Which PDA from ebay

[helliewm]

Which Smart Phone/pda shall I buy from ebay? I have a Web nWalk Contract with T-Mobile but got there USB Modem on contract instead of a phone/PDA.

Here are the ones I am considering which would be most compatible with Ubuntu. I don't seem to have anychoice but Windows Mobile.

I am definitely going to buy one tomorrow when I get paid.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/spv-m5000-xda-exec-windows-mobile-6-GREAT-PDA-POCKET-PC_W0QQitemZ300189402131QQihZ020QQcategoryZ3312QQs sPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/T-MOBILE-MDA-COMPACT-3-III-GPS-PDA-SMARTPHONE_W0QQitemZ300188800650QQihZ020QQcategory Z3312QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Nokia-9300i-Smartphone-pda-Boxed_W0QQitemZ160196862536QQihZ006QQcategoryZ3312 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/QTEK-9000-PDA-T-MOBILE-MDA-PRO-XDA-EXEC-JASJAR_W0QQitemZ300188937989QQihZ020QQcategoryZ331 2QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Palm-Treo-500v-Smartphone-Pda-Organizer-UNLOCKED-white_W0QQitemZ150203788061QQihZ005QQcategoryZ3312 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I have never brought a Smartphone/pda before so would be grateful of some advice.

Helen

[thegnu]

I would avoid the palm, because I like to be able to copy stuff to and from my phone. I've got a Treo 755p at work, and it's not easy enough for me to care about making it work.

Maybe others have had different experience.

My Nokia 5500 Sport (not a smartphone form factor, but with smartphone software) works well as a data transfer thing, because when you plug it in, it offers you a 'Data Transfer' mode, which makes the phone a mass storage controller. The 5500 isn't supported by the gnokii (or whatever it's called) project, though, so syncing is out.

The openmoko neo1973, a linux-based smartphone, will be out in the next month or so, from what I gather, and it looks pretty damn cool. And will probably have a ton of community hacks for it pretty damn quickly.
http://openmoko.org/

Others, I'm sure, will have much more to say about it. Good luck. :-)