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

Ok up to a point

9/15/2009

Not as user friendly as the Palms but every Palm I've had just caused me problems. I agree with the other reviewer it is not the easiest to use as MP3 player or listening to Audible recorded books. It is difficult to set up unless you go to Microsoft and read and download the knowledge base they have for Mobile 5. I still do not know how I sync the thing since it always shows a not connected message every time I try. There are only a few tweaks needed to get this handheld working very good, instead of just so-so. However this said....if I had to choose between a palm and the MyPal 626....I would go with the Asus.

AMAZING!!!

9/9/2009

I can't say enough great about this product. A real deal for the cost. It has amazing capabilites regarding all functions!

Great PDA

6/21/2009

I purchased this unit to replace and old PDA. It works great. Wifi works great too. It picks up wifi hot spots very well. Have not found any fault with it yet. Mobil office is included.

great as pda, worse as wireless device

4/24/2009

I got mine for a year. I love it as pda, ie. storing datas, writing and docs, etc. However, its wifi connection is no more than 2 rooms away inside my house that made me frustrated not to connect the device in many airports. Also, it does not support Java that means no Youtube, websites with stock index, etc. (although Youtube would play with its independent software that requires downloading-needs more space.)

Nice little gadget!

3/10/2009

I've had my Asus A626 for about a week now and really like it. It was money well spent.

cons: it is slow with some applications, specifically, I downloaded a game to it, and I have to wait a couple of MINUTES every time I start the game. Also you have to be patient when it loads a book sized file in the Microsoft Word.

The volume on playback from the speakers is very low, so if you want it for music, get earphones, you'll need em

The recharger and the sync cord use the same port, so if your computer can't recharge it, you can't leave it connected. Also the sync cord is rediculously short, and I ended up using the one from my previous PDA (but it works, and it does recharge on my computer, so for me this was pretty minor)




Pros: I read in one of the other reviews that they were annoyed by the blue lights on the control buttons, I found a setting for turning those off, so thats one annoyance down.

The backlight is nice and bright at least indoors. I use it mainly as a book reader, for books NOT in protected format (like the Guttenberg Project books or stuff from Baen Books) The automatic shutoff was annoying, so I turned that off too! This will lower the battery time, but I don't mind that since I don't use it away from the recharger very often

The controls to change from portrait to landscape view are easy to use and make this a really nice little book reader

There are a lot of free aps you can get that run on Window Mobile 6.0, which is what mine came loaded with.

This has a nice feel to it, its small enough to fit in a pocket, but big enough that it isn't lost in my hand or hard to control. The telescoping stylus is wierd! but it works just fine (I had some trouble FINDING it, as it runs along the SHORT side of the device, not the long side like I thought)

So like I said at the top, this is a good little device, and it does what I bought it for and does it well. I'd like it better if it was half the price, but well...I'd like EVERYTHING better if it was half price!