Casio Cassiopeia E-125 Color Pocket PC

After an incredibly good (but rather short) relationship with the CASSIOPEIA E-100 (you could read my review about it), I bought another CASIO PDA. Why? Well, I found out that, although the size, they're quite nifty and reliable.
When I finally got it, being used to the E-100, I had some problems with the E-125, like with the JotReader (Too many lines, too complex or easy to use), the MENU program (Funky colours anyone?) the Taskbar in the upper part of the screen, and most of all, no background image in the Today screen.
But, the positive side is that there are tons of more software for this, solving most of the problems mentioned before (thanks to NOVOSEC for the excelent FACELIFT program), plus the included aplications from Microsoft that make the transfer between the desktop and the PDA easier.
It's good speed make it a competitive PDA even today, and I could add that its easier to use than many of the ones that are in the market today, but as the technological advance is an exponential function, many of the software developers have stopped making programs for it, or even dissappeared, so sometimes is kind of difficult getting the program that you read in the web that's top-notch (in pages that date 2002).
With all this said, I still think that buying this PDA, for novice users or experienced ones, is a great thing.

Of course I could pay more money and get one that is smaller but this thing has served me very well for 4 years now.

This is actually very good handheld here, i recommend you to buy it because it has a very bright screen when i sychronise it doesn't crash like other TOO complicated machines. I added compact flash and had some of my movies in my computer transformed into window CE 3.0 usable movie item in windows media 7.1. REAL‚‡‚‚‚„II

Can't believe how they can get so much in so little space. I bought the 128mb storage card and in the WMA format, loaded over 100 of my favorite songs. Plugged into my outdated tape player in my car, through the headphone jack of the Cassiopeia and a casette adapter, this thing just rocks. It's much more than just an organizer, but I use it to know exactly where I've been and what I've done as far as work and billing my hours for payment. Battery life is phenomenal and recharging is a snap in the USB cradle, as well as downloading or uploading info to my desktop.

Why do I always find a super product when the company decides to stop making it?
I bought my Cassiopeia E-125 Pocket PC at a sale that I soon found was a Discontinued Item sale. It figures! When I went back to buy my wife one they were out and weren't getting any more. Oh, well! Web, here I come!
The ease of use of this product has me convinced that Casio could take over the market if they would push their marketing harder.
Out of the box, I was impressed by the clear, colorful display, and solid feel. This unit is a little bigger than some of its competitors, and feels better to me. It doesn't quite fit in my shirt pocket, but I bought a case that works just fine.
The controls are readily accessible, even to a left-handed klutz, and I find that this is the only Pocket PC I've used that doesn't care that I'm a Lefty. Many of the others have controls that I can't reach, or a cover that gets in the way constantly.
Casio has put the really necessary controls on the front, reachable by either hand, and the other buttons are all useable by thumb (left hand) or fingers (right hand).
The software packaged with the unit is easy, efficient, and effective. Contacts and Calendar I use constantly, and the automatic sync with Outlook on my Desk computer is flawless.
I'm also using a GPS and Mapping software (Delorme) that works real-time, so when I'm traveling I set a cradle with the Cassiopeia on the cup holder, and know exactly where I am and what's coming.
The product has met or exceeded all of my needs and has proved to be a rugged/reliable addition to my stable of "toys".