slot for additional memory, built in camera, thumb
keyboard, 24mb ram, color. Yes, I am drooling.

Is this inexpensive. Not so much.

Hope this helps.

Steven Stringham
StringCachers


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>>From: David Thompsen <dthompsen@yahoo.com>
>>Reply-To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
>>To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
>>Subject: [Az-Geocaching] PDA for Geocaching
>>Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 00:30:21 -0800 (PST)
>>
>>A cheap PDA strictly for cache listings... I had an M105 but it crapped
>> out
>>on me a few months ago so my wife got me a Zire 21.  Rechargeable battery
>>and a lot faster processor than my old Palm.  I use CacheMate and paid
>> the
>>7$ shareware fee, and it suits me great.
>>
>>Of course, compared to some of the other cachers out there, I'm a
>> relative
>>newbie at only 300 caches, so I'm sure some of the seasoned vets out
>> there
>>have better ideas. :)
>>
>>--Mr Cow Spot
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> I would say as long as the PDA has AT LEAST 8MB of memory... it will do
> just
> fine. I am using a Palm M130. It is color and has 8mb of memory. I could
> use
> more memory, but what is in there does me fine right now. With more
> memory,
> I could download ALL the caches in Arizona each time I go out on a cache
> trip rather than download which ones I want to put in there. That would
> save
> me some time in pre-planning. I have a web browser and internet access on
> it
> as well so I can check on a cache status if it isnt in my PDA for some
> reason. The  processor is not nearly as quick as the new 400 that is in
> the
> new Palm Tungsten now. I would like to step to the Palm Tungsten C. It is
> a
> really nice unit. But, it costs a bundle too and I cant see spending that
> much on a Palm (nearly $500) when I have something that is working for me
> just fine right now! The M130 is getting a bit out of date now, but it
> still
> suits me fine and I will probably keep using it for as long as it works.
> It
> doesnt have all the bells and whistles, but it does the job!
>
> Scott
> Team RTW
>
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