Cell Phone or PDA or Neither
 

Hi there,

Im no good at making decisions so im wondering if you guys know what you think would be best for me to buy. Im thinking of buying a Nokia N-Gage or a HP/COMPAQ POCKET PC 5455. here are some links:

http://www.n-gage.com
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...category=38331

The PDA has phone capability but i dont know how it works can anyone help?

Im getting it mostly so i can play games, like the N-Gage you can play sonic and red fraction which i think is really kool.

Tell me your ideas
Thanks

you need a game boy. :confused:

http://yo-duh.whitesidefamily.net/pocketpc.jpg

I just got this about a week ago, Viewsonic V35, cost me $150.

Pocket PCs are nice, I use mine for an MP3 player/ebook reader, and it does the job well.

I want to get a couple games for it, but that'll have to wait until I get more $$$. I also want to get a SD media card, as the 38someodd mb is getting a little cramped ;)

I haven't done much reading about the n-gage, but from what I've heard I wouldn't waste your money. The n-gage certainly isn't a very great phone since you have to hold the long/skinny face to the side of your head like holding a taco from the sides.

If you really just want to play games, the Game Boy Advance is probably as good as it gets until the next round of portables (Playstation Portable) are released. You have no idea how enjoyable it is to play Zelda: A Link to the Past on GBA. On top of that, there is Sonic Advance and Mario World 1/2 along with Mario Bros. 2/3 :D

Yea i was thinking about getting a Game Boy Advance but i cant use that as a phone, and the girlfriend really whats me to get one she she knows were im at and what im up to:rolleyes:

heh, yeah, i've always been of the mindset that cellphones are tools, nothing more. i wouldn't have bought one with a color screen a few months back if it didn't have much better reception than the non-color models.

just wait until they catch on more, and you'll have people driving down the highway playing games on the phone.

camera phones are already starting to take some serious heat.

Well, the main problem with the nGage's phone capability is probably the fact that you have to hold it like this:

http://money.cnn.com/2003/10/06/comm..._gamephone.jpg

Hmmmm...maybe i wont get a N-Gage:p . Does anyone know how the phone capabilitys work on the PDA?:shrug:

Thanks guys for the help or sould i say guidance.

if you want a phone and a pda in one you could get one of those treo phone/pda I don't know how good they are. palm just bot handspring the company that makes them so there should be a new version of the treo coming out soon

I believe that Samsung makes a PocketPC phone that works prety good, never used one myself, though ;)

I have one and love it. The only downside is its expansion slot is SDIO. There just aren't many SDIO bits out there yet.

But then again, I've had this thing for 3 months now and still haven't needed to add anything to it other than an SD memory card for music.

ou still look pretty goofy holding your PDA up to your head though. There's just no way around that.