PDA features
All the handheld devices we tested had the basic personal assistant functions-a calendar and alarm for appointments, address book, to do list, and note pad. Each has a simple e-mail client for use while connected or for reading offline.
These are the basic things expected of a PDA--an easily portable and uncomplicated way to organise your life.
Each deals with these tasks in a slightly different way, but with more or less the same functionality. The only notable difference was in the calendar views, where the Zaurus and Palm M505 weren't able to display a full year to a page view.
The Palm m505 and Handspring Visor Pro come with Palm's Expense program, for keeping a simple log of expenses.
The Jornada has a pocket version of Microsoft Money, which on its own is handy for managing accounts and transactions, and when combined with the full version of Money can also keep track of investments and more.
The Zaurus and Visor also both come with an application to tell you the time in numerous cities around the world.
Surprisingly, it's not too hard to find the city you want with an entire world map on the small PDA screen, so this is a handy assistant to people who travel or need to call overseas regularly.
