As the topic says, my iPAQ has just been stolen, and I need to get up and running again with pleco...
Going down to zhongguancun has been a headache. I don't know what I'm getting becuase no-one seems to sell PDA's (I wanted to simply buy a new iPAQ 114 as the recommended 'simplist' device for pleco 2) - in all the basement floors there just seems to be hundreds of stalls selling mostly the same smart phones (so much for choice eh). I finally found ONE place that sold an iPAQ 112, but he said you couldn't convert it to english language.
So then I figured I should get an HTC TyTNII as they seem to get rave reviews online. But they don't seem to sell them by that name in China. The "HTC 4550" seems to be an alternative name for a similar looking device, but when asking around everyone said they sold the HTC 4450 (notice the slight numbering difference). I'm scared I'd be getting an inferior model, or something else entirely.
So basically as a second-to-last resort (the last being getting my parents to buy the same PDA back home and shipping it to me) I'm asking here if anyone knows:
a) If the HTC TyTNII is also called the HTC 皇帝 4450 (NOT 4550, and I'm good to get it.
b) If I can run the OS it in english mode etc - one stall owner said I could becuase it was made in taiwan, but another said I couldn't.
c) If that is the next best thing to run pleco 2 on. Basically I just want to use it for pleco, but don't want anything too big to carry around - also wondering the screen is ok, and if a keyboard really benefits. (I Mainly use pleco to look up characters I don't know by drawing them in).
d) Anything else I should consider looking at, and rough prices.
I know its a lot of questions but any help is greatly appreciated....I feel lost without my dictionary!
Going down to zhongguancun has been a headache. I don't know what I'm getting becuase no-one seems to sell PDA's (I wanted to simply buy a new iPAQ 114 as the recommended 'simplist' device for pleco 2) - in all the basement floors there just seems to be hundreds of stalls selling mostly the same smart phones (so much for choice eh). I finally found ONE place that sold an iPAQ 112, but he said you couldn't convert it to english language.
So then I figured I should get an HTC TyTNII as they seem to get rave reviews online. But they don't seem to sell them by that name in China. The "HTC 4550" seems to be an alternative name for a similar looking device, but when asking around everyone said they sold the HTC 4450 (notice the slight numbering difference). I'm scared I'd be getting an inferior model, or something else entirely.
So basically as a second-to-last resort (the last being getting my parents to buy the same PDA back home and shipping it to me) I'm asking here if anyone knows:
a) If the HTC TyTNII is also called the HTC 皇帝 4450 (NOT 4550, and I'm good to get it.
b) If I can run the OS it in english mode etc - one stall owner said I could becuase it was made in taiwan, but another said I couldn't.
c) If that is the next best thing to run pleco 2 on. Basically I just want to use it for pleco, but don't want anything too big to carry around - also wondering the screen is ok, and if a keyboard really benefits. (I Mainly use pleco to look up characters I don't know by drawing them in).
d) Anything else I should consider looking at, and rough prices.
I know its a lot of questions but any help is greatly appreciated....I feel lost without my dictionary!