Acer N10

The PDA market is very cluttered these days. Not only is there stiff competition between PalmOne and Microsoft Mobile based units, there is also quite a bit rivalry between quite similar devices in their own categories. It’s quite safe to say that HP IPaq’s dominate Microsoft Windows Mobile market, and even though quite pricey, offer the best reliability and features. There have been a lot of companies trying to challenge them, some more successfully than others, namely Toshiba (refer to my review of the excellent e750) and Dell with their moderately priced Axim series. Acer decided to try and ... more

When I was looking for a PDA I was mainly looking for one that could handle lots of different type of media music, video etc... The acer N10 filled my needs in this area however I was expecting slightly more than I got. It has easy inital setup and the pen-to-screen interface works reasonably well. The letter regognition takes a little while to get used to but personally I found using the on screen keyborad was easier than writing everything out. The actual pda is slightly larger than others and also slightly heavier. The pen slips neatly away into the back of the PDA and is quite secure when ... more