Toshiba e570

What a wonderful PDA to start off with. I wanted a laptop but got interested in pdas instead. Im in yr 9 at school and wanted a personal organiser that would do everything at the e570 did it for me. With bluetooth i can go on the internet in the car or at the bus station and its great

This Toshiba Pocket PC e570 is probably the best PDA ever to grace my hand. The iPaq is internally the same, but the Toshiba is smaller and lighter, hence the price difference. Although it is not as 'upgradeable' as the iPaq, it has all the functionalty most users would want. Personally I would not pay the extra £50 for the iPaq if I was an ordinary user not looking to make full use of BlueTooth etc. All in all, it's everything you could hope for in a PDA. One huge drawback is the battery life. Though it will last you a full week without needing to recharge if you seldom use it, if the battery is drained there is the danger of loosing all the memory (as happened with me once!).

I bought my Toshiba e570 Pocket PC for £428, not a bad price when you consider the ability of the unit. I had a shop around for some months to find the PDA that would suit all my needs, the Toshiba e570 certainly covers these and more. I find that the screen is of a great resolution, ease of use is excellent, even my 10 year old daughter has mastered how to use it, so I can't leave it around. I have experimented uploading several programs with no problems, they all worked, this may be down to the software, but you have to have a good base to work with. prior to me starting to use it for what I bought it for, I give it a reboot to check the operation, hey it came back as if I had just opened it for the first time, yes all the programs I loaded were gone, but I knew this. Have a look around see what you get for your money, and have another look at the e570, I'm sure you'll be surprised. Great PDA at a great price.

The Toshiba Pocket PC e570 is a really good PDA although it is my first one. When looking to by my first PDA I was looking for something that looks good, feels good, and does the jobs I want. Because of me being a student, this is mainly things like - playing MP3, being able to edit word documents to do essays etc, and to have access to the internet. With it's compact flash type 2 slots it can have a modem or a 1GB micro-drive. I chose the e570 mainly because of its price, because it's cheaper than the Compaq Ipaq H3660. If you need blue tooth then go for the Ipaq as that has it all built in. When using the e570 I found it comfortable to work with, not only does it fit nicely into your hand but it also has a nice front-lit screen, which means it's really easy to work with indoors and out. I did have some troubles with setting up software that I bought for it, just make sure you read the manual first. Once you get used to it though it's really simple and quick. If you want a quick easy to use PDA with reasonable upgrade options choose this. However, if you can afford that bit extra go for the Ipaq you don't have to get the blue tooth with it, but it does have more upgrade options, such as the ability to have a PC card slot. PC card modems are a lot cheaper than compact flash modems. Overall a very versatile PDA easy to use, and with MMC slot I think it will be future proof, as I have read on the net that there are going to be many upgrade options with MMC/SD, like digital cameras etc.