Buying A Used PDA – Is That A Smart Move?
9 November 2009
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Around 30 million PDA’s were manufactured and sold world wide by the end of 2004. This huge number guarantees a large secondary market for PDA’s, and a lot of bargains could be found among them. So if you’re considering buying A PDA that was previously owned and used by someone else, you do have a lot to choose from.
Previously used PDA’s can be divided into 2 groups : used PDA’s and rectified PDA’s. The used PDA’s have been used by another party and are sold as-is. They may work properly, and they may not. The rectified PDA is usually sold by the manufacturer, and has some kind of guaranteed-to-work warranty. Rectified PDA’s are all the PDA’s a manufacturer or a supplier can’t sell as new ones, for various reasons.
In this article we’ll discuss the used PDA option and leave the rectified PDA option for another time.
Buying a used PDA can be a good solution for anyone who wants to enjoy a PDA but doesn’t want to shell out the full price of a new PDA.
Finding a used PDA online is easy. All you need to do is go to a site like ebay.com and look for PDA’s.
Before you go choosing your PDA at ebay, remember to do a few things:
1.Understand that the items on ebay may not be presented as they really are. You don’t see the PDA with your own eyes. Remember to accept this fact, and the possibility for surprises when you get your PDA.
2.Do your won research and make up your mind as to the PDA model you want to get. DO this research before you go shopping, so you’ll have a good background about which model you want, and what are the potential problems it has. You can also ask the owner if his PDA suffers from these problems.
After you do your homework, go to ebay and start looking around. If you’re interested in a popular model, you will probably find dozens of sellers.
While you’re on ebay, try to buy form a seller who has more than 50 feedbacks Bad sellers change their ebay ID to get rid if the negative feedbacks they got, so they will have only few feedbacks.
The pro’s of buying a used PDA on ebay:
1.Some great values available – especially if you look around long enough.
2.Amazing amount of choices – dozens of sellers.
3.Extra software and accessories may be included – ask them if it does.
4.You Might be able to negotiate an even better price
The con’s of buying a used PDA on ebay:
1.Product may not be what was advertised
2.Risk of product being “Dead on Arrival”
3.Usually no warranty available
4.Risk of not receiving PDA
5.Possibly no support after sale
The advantages of buying a PDA on ebay are obvious, but the risks are notable, too. Before buying a used PDA, make sure you look at the option of buying a rectified PDA. IT will almost always cost more, but there is a chance of getting a better PDA for your money, as well as a warranty.
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a pda is used mainly ny peoplw who have their own bizness or have alot of on the move stuff they have to do at work like if you are on a plane ging somewhere for work and an important client sends you an email you can check that stuff via your pda. You can do just about anything on a pda they are basically small computer and phone put into one. You can get a PDA at any cell phone store it is just a high end cell phone. PDAs do do texting so you are ok there to be honest you sound young and you probaly dont need a pda just a phone if you dont know what it does yet then learn first remember gotta crawl before you walk They usually run ne where from 200 to 600 bucks
As long as both devices have bluetooth, it should be able to connect.
There is also a nice little software tool call WMWifiRouter which will allow you to use you Wifi enable phone to act as a Wifi Access Point (sorta of, its adhoc not infrastructure) to any Wifi Enabled device.
It is even more simple than using the built in ICS modem feature. You install the WMWifiRouter software, turn on Wifi, launch the WMWifiRouter Software click connect and it does all the internal connections for you, and now you have your own little wifi access point where ever you have cell phone service.
I use this with my HTC Mogul with sprint al you can eat service and it works like a dream. i downloaded it from here
http://freewareppc.com/communication/wmwifirouter.shtml
The current rating on the new power supply of 1.5 amps means it can be loaded up with higher batteries.
No you will not fry your PDA. And there is now worry on the PDA getting damaged due to just a change in higher current rating. A higher voltage rating would mess your PDA.
Here is an analogy…
Imagine current as the flow of water in a pipe, a 1amp to 1.5 amp means you have higher flow of water.
The 5volts is your pail. This means you want to fill up you pail with 5volts of water. Using the 1.5 amp supply – higher flow of water, you will fill up the pail faster. It does not damage the pail but it fills it up faster.
The only time you would damage your PDA is when you over charge it, which means you keep it plugged in even when the charge light already said it is fully charged. But in better PDA's this should not be a problem since the charger circuit has an overcharge and temp overload protection circuit. It just makes you battery life shorter due to overheating the battery.
interpol simply genious
i hear this song about 30 times a day NOT LYING!!!! this song is one of the greatest
I love the end of this song. One of their best
iPhone.
Or windows:
HTC phones.
hahahahah i do the same exact thingg =]
My father is a doctor and I have some expertise in this area (see my blog at http://mlearning.edublogs.org). You should look for a PDA that does not have a slideout keyboard, and a minimum number of hard-key buttons. Minimising moving parts like this reduces the number of crevices that can potentially become contaminated with infectious substances, if you're using the device in the course of your work, and also simplifies cleaning of the device.
I'd recommend a Windows Mobile device, since Palm is rumoured to be currently undergoing corporate transition and software for its OS may be discontinued if PalmOS is not supported in future. Also, most of the medical PDA software out there is supported by the Windows Mobile operating system.
With those considerations, I would normally have recommended a Dell Axim x51v . The Dell x50v and x51v PDAs have the best screen (480×640px gorgeousness!) and processor speed (624 MHz) I've yet experienced in a PDA. While they don't have a massive amount of internal memory, they accept both SD and CompactFlash cards, and that means you could for example, add a 4GB CF card for your medical applications and records, as well as a 4GB SD card for your music – that would be 8GB in total, plus the 128MB on-board storage – a massive amount of memory for a PDA. I believe there are even larger memory cards in both formats available, if you're willing to put up the dollars.
The only reason I might not fully endorse the x51v is that Dell won't be making any more PDAs after the x51v; however, it will continue to support its existing models.
any chance that you also backed up your Palm data to an SD card with such a program but forgot about it?
Otherwise, keep in mind that only password protected records will only get wiped out if you reset your password. I don't think there's anyway around that since the password mechanism was designed to wipe and protect data in the event the password couldn't be provided.
Interpol for life
PDA is a great song
gives joy at the end =)
this songg is the shizzz. evry time i play rockband i just HAVE to play this songg. <333 interpol all the wayy x]
For me it has to do with the fact that I tend to have too many lists, calendars, notebooks, address books and general notes and/or papers to keep track of.
The PDA is way too expensive to lose track of and it keeps all my information in one place! I love the idea of setting alarms to remind me to do things during the day!
At the present time, technology allows us to do so much more than ever before and this will, of course, become more true as time goes on. There are also a lot of extra benefits of having a PDA such as the capabilities of listening to music, keeping photos, videos and much more. Also, depending on the model and how much you want to spend, you could have the capability of accessing the internet with your PDA.
And…let's not forget the choice of having a PDA phone?! Talk about efficient!
You may not know NOW exactly what a PDA can do for you but I'll bet you wouldn't regret getting one.
Having said that…if you are not into computers and/or electronics at all, you may want to stick with the paper idea.
Your PDA device will have some sort of data access unless you requested for it to be blocked by Verizon. The options are as follows:
Unlimited data connect – $44.99
10 MB of data per month – $24.99
Pay-as-u-go data connect – $0.015 per KB of usage
Minutes and text/pix messaging use would be the same otherwise.
cant get enough of the outro. fuckin genius
Wow, I had no idea that so many people were as moved by the end of this song as I am. It just sounds “right”.
i <3 this song :O
The "customs" value the site refers to is … "how much $$ is it worth"?
If you want insurance to cover against loss or damage, you have to go REGULAR PRIORITY INT'L or EXPRESS INT'L …
… First Class Parcel Int'l or Small Flat-Rate Priority at $12.95 offers NO insurance at all …
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