Paperless Advice - What to avoid

[+T-Hunters3]

OK, I've scanned over countless paperless threads, but my fear is some of the info might be out of date.

 

So, I am looking for a Palm PDA.......There are tons on Ebay, but I don't know if all are compatible with the paperless methods here.

 

Are there any models I should avoid? Any certain features I need to make sure are part of the PDA I purchase?

 

Thanks!

[+Miragee]

Some of the Zire color models are very hard to read in bright sunlight, as is a friend's T/X. I like both my Palm m500, which I have had for more than six years, and my Palm m515. They are both easy to read outside and with an SD memory card, I can put lots and lots of caches on them.

 

The Zire 72 Silver Edition is cool, if you want to spend a bit more money.

[+wyld_bill2003]

I just went paperless myself. I bought a Palm m515 (easy to see outside and the backlight makes it just as easy to see inside) CacheMate, GSAK, And a Premium Membership, all for under $100. Had a few problems getting it all going, but all my questions were answered on these forums. I have an SD card in my Palm and as of today I have almost 3000 caches on it ready to go. Can't beat being paperless.

[+Ry and Ny]

I got a Palm m125 for less than $20 on eBay and it works great.

[+sodajerk]

Hi.

 

My suggestion is to get a PDA that will connect to YOUR computer. Some of the new computers do not have a serial connector, some of the older Palms only connect via serial connector. There is an adapter but that is extra cost and setup.

 

If YOUR computer has a serial connector, then an older one will work great. Get a cheap one.

 

Good luck

[+Ry and Ny]

Also, serial connections are going to be s...l....o...w. You do have to go pretty far back, though, to find something that doesn't work with USB. The Ebay listing should tell you the connection method.

[+T-Hunters3]

Thanks for the replies. I've seen quite a few m500's and m515's on ebay lately. Seems like a fairly popular model.

[+StClairC]

I got a palm m100 with a USB adapter for less than $10 on ebay and it works perfect. The only problem I can see in the future is the lack of a memory card slot but I can run pocket queries often enough to whatever specific area I'll be in where I don't need to have thousands of caches sitting on there at all times.