Ever since I started working as an IT professional, i have bought numerous personal digital assistants. I started with Palm M105 (2001). I was already happy with it during that time. Its one of the most affordable PDA at that time. Pocket pc is still unpopular and Mp3 players too. But I was thinking that if PDA could allow users to view pictures, listen to mp3 and watch movies, that would be very good. Palm is cheaper that time and I got mine for only PHP 7,500.00. Good models will cost you about PHP 25,000 during those times which i find it impractical as compared to its features.
The downside of palm m105 is it uses 2 AAA batteries. If the batteries went dead, so is your data. So I make sure i sync my data regularly.
After almost a year, i decided to sell it and buy pocket pc instead. I bought Compaq iPaq 3630(2002). The screen is big and this time it has colored screen. Now i can view pictures, listen to mp3 and watch movies. The problem is the memory. It only has 32MB memory. The model that i bought isn’t expandable so I’m always getting frustrated which mp3 to put everyday. During those times, Compaq iPaq costs about PHP 20,000 to PHP 40,000.



