Toshiba e805 Pocket PC with Windows Mobile 2003

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Manufacturer: Toshiba
Price at amazon.com: Used & new from $400.00

List price $599.99



Product Features:

• Intel processor at a phenomenal 400 MHz
• 128 MB SDRAM
• Secure Digital and CompactFlash Card slots
• Analog resistance sensitive touch panel
• Integrated Wi-Fi

Product Description:

With a blazing 400 MHz Intel PXA263 processor, 128 MB of SDRAM and 32 MB of Flash ROM, the e805 is a powerful mobile solution. The 4.0 TFT Transreflective Color display offers 240 x 320, 16-bit resolution a back light, and 10 step brightness control. The intuitive touch panel uses the analog resistance sensitive system, along with a 5-way navigation button and 4 application keys (calendar, contacts, task, and menu) and a 3 function navigator. There is also a Type I/Type II CF Card Slot (3.3V) and a SDIO (Secure Digital) card slot (3.3V) for greater power and flexibility.

Average Customer Rating:

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Comment: This is one Great PPC - Highly recommended Rating:
Well, I took the plunge and replaced my E740 finally. I decided to go with the E805 because of the built SD and CF card slots. I bought the Pharos GPS system at the same time, hence my decision to get the 805 over any of the HP models.

Out of the box, the unit is a thing of moderate beauty. The blue face is a welcome change from the standard silver faces of most PDAs. The button panel is well layed out and very handy. There is an option to make the 4 way button into an 8 way button, that might be handy for gamers.

On turn on, the thing just aims to please the user. This screen is BRILLIANT, even when not in VGA mode. It's bright, bigger than most at 4 inches and has wonderful color. When you switch to VGA mode, it gets even better, but more on that later. The box has all the necessary equipment, and in a few moments I was installing everything that I have from previous PDAs and delighted to see it all working well. Then I noted the speed, this thing is a demon. Having the extra memory (128mb) and 400mhz processor is a real boon. By the time I was done installing all my software on it, I was nowhere near the memory crunch I had with all my previous machines.

The built in VGA is a little weird, since as delivered by Toshiba, the VGA mode is very limited in what it can do. There are, however, 2 free programs over at the brighthand site that allows all programs to use VGA mode.

The built is WiFi is GREAT, I turned it on and it found my wireless network in a few moments and I was surfing the web. Gotta love that!

All in all, this is my best and favorite PDA of all. Bye IPAQ, Hello 805

Pros - Memory, beautiful screen, speed, great looks, built in Wi-Fi connectivity.
Cons - A little bigger than most

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Comment: I love mine, more pros than cons Rating:
I had the iPAQ but I had to have an expansion pack to use a CF card and the battery seemed to die everyday. This has everything I want built in. I know it doesn't have Bluetooth, but either does my laptop or cell phone but both have IR so the included IR on the e805 was important. I have a 1gb CF card and a 512sd card which are recognized without a hitch (not the case on my iPAQ where I constantly had to soft boot) WiFi configured really easily. I backed up my new unit and did a hard reset and restore, which worked perfectly and easily. I love the large screen for viewing my photos and short mov videos and my maps from pocket streets, the included apps are great but I did have one multimedia app from my iPAQ that I use and love. Battery lasts about 3 days w/normal use. Not as large as I expected, but then the iPAQ w/expansion was very large and heavy. I use a leather case for the e740 which was tight at first, but works great. Toshiba isn't the greatest with support or customer service and this unit didn't come with ANYthing, no cards, no screen cover, no case, which did come with my iPAQ. But I love the built in CF and SD cards, the large screen, ease of use voice recorder. The only thing I don't like is the stylus.

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Comment: e-805 Toshiba PDA Rating:
The toggle switch on my new e805 broke the second time I moved it from WiFi to off. I sent the unit in under warrenty. Toshiba warrenty department said the mother board must be replaced to fix the toggle switch and is not covered under warrenty. They charged $125.00 to repair unit. I've bought a lot of Toshiba products, this will be the last.
Guy A. Edwards
Sturgis
South Dakota

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