4. Conclusion

Toshiba had already pleased us with the e570. And now we are completely won over. The e310 is the device you need if you are looking for a good-quality Pocket PC without ruining your budget. If you want to use it as an MP3 player as well, we advise you to be prepared to buy an SD card too, with at least 64 MB.

It must be said that this foretaste has given us an appetite. Now we can't wait to get a look at the future e740. This PDA, out of the wraps in mid-June for release at the end of June, has the same look as the e310. It will be the first Pocket PC with the new Intel Xscale technology processor and running at 400 MHz with icing on the cake in the form of an ATI video chip. A real technological exploit, the e740 will come in three versions: the basic one at $600 (799 euros), one with Bluetooth software and finally, a WiFi-compatible version, with the latter two versions being more expensive.

This will not prevent us from finishing on a note of some resentment. How is it that Toshiba can sell the e310 for less than $400 in the States, yet for 600 euros in Europe? Whatever you add in tax and conversion rates, the difference, in spite of all the product's qualities, is hard to understand.