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JulianL
11-03-2005, 10:24 AM
I am a very happy TH-55 owner but I am about to leave my company and there is a serious danger that, unless I can convince them to change their minds, that they will demand my company TH-55 back when I leave. One option is to buy a replacement on ebay but another is to possibly consider a move to the PPC world.

Battery life is really important to me. I consider the TH-55 to be the state of the art in the PalmOS world in terms of squeezing the maximum possible battery life out of the system; I still get over 14 hours on a charge with an 18 month old battery. So my question is, what is the equivalent of the TH-55 in the PPC world, i.e. which vendor offers exceptional battery life? It also needs to be a model that has both Bluetooth and 802.11b integrated into the device (although I have them switched off 99% of the time). It also needs to be about the same size and weight as the TH-55.

- Julian

BUMP THAT
11-03-2005, 11:43 AM
I say go with a HP 4700 or Dell Axim x50v/x51v with a Extended battery. ( all three models have a VGA screen) I have the HP 4700 with a extended battery. The EXT Battery is 3600mAh. I get around 14 hours of use. Really like the life of battery and screen size. And the skining fetures are pheonominal!!!!

Pdaman
11-03-2005, 12:13 PM
I say go with a HP 4700 or Dell Axim x50v/x51v with a Extended battery. ( all three models have a VGA screen) I have the HP 4700 with a extended battery. The EXT Battery is 3600mAh. I get around 14 hours of use. Really like the life of battery and screen size. And the skining fetures are pheonominal!!!!
and how much will 4700 with extended battery cost?

BUMP THAT
11-04-2005, 02:49 PM
Hehe! :P You can get a 4700 for around $400.00USD now and a EXT battery with more than 3800mAh for (Battery at www.lionbattery.com ) about 120.00 USD.

I bought mine when they came out kinda. So I spent $640.00USD and $120.00USD; my 4700 and EXT Battery at CompUSA. But i traded in my TH55 in for a full $399.99USD. So that really helped me out. :D