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Title: GEORGE...WHICH PDA IS BEST??
Post by: Ian_Giles on January 06, 2008, 02:39:24 pm: Having decided to go the George route for organising my round more effectively, I've been having a Google around for PDA's...

There as a plethora of choice though ???

I don't want to pay over £200 for one, but who out there using George can recommend a good make and model?

Will George run on all PDA's, or will I have to be careful to get one with the right operating system??

Ian
Title: Re: GEORGE...WHICH PDA IS BEST??
Post by: Dean Aspects on January 06, 2008, 02:42:56 pm: As far as i know it only runs on palm pda's i have a tungsten t5 and it is more than enough the newer version is the tx and that is under £200

Dean
Title: Re: GEORGE...WHICH PDA IS BEST??
Post by: Ian_Giles on January 06, 2008, 02:45:00 pm: Cheers Dean,
Is it one with a touch screen stylus?

That is one of the ones I've been looking at...

Ian
Title: Re: GEORGE...WHICH PDA IS BEST??
Post by: Dean Aspects on January 06, 2008, 03:04:17 pm: Thats the one

Dean
Title: Re: GEORGE...WHICH PDA IS BEST??
Post by: paul saunders on January 06, 2008, 03:06:21 pm: Ian, if you only want a pda to run george on, jus t get a cheap one from ebay, you should be able to get for about£20/25 plus p&P and it will be more than up to the job. I recomend a palm m130. ;)
Title: Re: GEORGE...WHICH PDA IS BEST??
Post by: Dean Aspects on January 06, 2008, 03:10:59 pm: Quote from: bbdl on January 06, 2008, 03:06:21 pm
Ian, if you only want a pda to run george on, jus t get a cheap one from ebay, you should be able to get for about£20/25 plus p&P and it will be more than up to the job. I recomend a palm m130. ;)

Agreed if only for george then a cheap one of ebay will do
But if you like the toys... ;D
I have sat nav loaded onto mine you can then find those jobs that are out of the way with ease

Dean
Title: Re: GEORGE...WHICH PDA IS BEST??
Post by: Roy Harding on January 06, 2008, 03:18:31 pm: Hi Ian

I bought of ebay a Zire 31, theres a guy who sells them all the time.

Roy
Title: Re: GEORGE...WHICH PDA IS BEST??
Post by: Ian_Giles on January 06, 2008, 03:36:10 pm: So can you run George on more makes than just Palm?
Or is the Zire 31 a palm model?

I'm happy to get a new one, no more than £200 though.

Is the guy on Ebay legit? You know, guarantees and so on?

Ian
Title: Re: GEORGE...WHICH PDA IS BEST??
Post by: Roy Harding on January 06, 2008, 03:39:36 pm: Hi Ian

The Zire operates on palm operating system 3. To run george it has to be 3 or higher.

Paul used the zire palm to develop the george system on.

Roy
Title: Re: GEORGE...WHICH PDA IS BEST??
Post by: Ian_Giles on January 06, 2008, 03:45:55 pm: I've just had a quick look at the George website, When you buy george for the computer, how much more is it for the palmtop program? I couldn't see a price...

Ian
Title: Re: GEORGE...WHICH PDA IS BEST??
Post by: Roy Harding on January 06, 2008, 03:48:46 pm: Free

Roy
Title: Re: GEORGE...WHICH PDA IS BEST??
Post by: Jeff Brimble on January 06, 2008, 04:11:01 pm: You only need a basic Zire, you can give one to each employee and George will handle it. No extra charge.
Just cost me only £12 to renew the internet back up service for another year.
Title: Re: GEORGE...WHICH PDA IS BEST??
Post by: Gordon_Taylor on January 06, 2008, 10:07:41 pm: Hi Ian

I'm looking to get a new pda and have seen that they do a plam z22 in argos fo£79.79, Ive emailed the guy at george to see if will run the pocket version ( I think it will but wanted to make sure.

At the end of the day I'll have in my pocket I don't want anything to pricey.

Regards

Gordon
Title: Re: GEORGE...WHICH PDA IS BEST??
Post by: steven ainger on February 03, 2008, 09:02:40 pm: did you get a reply from george about the palm z22, if its ok to use with george. if anybody uses this pda can they let me know please, thanks
Title: Re: GEORGE...WHICH PDA IS BEST??
Post by: Bobs Window Cleaning on February 03, 2008, 09:18:48 pm: Yup I use the Z22. It has never let me down.

Here the argos link

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/6806428/Trail/searchtext%3EPAIt is cheap as chips and had no prob at all with it.

Bob
Title: Re: GEORGE...WHICH PDA IS BEST??
Post by: Majestic on February 03, 2008, 10:21:24 pm: This is the same one a mine

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Palm-pilot-hand-held-organiser-with-all-accessories_W0QQitemZ300195602579QQihZ020QQcategoryZ38331QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Title: Re: GEORGE...WHICH PDA IS BEST??
Post by: Majestic on February 03, 2008, 10:26:06 pm: This one is finishing soon

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Palm-m505-Colour-Handheld-PDA_W0QQitemZ200196329084QQihZ010QQcategoryZ38331QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Title: Re: GEORGE...WHICH PDA IS BEST??
Post by: john masterclean on February 03, 2008, 10:43:54 pm: i had a palm z22 there crap.......now have a tungstan e2 superb....from my experience thou all you need is something with a anti reflective screen.....hope this helps
Title: Re: GEORGE...WHICH PDA IS BEST??
Post by: Bobs Window Cleaning on February 03, 2008, 11:36:56 pm: John, why was yours crap? I can honestly say there is nothing better.

Bob