PDA Phones

2005年1月16日21年前

perform either function well. Now, these pocket-size all-in-ones have matured, adding truly usable keyboards to a form compact and slim enough to be appealing as a cell phone. These all-in-one communicators can be expensive, but they've evolved to the point where they're worth the cost. Priced from $300 to $600, these devices should particularly appeal to business travelers who want to call the office and check e-mail or browse the Web while they're on the go.

PalmOne Treo 650
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[b]Price: [/b]$599
[b]Service provider: [/b]Sprint
[b]Weight: [/b]6.3 ounces
[b]Dimensions: [/b]4.4 by 2.3 by 0.9 inches
[b]Screen quality: [/b]Very good. Though small by PDA standards, the newly enhanced (320-by-320-pixel) screen with 65,000-plus colors is crisp and bright, making reading easy and graphics good-looking.
[b]Text entry: [/b]Very good. Thank you, PalmOne, for the refinements in sculpture and layout that represent a considerable improvement over the merely acceptable thumb keyboard on the Treo 600.
[b]Web worthiness: [/b]Good. The latest version of the Blazer browser eventually renders most pages pretty well, and the improved display helps; but since the browser displays incomplete pages to save time, you see a lot of code as pages load.
[b]Phone quality: [/b]Very good. With the possible exception of the BlackBerry 7100t, no other PDA/phone hybrid approaches the Treo 650 in approximating the look and feel of an actual mobile phone.
[b]Bottom line: [/b]Building on the already fine Treo 600, the 650 adds a removable battery, Bluetooth, an improved keyboard and camera, and a high-res display. The Treo 650 is expensive, but it's one of the few PDA/phone hybrids that does everything well. Now all it needs is Wi-Fi and some more memory (32MB doesn't cut it these days).
[b]Vendor link: [/b][url="http://www.palmone.com/us/products/smartphones/treo650/"][color=#0000ff]PalmOne Treo 650[/color][/url]

[i]-- Yardena Arar[/i]

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[b]Finer print: [/b]The Treo 650's beautiful and bright new 320-by-320-pixel screen is a welcome upgrade from the Treo 600's 160-by-160-pixel display.
[img]http://www.pcworld.com/news/graphics/118795-2302p076-3b.jpg[/img] [b]SDIO slot: [/b]Lets you expand the Treo's memory or plug in compatible peripheral cards.
[img]http://www.pcworld.com/news/graphics/118795-2302p076-4b.jpg[/img] [b]Camera upgrade: [/b]The Treo 650's built-in camera features a 2X zoom, video capture capability, and a sensor that can take usable photos indoors.

RIM BlackBerry 7100t
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[b]Price: [/b]$299
[b]Service provider: [/b]T-Mobile
[b]Weight: [/b]4.2 ounces
[b]Dimensions: [/b]4.7 by 2.3 by 0.8 inches
[b]Screen quality: [/b]Very good. The high-resolution 240-by-260-pixel display is bright and makes the phone's menu icons and attractive fonts easy to read.
[b]Text entry: [/b]Very good. Getting used to the BlackBerry's SureType system takes a few minutes, but once you do, writing notes or e-mail messages is easy.
[b]Web worthiness: [/b]Good. Web browsing isn't simple, but it's no harder than on most standard-size phones, and pages look better on the 7100t's high-res screen.
[b]Phone quality: [/b]Very good. Like the Treo 650, this hybrid not only looks and feels like a conventional cell phone, it works as well as one.
[b]Bottom line: [/b]BlackBerry Internet Service allows you to read and send e-mail from multiple accounts without a special server on the other end. The unique keyboard and SureType software make sending e-mail simple, and the phone itself remains compact. The 7100t ships with 32MB of memory and no expansion slot, but if you're a BlackBerry fan and don't want or need more than a way to make calls and send e-mail, RIM's innovative phone may be just your cup of tea.
[b]Vendor link: [/b][url="http://www.blackberry.com/blackberry7100"][color=#0000ff]RIM BlackBerry 7100t [/color][/url]

[i]-- Yardena Arar[/i]

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[img]http://www.pcworld.com/news/graphics/118795-2302p076-6b.jpg[/img] [b]Imaginative icons: [/b]The retro look of the mailbox and phone suggests a welcome sense of humor on the part of the interface design team.
[img]http://www.pcworld.com/news/graphics/118795-2302p076-7b.jpg[/img] [b]No stylus required: [/b]The jog dial and select button built into the right side of the 7100t are all you need to navigate through the menus and options with one hand.
[b]Successful compromise: [/b]With a few more keys than a conventional cell phone and a clever predictive text-entry system, the 7100t straddles the demands of an e-mail device and a mobile handset.

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E-mail, instant messaging, and Web access are big parts of staying connected, but often the most important tool is a good cell phone. Even standard-looking phones have become better at handling data, photos, and video. These are a couple of the best.

Motorola Razr V3
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[img]http://www.pcworld.com/news/graphics/118795-2302p076-22b.jpg[/img] [b]Price: [/b]$599
[b]Service provider: [/b]Cingular
[b]Weight: [/b]3.4 ounces
[b]Dimensions: [/b]3.9 by 2.1 by 0.5 inches
[b]Screen quality: [/b]Excellent. Photos and video clips looked especially good on the unit's internal, 176-by-220-pixel, 2.2-inch screen. It's bright, and colors are vivid.
[b]Text entry: [/b]Fair. Motorola's ITap software is on a par with the T9 system that many cell phones use to assist in text entry, and it arguably has a better interface.
[b]Web worthiness: [/b]Fair. The device runs both AOL and Yahoo Messenger IM. It is capable of browsing WAP 2.0 sites, but it does better at displaying text-based content from partner sites like CNNtoGo and The Weather Channel. Phone quality: Very good. For such a thin device, the Razr is surprisingly comfy to hold. Add the Bluetooth and speakerphone capabilities, and you've got an almost indispensable cell phone.
[b]Bottom line: [/b]As a standard cell phone, nothing is sexier than the Razr. Plus, you get a VGA camera, a voice recorder, and the ability to play back (but not record) MPEG-4 videos that you've downloaded to the phone's 5MB of memory. However, you can buy a more e-mail-friendly PDA/phone hybrid device--or an entire PC, even--for the same price.
[b]Vendor link: [/b][url="http://www.motorola.com/mdirect/hellomoto/experience/v3/flash/default.shtml"][color=#0000ff]Motorola Razr V3[/color][/url]

[i]-- Grace Aquino[/i]

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[img]http://www.pcworld.com/news/graphics/118795-2302p076-21b.jpg[/img] [b]Attractive external display: [/b]You can screen your calls by viewing the caller's number on the unit's bright, four-line, external display.
[b]Thin is in: [/b]The Razr V3 measures a hair under 0.5 inches thick, making this model one of the thinnest phones we've ever tested (see side-view photo at upper right).

Audiovox SMT5600
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[b]Price: [/b]$320
[b]Service provider: [/b]Cingular
[b]Weight: [/b]3.6 ounces
[b]Dimensions: [/b]4.2 by 1.8 by 0.7 inches
[b]Screen quality: [/b]Good. A little grainier than the best phone displays, but easy enough to read both indoors and out.
[b]Text entry: [/b]Fair. Like most cell phones without a true QWERTY keyboard, the SMT5600 forces you to enter alphanumeric data by tapping on the dial pad--and even with T9 predictive text entry, doing so is a chore.
[b]Web worthiness: [/b]Fair. If you intend to spend much time online, you'll want a PDA/phone hybrid like the Treo 650. But Windows Mobile's Internet Explorer, Outlook, and MSN Messenger give this cell phone decent Web capabilities.
[b]Phone quality: [/b]Very good. Hey, it's a phone--and a serviceable one at that, with a dedicated volume control, well-designed buttons, and a user interface that allows you to wrangle contacts with a minimum of key presses.
[b]Bottom line: [/b]With a full suite of Windows Mobile entertainment and Internet apps, a Mini SD slot that supports up to 256MB, Bluetooth, a (so-so) camera, and more, this phone comes fully loaded. Yet its trim design keeps things simple, pocketable, and effortlessly portable. Its features also make it a respectable small-capacity music player--but use it to watch videos only if you don't mind tiny, fuzzy images.
[b]Vendor link: [/b][url="http://www.audiovox.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10001&productId=13758&langId=-1"][color=#0000ff]Audiovox SMT5600[/color][/url]

[i]-- Harry McCracken[/i]

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[img]http://www.pcworld.com/news/graphics/118795-2302p076-24b.jpg[/img] [b]Thumb friendly: [/b]The phone's accurate and intuitive five-way rocker switch and Home/Back buttons let your thumb do most of the work of navigating through the phone's features--a great design for one-handed use.
[b]Media savvy: [/b]An IPod or a Portable Media Center it's not, but the SMT5600's Windows Media Player and support for services such as Napster make it more of an entertainment machine than your average cell phone.