Casio Casio Pocket Manager BE-300

Reviewed by: Guilmon

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Price, flashing with eXpod, simple stock interface.

Weaknesses: Complete lack of software, interface, memory usage, lack of widely available accessories for a modest price.

Overall Evaluation: I purchased a Be-300 expecting a lot more than what I received. I am a student, so money is tight, but I was looking for a device that was more than a simple organizer. The BE-300 looked like a fine choice, it had a color display, was backed by wince, and was expandable. But once I finally did everything I was to ever do with it, flashing it with epod (3.1 or something,) going back to stock not having enough ram, I decided that instead of investing money in something I really disliked, I'd just return it and get a real pocket pc. Best decision I have ever made. From a software point of view, the be-300 is "what-you-see-is-what-you-get." It is difficult to find any good, or halfwise decent programs for the thing that are worth keeping, and are small enough to last without taking up too much of the precious ram. It's built in interface is unlikeable, except for the color feature. The stock pim functions are like a palm in color, and that's about it. I knew not to expect a cadillac sports sedan for the price, but this was just too unreasonable to withstand. Returned for a full refund second week of use, money saved and put to good use getting an E-310.