Toshiba Pocket PC e740 PDA

Great purchase! Have been using it...

Strengths: Wi-Fi, reasonable price ($192)

Weakness: Seldom bogus battery power reading, Center button does not work great

Great purchase! Have been using it for over 5 months and no big problems. Installed a 256MB card and have been doing backups to it. I also use the card to store mp3's, etc... I mainly use this ppc for personal and business (calendar, contacts, notes, documents, etc...). Problems: I get a low battery reading about every other month, even seconds after ppc was fully charged. The center/direction...
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Great purchase! Have been using it for over 5 months and no big problems. Installed a 256MB card and have been doing backups to it. I also use the card to store mp3's, etc... I mainly use this ppc for personal and business (calendar, contacts, notes, documents, etc...).

Problems: I get a low battery reading about every other month, even seconds after ppc was fully charged. The center/direction button does not work properly with games.

By curly9702 - Feb 8, 2004

I really enjoy my e740, and I...

Strengths: Integrated wireless, nice color screen, simple interface.

Weakness: Battery doesn't last horribly long.

I really enjoy my e740, and I haven't had any problems with it so far. It has space for expansion and the integrated wireless is very easy to use.

By sanderkallshian - Oct 29, 2003

I picked up two of these about a...

Strengths: Metal outer casing can take a beating if needed. All the major bells-and-whistles built in (802.11b, CF and SD)

Weakness: Poor support from Toshiba. No upgrade available to PPC2003...

I picked up two of these about a month ago for a good price. The first had to be returned due to a faulty 802.11b adapter. At first I thought it was a configuration problem, but after a week it just cut out completely. The second has been working flawlessly. The voice memo button is in a bad place that causes you to inadvertantly start up a voice memo every time it is pulled from the included...
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I picked up two of these about a month ago for a good price. The first had to be returned due to a faulty 802.11b adapter. At first I thought it was a configuration problem, but after a week it just cut out completely. The second has been working flawlessly.

The voice memo button is in a bad place that causes you to inadvertantly start up a voice memo every time it is pulled from the included slip-case. Battery time is OK. About 3 hours when using it to play back video clips (volume up and backlight on). Integrated wireless means not having to buy a seperate adapter for either of the media slots.

Toshiba, however, needs to stop abandoning its customers who buy their products. No PPC2003 update is available for this model. I don't mean an update isn't available for free...It's just not available, period. The Toshiba help(less) desk technician told me that if I didn't like it I could return the device within 30 days of buying it and get the e750 with PPC2003 -- at a cost of $300 more than the e740!

Other than not being able to play files encoded with Windows Media Player 9 (requires PPC2003 to do), this one serves my purposes for the time being. However, I will think twice about buying another Toshiba handheld unless they show better judgement in supporting OS updates for their products.

By Methuss - Aug 1, 2003

I purchased this product for my...

Strengths: WiFi works well, not much other than that.

Weakness: Who knows, it had to be shipped back and all we know is that is was "something behind the screen"

I purchased this product for my fiancee in April 2003 and paid over $700 including the "extended warranty", what a joke. In May, the product stopped syncing, then the screen went. We shipped it back to Toshiba. After a week and a half of no call to find out the status, upon calling Toshiba ourselves, we were told "the problem is behind the screen, which wasn't damaged before we shipped it, it...
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I purchased this product for my fiancee in April 2003 and paid over $700 including the "extended warranty", what a joke. In May, the product stopped syncing, then the screen went. We shipped it back to Toshiba. After a week and a half of no call to find out the status, upon calling Toshiba ourselves, we were told "the problem is behind the screen, which wasn't damaged before we shipped it, it wasn't covered under the warranty or $70 extended warranty and it would cost $129.00 to be fixed." When the product was returned, there was no invoice with a description of the problem or the parts that my fiancee requested be shipped back with. And I would bet a years pay that if it happens again, we'll be told that they have no record of the previous repair.

By tswilley - Jul 2, 2003

The e740 is a great piece of...

Strengths: Built-in Wireless networking, beautiful screen, great operating system

Weakness: voice recording button sticks out and can cause your pocket pc to turn on in your pocket, stylus is hard to take out, can't play games because you can only press one button at a time.

The e740 is a great piece of hardware for those who do not have a lot of money to spend. I can play DivX movies with hardly any dropped frames. I have used my e740 to surf the internet, chat using MSN messanger, and organize my life. I have no complaints about this pocket pc because it has taken my life and career to the next level.

By naeco - May 15, 2003