Which Pocket PC?

[smisbsa15]

Our troop's old Pocket PC (iPaq 3955) gave up its second life on this weekend's campout, and we must find a replacement.  

I will defer to the moderator, Ken, if he deems it inappropriate for Scouters to make any recommendations, but would appreciate any suggestions from the group as to what type / model / etc. of handheld they would recommend buying.  

I will not use the handheld for anything except for Scouting and Troopmaster Traveler-related work, so nothing so fancy (no phone) is needed.  OS is Windows XP at my place of work (private school).  Need something with a USB interface to work with TMT.  

Thanks in advance for your help!  

Rgds.,

/Frank Striegl
Scoutmaster, BSA Troop 15
Tokyo

[Bogdanowich, William]

I have used PLAM then went to a Dell AXIM.  I now use a DELL MINI there about $300 plus you can run any other PC based software
(I.E. and quartermaster log in excel)  There about twice the size of a Pocket PC, but worth it.

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Our troop's old Pocket PC (iPaq 3955) gave up its second life on this weekend's campout, and we must find a replacement.

I will defer to the moderator, Ken, if he deems it inappropriate for Scouters to make any recommendations, but would appreciate any suggestions from the group as to what type / model / etc. of handheld they would recommend buying.

I will not use the handheld for anything except for Scouting and Troopmaster Traveler-related work, so nothing so fancy (no phone) is needed. OS is Windows XP at my place of work (private school). Need something with a USB interface to work with TMT.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Rgds.,

/Frank Striegl
Scoutmaster, BSA Troop 15
Tokyo

[M Derleth]

>Our troop's old Pocket PC (iPaq 3955) gave up its second life on this weekend's campout, and we must find a replacement.  

Frank:
Might look into a cheap netbook. They are very cost-competetive with handhelds (ie $200-300) and offer the advantage of more screen real-estate and a closer to full-size keyboard. You could probably run the desktop version of TM on it, too, which could save the additional fee for Traveler if that's what you're using now.

Michael Derleth
ASM T14 / Oregon / Eagle Scout