Packard Bell PocketGear 2060
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Mini-review: Packard Bell PocketGear 2060 / NEC MobilePro 300E
OS:
Pocket PC 2002
Expansion: SD Card slot
Display: 240x320 pixel touchscreen
Memory: 64MB memory (with 32MB Flash ROM)
Navigation: Touch screen, four-way navigator, Jog dial
Battery life: Rechargeable, lasting greater than 8 hours
Size: 125 x 76.8 x 14.8 (mm)
Connectivity: USB cradle
Packard Bell's first Pocket PC palmtop, the Pocketgear
2060, was released in May 2002. It's slightly smaller, slightly lighter,
and with it's light blue metal casing, it's altogether more colourful that
the more common Compaq IPAQ Pocket PC. Due to its size, it's also a comfortable
'hold', with the handy jogwheel on the left-hand side helping to make navigation
around the software nice and easy.
The left-hand side of the machine also has a one-touch record button, and
a recessed reset button. The top of the unit has a headphone jack, infrared
window, microphone, on-off button and two LEDs: one for event notification,
and the other to indicate charging. The short and stumpy stylus initially
raises an eyebrow, but telescopes out to be long enough to be useful, although
it's still not long, nor as comfy a hold, as other PDA styli.
The Pocketgear
2060 runs Pocket PC 2002 operating system
with applications including Pocket Outlook, Pocket Word and Pocket Sheet.
As you'd expect, Calendar, Contacts, Task and email synchronisation with
the PC is effortless, with a simple one-press to copy across data, and also
collect web pages via your PC's Internet connection and the built-in Avantgo
software.
Expandable via the single SD slot on the
top, and supplied with a USB cradle and Microsoft® Active Sync 3.5 software
to allow connection to a PC, this initial offering from Packard Bell looks
good and works well, and is hard to fault.
Packard Bell site: packardbell.co.uk
Availability: No longer available. Consider a different PDA, or better still, a smartphone.
FAQs
| Where can I get accessories? | Partmaster appears to be the official source for spares. Alternatively, try Dabs.com or you can try bidding for a bargain on eBay.co.uk. If you have no joy, Expansys can sometimes help, alternatively, contact Packard Bell |
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