Palm 3x

When my old sharp "organiser" died with a knackered dot matrix screen a year and a bit ago I decided to replace it with one of those nice handwriting recognition organisers that id seen around. A quick flick through the argos catalogue showed a couple at the £80 mark but alittle more research showed that these didnt take your handwriting at all, you just used the supplied stylus to tap the letter keys displayed on the screen. More research revealed the palm pilot range but also showed the jump in cost - i decided not to bother. Would you believe the very next day i spotted a collegue with one, 10 minutes later i was sold. The graffiti hand writing recognition ...

A couple of years ago, PDA's such as the palm III were only available to those with a lot of spare cash or who had more money than sense. However, in recent times, the image of the PDA belonging in the hands of the high paid businessman has vanished. The Palm III has become one of my most dependent utilities alongside the mobile phone, which helps me greatly to organise my life, as well as providing myself with a handy entertainment tool when im out. The Palm organiser comes complete with a handy set of built in applications, such as phone book, scheduler, note pad and task list, which are fantastic tools for organising your life. ...

The IIIx is absolutely amazing, replacing most of my brain and then some. I got it about 2/3rd's of the way through my A-Levels and found it most useful for pretty much everything - homework, notes in lessons, reminders, games, e-books... I use the AvantGo software that is available for it to keep up to date with news and stuff and I'm about to double its memory so it can carry even more stuff. I also use it with my Nokia 8210 to read/write/store all my text messages, meaning that I don't have to use the stupid numeric keypad that comes on the phone. When I went on holiday I use the two to keep up with my email, resulting in a 'chugga' phone bill ...