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User Submitted Casio Cassiopeia E-200 Pocket PC Reviews (cont...)Date: 2003-02-12 The price dictates quality and support This device, which I received for Christmas a year ago, is joke. It has no good software, and the screen is a little small. I tried to use Mazingo on it, but it oculdn't process fast enough, nad would crash. No IR port, and the keyboard I bought was a knockoff that Casio Just decided to use again, and the BE-300 was no match. Listening to MP3's was impossible while typing, because no task manager to run multiple taks s at once, and the jack was at the bottom. Finally, it recently crashed for good. Casio's hours are 9-5, when I am at school andparents are at work. I emailed them, but no response. So I now am buying a Dell Axim X5 in hopes of a better product, b/c I have heard/read that the Dell is best for the money. Date: 2003-01-30 Excellent value for the $ I agree that the BE-300 does have some limitations like ... software and documentation (also much larger in size than the Palm) but if the user is willing to spend a little extra time modifying this flexible little unit, it is well work the price. One can purchase additional software for a few dollars from Handango and make the BE much more user friendly and definitely prettier to look at than any other PDA. Additionally, there are some excellent support forums out there ("BE-Central"; "Another BE-300 Forum" to name two)and they answer the most stupid questions cheerfully as well as provide a wealth of downloadable information and locations of software. I discovered that the BE has a growing and dedicated following and there is a strong support forum for owners who wish to change to a different operating system entirely. Again,the user does need to expend a bit more time on learning and modifying and that is not everyone's cup of tea. In comparing this to a friend's new Palm, I am far happier with my purchase because I got everything she got for about one third the price and for $...in additional software cost I easily personalized the display on my BE and if I choose I can change the operating system and have access to many more programs. Also after looking around at quite a few PDAs I realized that almost all are limited when it comes to internet and email access. It is still very expensive to go wireless (and the reviews on this function on most PDAs and combination devices are not very good)and I believe the majority of PDA owners end up using mainly the organizer functions, music player, and the occasional game. I did not feel the time was right to spend $600+ on a PDA/w/ wireless and then pay the monthly fees since I felt the technology was just not there yet anyway. So for my purposes the BE-300 was a great bargain on a device that does pretty much what all the other PDAs do at a much lower cost. Date: 2002-12-21 Welcome to a cheaper- and better- PDA This has got to be ONE of the cheapest PDAs around. Sure, the Visors are cheaper, but you have to get add-ons- this one, you don't. Let's compare the popular M515 to this little wonder of a gadget. Casio BE-300: Palm M515: Both handhelds are exceptionally good- a lot better than most handhelds. But, if you look at the technical data, the BE-300 is a little better than the M515. But I'm sure that those of you with your M515 love your little gadget too.
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