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Toshiba e800 An Affordable PDA
Mention the manufacturer Toshiba and people immediately associate the name with affordable quality products that possess class leading innovation, reliability and ease of use. The introduction of the Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) a small handheld device capable of transmitting data allows for the facilities such as pagers, data messaging, electronic mail, computing, facsimilie and other information handling capabilities is one of the arenas in which Toshiba is competes.
With its enviable reputation for producing well engineered products Toshiba introduced its e3 10 a few months ahead of the e740 back in 2002 and took the hand held PC to an all new level. The e310 was the first pocket-sized PC equipped with the then latest XScale processor which runs at 400 MHz. Although the e740 was replaced by the e755 in March 2003 the e740 was innovative with its integrated WiFi (802.1 ib) facility. However in 2004 the Toshiba e800 PDA was launched with a version offering either integrated Bluetooth or WiFi. Both models appear very similar as might be expected although the WiFi version is actually a little heavier. In addition the WiFi version is able to offer Voice over IP through a subscribed service provider. This capability obviously introduced a new level of PDA which had been referred to as the Toshiba PDA phone.
Toshiba appears to focus the design and capabilities of their PDAs towards the commercial sector. However that does not mean that a Toshiba PDA will possess the appearance of a utility instrument, Toshiba takes the appearance of its PDAs very seriously and the e800 arrived in a stylish blue casing that immediately separated it from every other PDA, which to the marketing people provided a leap ahead of the competition. In addition the screen was larger than what might have ordinarily been encountered measuring a full four inches diagonally, fulfilling the dreams of many who wished for a larger screen. With the larger screen came increased flexibility courtesy of a Toshiba accessory in the shape of a 2MB of SRAM graphics adaptor that could provide a screen running at 640x480 pixels, returning to the standard 240x320 is easy with a software switch that sits on the start menu. Supporting the large screen is an Intel PXA 263 processor running at 400 MHz. With 128 MB of RAM supplemented by 32MB of user accessible Flash ROM history has established that this was the direction all PDAs needed to take in order to cope with a demand that wanted desktop type capabilities. The Toshiba PDA software bundle offered two voice control applications that provided text to speech and voice commands.
The Toshiba PDA battery could manage around six hours with constant play although ten hours was quoted, even so six hours is very good.
Anyone looking for a good PDA with GPS capability that could be purchased with a PDA case specifically designed for it would have found the e800 a tempting offer, especially as at around £400 in 2004 it represented state of the art equipment at an affordable price.
