bigglesthefrog's Review of Toshiba e740 Pocket PC
6th May 2005
Overall Rating
- Value for money
- Screen Quality
- Ease of Use
- Time PDA OwnedOver 1 Year
- Battery Life
Good service from Toshiba UK.
Bad Points
Battery life is poor.
Audio Record button is too easy to activate accidently.
Difficult to locate properly into its cradle.
Wireless is difficult to set up.
The manual is poor.
General Comments
I bought this Toshiba e740 PDA from America and it arrived quickly at my address in the UK. I had problems with it from the start, as I found that it was very difficult to work out how to set it up.
Active sync was pretty hopeless as it was not possible to synchronize with my PC on the WiFi. What's the use in having WiFi if you can't use it for this basic purpose??
I found that I was always accidentally activating the audio record button as it was placed in exactly the position that your fingers were going to be when you inserted or removed the device from its cradle. Many times the battery would run dry whilst it was quietly recording nothing!!
The standard battery is simply not up to the job and the optional large battery is physically cumbersome.
After about six months the "on/off" switch on my unit started to play up and eventually packed up altogether. I had to send it off to Toshiba UK, who repaired it at no charge. This is really the only good thing I can say in this review.
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Toshiba e740 Pocket PC, PDA Reviews by Mobile Tech Review
MobileTechReview.com Toshiba e740 Pocket PC Review ... That said, the Toshiba e740 has some really cool features for the $599 list price.
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Tweaknews] - Toshiba e740 Pocket PC - Page 1
Toshiba didn't stop there; they later released the Toshiba e740, a much faster, and more compatible new Pocket PC, that would surely keep up Toshiba's good name.
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Toshiba e740 PDA owners demand OS upgrade ? The Register
Said utilities includes enhanced Wi-Fi and Bluetooth functionality, and Toshiba is offering e740 owners an updated Bluetooth app which "exceeds Microsoft Bluetooth utilities in terms of functionality",
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FreewarePPC.com - Freeware Pocket PC / Freeware Windows Mobile:
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Toshiba e740
The Toshiba e740 PDA was your flagship product for a solid year. It was the first PDA on the market with the advanced PXA250 400mHz X-Scale processor and built in WiFi.
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Toshiba e740 ROM
Backing up and Restoring your ROM on the e740* ... Warning: all this process is not covered by Toshiba's warranty. If something goes wrong you are the only one responsible. Do not blame on me.
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Toshiba e740 - 05 Nov 2002 - Computeractive
If you want a stylish, well-made and cheap (OK, cheapish) Pocket PC, go out and spend £369 (or less if you shop around) on a Toshiba e310 right now. ... The e740 is the e310's bigger brother,
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Product Update: Toshiba Pocket PC e740
Product Update: Toshiba Pocket PC e740 Dear Pocket PC e740 Owner: The Computer Systems Group of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.
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Toshiba e740
Compared with other Pocket PC 2002 based models, the Toshiba e740 is not light or slim.
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