Asus A626 3.5-inch PDA Windows Mobile 5.0, Wi-fi (802.11 B+g), Bluetooth 2.0 (edr), - MYPAL A626

Asus A626 PDA

12/22/2007

This by far is the best PDA I have ever owned!!! Great features, easy to handle and use, great size, and excellent battery life!! Way better than my old Dell Axim. And even has Bluetooth and GPS!!

Short Life

12/14/2007

Worked great for about two weeks. The next two weeks began losing data when synchronizing. Then the screen went black. It still synchronizes, but with a black screen it is totally useless. I am lost without my PDA, but the next one won't be an Asus.

Bargain for the Price

12/14/2007

If you need a decent PDA without all that phone junk attached, this is it. This is a nicely built PDA running Windows Mobile 6.0. Amazon's description says 5.0 and has for a couple months after the change. I took another reviewers word for it that it was the current version(6.0) and purchased this. Over the last 6 or 7 years I have grown used to having a PDA by my side and this will fit in just fine. It's processor isn't lightening fast, but fast enough to bring my calendar up in a split second. I've used, Palm, Dell, and had some experience with HP, and this by far is the most bang for the buck. You owe it to yourself to try this out. If you want more, try one of Asus' higher models.

LOVE IT!!!!!

12/7/2007

I love this Product!! It has been a life saver!! I love that I can connect it to outlook. I would buy again.

OK device

11/21/2007

Pros: nice built, nice screen, decent touch surface, good wi-fi, decent battery life, etc... all is as spec'd.
Cons:
- does not reconnect the SD card after resuming from standby. You cannot really use it like an MP3 player keeping your music on the card. Every time you power it on/resume you have to remove and reinsert the card to reconnect it.
- very annoying and distracting bright LED blinking under the ASUS logo (under the mask) when connected to wi-fi (which is all the time, for me).
As most electronics these days, a product rushed to market without proper usability testing.

Follow up:
Installed the firmware update from the Asus site, SD card issue solved.
I also had an issue with some full screen applications not displaying properly. Installed the (older) LCD display update patch and this issue was solved also.
They could have included this older display patch in the newer firmware patch.
Also, they could have notified me of these updates, as I had registered the product. What is the point of registering then?
Since starting to use bluetooth, I notice the similarly annoying blue blinking LED.
There is also an issue with reconnecting my bluetooth device after resuming from sleep.

I feel I should up my rating to 3.5 stars.