Palm Handheld PDA - Your Choices Explored

For anyone thinking of investing in a PDA, an acronym for personal digital assistant, Palm is the manufacturer that is often the first name on their lips. Things have evolved a lot since they were first conceived and palm also now produces state of the art combined pda/smartphones.Below is a short list of the most popular Palm handheld PDA models, their functions and who they suit best.

For great value and ease of use, the Palm handheld PDA Z22 is a great place to start for newbie's, parents and students alike . Many people will always want the latest cool design and mega functions but, equally, there are many for whom this is only expensive window dressing. When applied to a PDA, this logic means that they don't need or want Wi-Fi or Internet connections, they simply want to use it to organize their life. This is what the Palm handheld PDA Z 22 is designed to do. There are few bells and whistles, but you can view your photos as well as organize all your important data like appointments, contacts and notes.

One notch up is the Palm handheld PDA Tungsten E2 with improved features from the original. The ability to browse the internet through a Bluetooth connection on the improved 320 x 320 pixel, 3.7in screen will delight.Longer battery life and a respectable price tag ensure it will be a popular device. Unless you need a powerhouse PDA with integrated Wi-Fi and a faster processor, the Palm handheld PDA E2 Tungsten should do the trick for any home user or mobile pro.

The Palm Treo is a top-of-the range data-enabled Palm handheld PDA and Smartphone, with a camera, keyboard and access to data services over GPRS. It combines a touch screen with a 64MB memory and if you use IM to keep in touch, it's fully catered for.It may come as some surprise but despite the Palm Treo being an incredibly powerful device, the large screen and keyboard make it a breeze to operate and it even has its own GPS built in so you never need be lost again.

The latest Palm Pre is the first Palm handheld PDA Smartphone with the latest Palm web os installed. Among other things, you can browse the web, email and instant message using WiFi, watch a movie or download and listen to music. It's Palm Synergy system allows you to message people in your contact list and lets you know when anyone in your contact list is online and up for a chat. If you don't like to be distracted when you are using your PDA, it's intuitive messaging will discreetly display any emails, alarms or notifications across the bottom of the screen as they arrive. It's universal search feature, begins searching as soon as you start typing, it goes through your contacts, phone apps and then offers to search Google, twitter and Wikipedia at 3G speeds. All for a RRP of $149.99!

Our advice is that if need a personal digital assistant, you could do a lot worse than explore the range of Palm handheld PDA and Smartphones.