ASUS MyPal A730W PDA (520MHz, 128MB, SDIO/CF Card, Pocket PC 2003)

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Asus MyPal A730W Review

by Eric Dahl

- Asus's $559 MyPal A730W adds built-in 802.11b wireless support to the remarkably full-featured MyPal A730 that appeared on our December 2004 chart. However, all of its extras--such as two expansion slots, two batteries, and a large screen--come at a cost. For the price, I'd like to see better battery life and a more solidly built case.

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User Reviews for ASUS MyPal A730W PDA (520MHz, 128MB, SDIO/CF Card, Pocket PC 2003)

Reviewed by: givingman

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: VGA screen (and video playback), speed, storage, Wi-Fi, second battery included, synching ability, attractive design (headturner at meetings), included extra wand with charger holder, audio quality

Weaknesses: battery life only about 2 hrs. with heavy use, built in camera is joke (I'm semi-pro in photography so my standards are a bit high), flimsy plastic back

Overall Evaluation: Coming from the Palm world I was a bit surprised to find out that this Pocket PC crashes just like its bigger brother desktop OS. But that's no fault of the Asus alone - Windows and 3rd party programmers (trying to create programs for dozens of devices) are to blame. Many of the most popular programs for PPC didn't work well and crashed often on this device. But now that I've loaded the right blend of apps, it rarely crashes. Definetly one of the best, except for the battery use....Wants: I'd like to be able to keep it from turning on constantly in its charging cradle (even in the middle of the night) due to "tasks" that need doing. Could I leave that reminder on my desktop but turn it off on the PPC? That would be great.

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