Toshiba e750
The e750 offers scads of storage space, WiFi and Pocket PC 2003.Toshiba's e750 marks a few firsts. It's the first PDA we've hit running Microsoft's new version of Pocket PC, and it's the first PDA we've seen with a whopping 96MB of available memory, via 32MB of NAND Flash ROM. With so many top-end PDAs becoming mini-multimedia powerhouses, it's only a matter of time before more vendors follow suit and start bundling PDA units with more and more memory.
The e750 doesn't differ in any great degree physically to the earlier e740 model; it sports the same dual storage card solution (SD/MMC and CompactFlash) and externally looks all but identical. It is a touch heavier at 196g, making it the second heaviest PDA in our roundup, behind the more noticeably bulky HP iPAQ Pocket PC h5450. That 196g is crammed into a fairly tight casing that measures in at 78.7 x 124 x 15.2mm. On the subject of tight spaces, we found the SD/MMC card slot on the e750 quite tricky to remove cards from, eventually resorting to using the stylus to pop them out.
The e750 benefits from Pocket PC 2003's improved Wireless setup, which allows for simple connection to wireless networks as you move between providers and access points, and in our testing it performed admirably. Unlike the HP iPAQ Pocket PC h5450, we didn't notice a thermal increase in the unit after a period of wireless activity. The other major change that Pocket PC 2003's inclusion made to the e750 was a better stab at rendering complex Web pages within the confines of a tiny screen; where other handhelds tended to throw elements around and force scrolling on text lines, the e750 managed to streamline pages and present data with a minimum of fuss. While the OS allows for the Wireless connection to be easily disabled, it's also regulated by a tiny switch on the base of the PDA.
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PDAs
Introduction 1. Dell Axim X5 2. HP iPAQ h1910 3. HP iPAQ h5450 4. Palm Tungsten C 5. Palm Zire 71 6. Sony CLIE PEG-SJ22 7. Sony CLIE PEG-TG50 8. Toshiba e350 9. Toshiba e750 Editor's choice |
The dock that comes with the e750 is Toshiba's standard side-supported model; while it looks quite spartan isn't the easiest to slide a PDA into, it does support the e750 well from the side and base.
Battery life on the e750 was solid, although obviously this can vary widely depending on the level of wireless usage; in previous tests we've seen the e750 last just under four hours without WiFi enabled; expect to see that figure crashing down if you plan to keep WiFi enabled continuously.
At the top end of the PDA market you can expect to pay a fairly hefty amount, and the e750 can't be seen as a budget model at AU$1,299. That being said, the combination of additional memory and Pocket PC 2003 included just edge it out from the competing HP iPAQ H5450 and Palm Tungsten C, although only by the slimmest of margins.
Toshiba e750
Company: Toshiba Australia
Price: AU$1,299
Distributor: Selected resellers
Phone: 13 30 70
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I am interested only in limited features in a PDA like the Phonebook, Birthday or Anniversary date storages etc. etc.
So which pDA do you recommend me to have that should have some high Battery backup and long-life warranty?