Returning toshiba 740

[COLOR=red][COLOR=red]After completing this post, I will clear-out and repack my Toshiba e740 to return. I tested in for a couple of days and I found that using it devoured any of the free time in my life. Today is the last day for the Dell Axim sale and I am seriously considering ordering one - it is 150 bones less than the toshiba. I'm also considering going back in time and simply buying the t-mobile sidekick. Why? Most of the processing is done on the back-end. Unfortunately, I would lose a lot - no mp3, no syncing, no storage, etc... But it is easy to use, rugged etc... An unusual comparison to a pocket pc, I realize.

The Toshiba 740 comes with integrated wireless, which I found not to be up to par in regards to performance and expensive if used anywhere other than work eg. Hotspot @ starbucks. As for the Dell, I'm not convinced carrying around a 802.11b flashcard is the answer to having a convenient, good, less costly connection.

My priority is to be able to access e-mail easily and mobily , then come all of the other things file storage, syncing with outlook, mp3 etc.... Any thoughts, recommendations out there?

[StL_Mike]

If the most important thing for you is email, you might want to consider the blackberry. Even though the monthly cost ($50/month) is the most prohibitive of the wireless email gadgets, it's the coolest one out there, since it integrates with your Outlook mailbox.

Motorola has a couple of wireless email devices that aren't more than that, just email. But they're quite functional.

Also, isn't there a compactflash wireless card that lets you operate like the old Palm 7's?

Anyway, hope this helps...

[TSB8C]

A friend here at work also bought a Toshiba 740 with the integrated wireless and he also has very poor performance using it. He resorted to getting a CF WiFi card instead.

I hope the rumored Axim integrated wireless in their next model performs up to par.