PDA's
 

My dad is looking for a PDA for around 200-300 dollars, anyone have any suggestions/recommendations on what to buy?

Well is he just looking for cheap or does he actually want features?

Like does he want a PocketPC or a Palm Top?

Does he just want to store addresses and contacts or does he want to surf the web and have a color display?

Details, details..... :)

PalmOS is the only way to go. An m125 for black & white, or an m130 for color. Those are some good units at a decent price.

There's also Handspring and Sony units which are very good. You pretty much can't go wrong with anything running PalmOS.

I agree, it really depends what he wants to do with it, what peripherals he is interested in. I have a Handspring and really like it, the only downside is non upgradable OS.

Well my dad is a doctor and he said he saw this program for PDA's which is basically a huge reference program about various prescription drugs, he thought it would be handy to have a Palm Pilot so he can instantly bring up info when he is talking to patients. He doesnt need anything with a color screen, just something to run this program, do some occasional storing of phone numbers and keeping a daily calender. Thanks for your guys help.

In that case an m500 is probably a good choice. It has a memory slot so you can add more storage. Medical refs I'm sure can get pretty big, and might outgrow the regular memory.

Or for $100 more he can get color in the m515.

For $450 he can get the Zaurus :). I'm ordering it tomorrow.
-Kev

Check into the Handera or TRG Pro. They are based on the Palm OS with incredible CF card storage options. For medical use, nothing else can touch them. http://www.handera.com

Edit: With the storage capacity offered by the Handera or TRG, your Dad will probably want to look at some of the software packages at Skyscape.