Casio Cassiopeia BE-300 Pocket PC

Pros: It works well as a "Manager"--contacts, calendar, gaming, etc.
Cons: It has trouble synching with other software and computers.

HOW I CAME TO OWN A CASSIOPEIA
A year ago Audible.com and Amazon.com got together to do a promotion to get portable listening devices into users hands at a reduced price. The deal was that if you signed up for a year’s subscription to...

Pros: Transforms into fully tweak-able PocketPC with free 3rd party software, low price, color screen
Cons: Screen hard to read in sunlight, average battery life, requires time to set up

I have bought this PDA 3 months ago after doing extensive research on the Internet (also on Epinions of course). I wanted to be able to exchange files from my Windows PC with the PDA, so that's why I looked for one with a WindowsCE operating system. This...

Pros: CF Type II card slot, good built-in apps
Cons: Lack of add-on software, low visibility in sunlight

It's been a while, but I'm back on the Epinions scene with a brand new toy, so let's get started.

Software

A computer is only as good as its software, and that's the major hang-up most "professional" reviewers have with the...

Pros: Color Display, Compact Flash Expansion Slot
Cons: Mediocre Battery Life, Not Much Third Party Software Available

I purchased my Cassiopeia BE-300 from CompUSA for only $149 on sale...quite a deal! Although the screen may not be as high quality as those found on $500 PDA's, I find that it is more than adequate for everything from viewing photos to managing my...

Pros: CF Card, Color Screen, decent software package
Cons: screen hard to see in sunlight, not enough software available

I bought this as a birthday toy a few months ago - paid about $150.00. It does sync with Outlook and the software package does the trick for the usual business basics. (It also makes a rather expensive, but handy, travel alarm clock.) The biggest...

Pros: simple interface design
Cons: slow in syncing data

What makes the perfect PDA? The best one would be a color device which is simple to use. It should be fully expandable and networkable. Also it should only cost about $150. Among it's other attributes would be a long battery life, and an OS which...

Pros: Low cost, sharp screen, 32k colors
Cons: little software available, orphan unit, lousy sync software

I'll start by letting you know that my needs for this type of device are very modest and still this only barely does the job. OTOH, at the price it's still a great deal.

Construction: The unit feels solid for the most part, I like it's...

Pros: Inexpensive, quick, easy to use
Cons: Limited software, poor viewability in daylight...

I picked up a Casio BE300 mostly on a whim. I was looking for something that would serve as an mp3 player and allow me to read a few ebooks while I was on lunches at work. As much as I wanted a higher end unit, I couldn't justify the price of most of...

Pros: Low Price, Sharp Graphics, Storage Memory is FlashROM, Type II/I CF
Cons: Low Software availability, Small amount of Memory

This PDA has a very affordable price tag on it compared to many others. The graphics are great, and I love the fact that the memory is FlashROM and not RAM, which means that if the battery dies your data is still there because FlashROM does not require...

Pros: Affordable price for a color PDA
Cons: Software is rather limited

This is the most affordable color PDA that we found when shopping for a PDA. We purchased it at Sams Club for $150. It has 16 MB memory which is more than many other PDAs and is also expandable. It came with the docking port and the necessary software...

Pros: Great Price. Perfect for geeks.
Cons: Had to be a geek to make it more useable.

I bought this unit for my fiancée to use. Like most of the other reviews, it is very plain out of the box. I looked around to see what other software was out there. I did find quite a few other programs to install, but to be honest, it was not worth ...

Pros: color, password protection.
Cons: hard to download additional software, wish it was smaller in thickness.

-Fairly reasonable price for a color display PDA.
-I did not use it as much as I had anticipated, wish now that I had saved the money and saved toward a more expensive brand or model.
-Tried, but failed to download games from the casio...

Pros: Lots of free software and operating systems on the net
Cons: Not as sleek as some other PDAs

I've had one of these PDAs for two years now, and I couldn't be happier. It comes with some pretty basic software, but if you need more power, the net it full of independent developers who write great programs for this little machine; word processors,...

Pros: small,good color LCD,cf memory,expandable
Cons: operating system,no ir port

Since the first seconds I powered this my BE-300 up and every moment since I have been in techno heaven! Casio did a poor job on marketing this unit and this made it difficult to find one in the price range that I wanted to spend, in the end...

Pros: Expansion, Color Screen, Value/Price, Versatility
Cons: None really except only 16MB Ram

This IS a robust PDA! The color screen is excellent! It comes with all you need (USB cradle included). As far as storage is concerned... buy a compact flash card and place in the expansion slot. Store most of your apps, games, and other media here...