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Pocket and Tablet PCs

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Pocket PCs - Top Five

HP Jornada 568 
Specs--
Display: 2.9 by 2.3 inches 16-bit--65,536 colors Color TFT LCD screen
Resolution: 240 x 320 pixels
Processor: 206 MHz 32-bit StrongARM
OS: Microsoft's Pocket PC 2002
Memory: 64 MB RAM, 32 MB flash ROM
Expansion slot: CompactFlash Type 1 slot
I/O Ports: USB docking station, Infrafed (IrDA)
Sound: 1 built in monaural speaker, Stereo headphone 3.5 mini jack, Internal microphone
Power: Rechargeable lithium-polymer battery
Backup battery — CR2032 battery (included)
Dimensions: 5.2 x 3.1 x 0.6 inches
Weight: (6.1 ounces without the cover and 7.0 with)

Toshiba e805 Pocket PC
Specs--
Price -   $599.99
Display: 4" display
Resolution: 240 x 320 pixels
Processor: Intel PXA263 400 MHz
OS: Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC Premium
Memory:128MB SDRAM
Expansion slots: Secure Digital and CompactFlash Card slots
Wireless Networking:  Integrated Wi-Fi (802.11b)
I/O Ports: USB docking station, Infrafed (IrDA)
Sound: 1 built in monaural speaker, Stereo headphone 3.5 mini jack, Internal microphone
Power: Lithium ion
Dimensions: 5.3 x 3 x 0.6 inches (L x W x H)
Weight: 6.8 oz

Toshiba e405 Pocket PC
Specs--
Price - $299.99
Display: 3.5" color display
Resolution: 240 x 320 pixels
Processor: Intel PXA261 300 MHz
OS: Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC Premium
Memory: 64MB RAM 
Expansion slot: Secure Digital card slot 
I/O Ports: USB docking station, Infrafed (IrDA)
Sound: 1 built in monaural speaker, Stereo headphone 3.5 mini jack, Internal microphone
Power: Lithium ion
Dimensions: 4.9 x 3.0 x 0.4 inches (L x W x H)
Weight: 4.6 oz

HP iPaq 1910
Specs--
Price -  
Display: 3.5" color display
Resolution: 240 x 320 pixels
Processor: 300MHz
OS: 
Memory: 
Expansion slot: Secure Digital card slot 
I/O Ports: USB docking station, Infrafed (IrDA)
Sound: 1 built in monaural speaker, Stereo headphone 3.5 mini jack, Internal microphone
Power: 
Dimensions: 
Weight: 

Dell Axim X5
Specs--
Price -  
Display: 3.5" color display
Resolution: 240 x 320 pixels
Processor: 300MHz or 400MHz
OS: 
Memory: 
Expansion slot: Secure Digital card slot 
I/O Ports: USB docking station, Infrafed (IrDA)
Sound: 1 built in monaural speaker, Stereo headphone 3.5 mini jack, Internal microphone
Power: 
Dimensions: 
Weight: 

Handheld PCs

NEC MobilePro 900 
Specsifications --
Price -  $869.99 @ buy.com
Display: 8.1 inch diagonal DSTN touch screen
Resolution: 640 x 240 (half-VGA) 64K colors
Processor: Intel PXA255 processor at 400 MHz with Intel XScale™ technology
OS: Microsoft Windows CE 3.0 Handheld/PC 2000
Keyboard: 78-key QWERTY with stylus
Memory: 64 MB of SDRAM 64 MB of Flash ROM 
Expansion slots: 1 Type II PC Card slot 
1 Type II CompactFlash card slot
I/O Ports: USB, Serial port, Infrafed (IrDA)
Modem: V. 90, 56 Kbps
Sound: 1 built in monaural speaker, Stereo headphone 3.5 mini jack, Internal microphone
Power: Standard main battery — One 2-cell rechargeable Li-Ion battery pack, Backup battery — CR2032 battery (included), AC Adapter
Dimensions: 9.69 in. x 5.05 in. x 1.19 in.
Weight: 1.8 lb

NEC MobilePro 780
Specs-- 
Display: 8.1" diagonal DSTN color touchscreen
Resolution: 640 x 240  
Processor: 168 MHz NEC Vr4121™ MIPS processor 
OS:  Windows CE 2.12
Keyboard: 78 touch-typeable keys  
Memory: 32MB memory 
Expansion slots:1 Type I/II PC Card slot and 1 Type I/II 
CompactFlash slot, VGA port for 
connecting desktop monitor or projector 
I/O Ports: Serial port (Direct Cable connection)
Modem: V.90 56 Kbps (AT command)
Sound: One built-in monaural speaker
Power: Standard main battery — Lithium ion battery 
Backup battery — CR2032 battery (included)
AC Adapter
Dimensions: 9.69 in. x 5.05 in. x 1.19 in.
Weight: 1.8 lb

Software for PDAs

1. Fitaly onscreen keyboard -- handango.com
This makes hunt and pecking faster.

2. Battery Pack 2003 -- handango.com
Monitors battery and memory on Today screen.

3. Textmaker -- 30 day free trial -- handango.com
This program is a full-fledged word processor for the Pocket PC.
There's also a Handheld PC version.  
Pros: spell check, replaces the puny Pocket Dirty Word, I mean, Pocket word
Cons: no word count

4. Palm Reader Pro -- peanutpress.com
Read books on your Pocket PC. 
From Stephen King to Star Trek.

5. Adobe Acrobat Reader for Pocket PC -- 

Tablet PCs - Top Two

ViewSonic Tablet PC V1100

Toshiba Protégé 3500 
Display:  12.1 inches
Dimensions:  11.6 x 9.2 x 1.2
CPU:  Mobile Intel Pentium III-M 1.33-GHz