- Help finding inexpensive PDA to listen to web broadcast?
- Posted by snoopy_@excite.com on December 2nd, 2004
Hello,
Looking for recoemendations for a wireless PDA to listen to web
broadcasts. I currently download them to an mp3 format, copy them to
an SD Memory card, then listen to them on an mp3 player. I was
wondering if I can't cut out a few steps by just having a PDA that can
connect thorugh my home's wireless router, and listen to them directly
from the webpage. There are so many PDAs out there though I am having
trouble figuring out if this is even possible ( I don't want a phone
that connects to the internet, and I don't want to incur any surfing
charges; I already pay subscription fees for the content). Any help is
appreciated. It would be great if I could buy used from ebay too.
Thanks.
- Posted by Veritech on December 2nd, 2004
As it stands ur pretty stuck, any pda with wifi costs a "pretty penny". As i
far as i see it your going to have to buy something cheapish, and wifi card.
the card alone is £80/$100+. The cheapest that "should" work is an Tungsten
E for about £120/$150 and the wifi card i mentioned earlier the next best
thing is a Hp2215, not sure how much that would set you back.
Plus the battery life on most pda's doing that kind of thing is normally
about 3 hours.
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- Posted by Devlor Nakarti on December 3rd, 2004
On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 16:49:33 +0000, Veritech wrote:
A Sharp Zaurus SL-5000 or SL-5500 would work well with the right CF Wifi
card, and there's also the clamshell(ie: CL-760) versions, some of which
have a higher resolution(and the capability for more ROM selection than
the SL)
eBay pricing looks to be $100-200 depending on accessories on the 5500.
