Casio Cassiopeia BE-300 Pocket Manager ...$130 ..is it hot?

[vab]

staples has Casio Cassiopeia BE-300 Pocket Manager in there weekly deals
cost - $199 - $30 (rebate) - $40(coupon) = $130 + tax

how is be-300? can someone share there experience?

Casio Cassiopeia BE-300 Pocket Manager

 

[AnyMal]

It runs on a proprietory version of Windows CE 3.0 (NOT pocketPC) which means you get none of the nifty progs that come with POcketPC like Word, Excel, Internet Explorer etc.. Not to mention lack of 3rd party applications. I would not recommend this one...

 

[TJ22]

There is a freeware os called epodxp which is very nice comes with windows media player and IE

 

[kerokeroppi82]

epodXP rocks, makes it look like pocketPC 2002. EpodXP

 

[bonk102]

this thing sucks, in my opinion at least, i bought it from amazon awhile back when it was $150-$70 in coupons, and it wasn't worth it then, so i doubt it'll be worth it now. Support for it sucked, and i enjoy my Treo a lot more and if you have the money, get a CLie, they're a big step up

jsut my 2 cents

 

[DieselMan]

Believe it or not, but epodXP does make a whole difference in the feel and experience of this PDA. If it wasn't for the poor HPA passive matrix screen, I would have kept mine to play all my NES games (and watch mpegs). I also like the feel of the screen with the stylus, very responsive.

I would have to agree with bonk102 on the Sony Clies; they are the best PDAs in the market today (owned 2, speak from experience). For $130, this is not a bad deal, you get a color screen, mp3 playback, and some basic PDA programs; much better than the Palm M105