Personally I've owned a 3870 and a 5450, and the only comment I'd make to you is that over time (And a little abuse) the 3xxx series on buttons work loose (I had 2 replacements in the 9 months I owned it!) I've had the 5450 for nearly 3 months now and it's not even remotely showing the same signs as the 3870 of working loose. So given that I'd chose the 5450. Not to mention the WIFI capability (If thats an issue) making it more "mobile" suitable.
In the UK they're currntly doing deals with iPAQ's and bluetooth mobiles, and as I use a bluetooth mobile on GPRS to connect on the go I can highly recomend it. However you can get a GSM expansion pack for the iPAQ if desireable (However the battery takes a kicking).
Also an advantage the 5450 has is the replacable battery, if your operatives are out for a long time you can invest in additional batterys for them (As far as I know the iPAQ 5450 is the only PPC that you can do this with).
So all in all the 5450 is a lot better.. I can't really comment on the processor power in comparison to the 39xx series because I never owned one... but from what I've seen they're virtually identical.
Hope I've been a help... any more questions on the 5450, please post back.
Jay
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by: rrhunt28Posted on 2003-05-06 at 13:41:48ID: 8474738
I have not seen any phone stuff for ipaq's but ipaqs are awsome power houses. I use a samsung I-330 with sprint. It does pretty well, but not near the power of a ipaq.