[Az-Geocaching] PDA recommendations

[AZcachemeister]

What he said!
For optimal results you will need: (in order of expense)
1) a PDA! Many, many options here, but nothing too fancy is necessary. 
Perhaps $50-100.
2) Cachemate. A program that runs on the PDA, and displays (almost) all 
the information available on the Internet cache page. Currently $8, with 
lifetime upgrades/updates.
3) A premium membership at Geocaching.com, to allow retrieval of the 
cache information you are interested in. $3/month-$30/year.
4) HIGHLY recommended (but not necessary), GSAK (Geocaching Swiss Army 
Knife). A program that runs on your PC that sorts and manipulates the 
cache information you receive from Geocaching.com. Also used to send 
cache information to your PDA and GPSr. $20 with lifetime upgrades/updates.

Team Tierra Buena wrote:
> > This may sound like a really stupid question but here goes!! What 
> exactly is a PDA and how do you use it to go to paperless caching? I have
> > paper caches all over the house and would really like a new way of 
> caching!!
>  
> PDA stands for "Personal Digital Assistant". It's a catch-all term 
> that's used to describe the hand-held organizers that are made by 
> several manufacturers. If you've heard of "Palm Pilot", that's one 
> brand of PDA (although Palm doesn't use that brand name anymore). At 
> one time Palm Pilots held so much of the market that's what everyone 
> called them. But PDA is more generic and accepted now. They all keep 
> track of addresses and phone numbers, appointments, to-do lists, etc.
>  
> One thing all PDA's have in common is the ability to move information 
> to and from a computer, usually just by plugging the PDA into a cable 
> and pressing a button. This process is often referred to as 
> "synching". To use a PDA for paperless caching, you download the 
> caches you want to hunt onto your computer, and from there you sync 
> them on to your PDA. Then instead of carrying sheets of paper about 
> the caches with you, you just carry your PDA out on the trail, and you 
> have all the information you need.
>  
> Depending on the type of PDA you buy and how much caching you do, you 
> may need to buy other software for either your PDA or your computer 
> (or both) to make it all work right, but that's a whole other 
> discussion. I hope this is the information you were looking for.
>  
> Steve
> Team Tierra Buena
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