iPAQ is faster and has screen which is very good for outdoor usage. Unfortunately, it's also plagued with the multiple button problem, which means that it does not register 2 button presses in the same time. However, it can register when you press center of the keypad along with other button, but diagonals and other for games important controls simply do not work. iPAQ has many other problems such as dust going under the screen, stylus jamming, sound popping, digitizer not registering stylus moves correctly etc, and as far as I know all these problems are still there even in the most recent iPAQ revisions. Compaq has promised fixes for some of these (not for buttons!) but I don't know if anybody got these new devices. Also, IMHO, iPAQs screen is very bad and washed out indoors.

Casio has incredible screen indoors, but for outdoor usage is not very good. It also does not have any problem of the above (or any other for that matter) but it's processor is slower which shows in MAME. Still, a lot of games in MAME are perfectly playable on Casio and I'm very happy to have it.

My suggestion: Go for the Casio EM-500. You can buy it at amazon.com, receive free 28MB memory card and get $100 rebate from Casio. For that money you can buy 64MB memory card and have device with 80MB memory for about $500 US (plus a spare 28MB card). I'm sure you won't find better deal anywhere else.



> Hello! I'm going to buy a new handheld these days, and I'd like to know, which
> of them is the best for playing MAME. I'm wondering for ipaq 3630 or E-125, been
> most closely to ipaq... If you know something please tell me your opinion.
> Thanks.
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