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TopSun, 03 Dec 2006
Dec 03, 2006, 23:58
[home/pocket_pc] Update: Please, someone comment? I’m all full of angst right now. You’ll probably laugh, because for the average person, this would be no big deal at best. But I’ve recently found myself in a terrible dilemna— at least it has been frustrating and annoying to me— and I’m hoping someone out there can direct me. I’ve been using Pocket PCs and palm PCs since the E10 and E11 by Casio years ago. I’ve had about five or six different ones, and the most recent was the Ipaq 6300 series with the camera, cell phone, blue tooth, and wireless integrated. It was given to me by a very wonderful and generous person. The screen had been cracked, so I ordered a new one, and repaired the LCD myself. I’ve hated this Pocket PC (sorry Gary!!). It’s been the worst of all of them— slow, fickle, and fragile, and gives me unexplained hard resets right when I need it to be there. This morning I noticed the screen was cracked again, with black ink oozing down the left side under the glass. I’m kind of sad because I used it as my portable brain— it’s my cell phone, my Bible, my novel library, my calendar, email, contacts, note taker, voice recorder, and GPS unit rolled into one device. So it’s time to decide what’s next for me. Do I even want to stay with Pocket PCs, or is it time to just give these ppc jobs to a fancy cell phone? Or to a pad of paper? This is where you come in. I hope you can help me! What is the right device for me? Does such a beast exist? Can you direct me? Any help you can give would be so appreciated. This is one time when I’m desperate for a few comments. Thanks!
CRACKED Again… HELP Me
~Jason
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Fri, 15 Jul 2005
Jul 15, 2005, 08:38
[home/pocket_pc] Because of the trouble I’ve had with my Dell Axim X5 pocket pc lately, I’m thinking about replacing it. I’ve got my eye on the newest Dell Axim, X50V, which is an amazing unit. It’s a 624MHz PDA, with built-in WiFi and built-in Bluetooth! It runs Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003, 2nd Edition and includes Media Player 10. The screen is a brilliant 3.7” color VGA display with 640x480 resolution and has an integrated Intel 2700G multimedia accelerator with 16MB video memory!! It comes with 64MB SDRAM and 128MB Intel StrataFlash ROM. One of the things I love about this PPC is that it includes CompactFlash Type II! So many pocket pc’s seem to ditch compact flash in favour of SD. Not this Axim. It manages to include Secure Digital, SDIO Now, and MMC card slots all in one device! This is important to me because my GPS, hard-wire network card, and modem are all CF. Not to mention the three or four flash memory cards I’ve got. I also love that it has VGA-out support so I can connect it to a projector and show PowerPoint presentations. Not that I ever would use this, but you never know! So I’m haunting Ebay lately. Looks like I should be able to get it with a few extras for about $350 USD. Maybe less, but then there’s shipping too. Speaking of Ebay, a guy tried to scam me last night. Word to the wise: never, ever, ever pay for an auction with Western Union. There’s a strong chance you’ll never get your purchase if you do.
Dell Axim X50V
Demonstrating ServiceBuilder to a client might be a lot simpler using the pocket pc.
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Tue, 04 May 2004
May 04, 2004, 00:38
[home/pocket_pc] BibleReader - This is a no-brainer. I like to carry a couple of translations around for comparison, specifically Todays English Version, and The Message. I used to carry the Greek around too, but gave up on that.
Calendar - I put all my appointments in here, with fifteen minute reminders. My PPC beeps at me when I forget, and 15 minutes is just enough time to get most places…
Contacts - Emails, phone numbers, directions to homes, and stuff like that.
Notes - Odd scriblings that don’t fit elsewhere. Lyrics to songs I write, journal entries, ideas, doodles…
Tasks - This is the most important part of my organizing. When there’s something I’ve got to do, I put it in here. I check this list multiple times of day to be sure I can’t procrastinate on an item any longer.
GPS - This is ‘yet to come’, as I’ve just bought a GPS over the Internet and it hasn’t arrived yet. I hope to do GeoCacheing with it; going on hikes with the family to discover hidden treasure.
Handstory - Handstory is a simple little text viewer, and nothing spectacular in itself— except for the desktop extension. When browsing, I can highlight text, right click, and then choose ‘copy to pocket pc.’ Instantly the text is downloaded to my PPC and ready to go. Or, I can select text and copy it, then click on the Handstory tray icon near my clock to do the same thing. Neat eh?
Notepad - I use notepad to Journal in my own language.
Passman - This is where I keep all my passwords for the various sites, software, etc. that I use. One place to keep em means I don’t lose them… I HOPE!
PocketStreets - This is funny. Pay attenion now, this is complex. Microsoft used to give away this software for free, version 1.0 or something. It was the MAPS you had to pay for, and so it wasn’t much use on it’s own. Well, recently they reversed it. Now the maps are free, and you have to pay for the software. Only the new free maps don’t work on the old free software… unless! Unless you happen to have a slick little conversion program which changes ONE BIT in the maps to make it readable on the PPC. So I have free maps and free software. The only thing is, I want the functionality in the new program, so I’ll likely buy it eventually.
Reader - I only read Ebooks, which really annoys just about everybody I run into who like to read. They like books. They say they like the smell of them, the texture, the experience. I like the fact that I have half-a-dozen books at my fingertips at any given time. Currently Wuthering Heights, Dracula, and The Importance of Being Ernest are in my to read list.
CedeFTP and FTPView - These two programs are both on my PPC because I can’t decide which one I like better. They’re both FTP clients for connecting to the church or my home networks over the Internet.
FTP Server - This is for turning my little PPC into a server so I can grab files off of it when it’s on the Internet. I never use it, so this is more of a novelty item.
Inbox - My mail application for sending an checking Internet mail, or syncing up with office mail through the cradle.
Internet Explorer - Guess?
Messenger - This is a chat application which I hardly ever use because I hate being… excuse me?… interrupted.
PocketFeed - Lets me grab RSS news feeds from friends blogs etc., and read them from the pocket pc. I have to be online to sync up.
RSS Viewer - Lets me grab RSS news feeds through ActiveSync, and read them at my convenience.
TCP/IP Address - A little app so I know what my IP address is.
Mobile Painting - Omm, for painting. Amazing program and you can do just about anything apparently. I’m not so good yet, but I like the program kinda.
Pictures - I can view a slideshow of all my sweeties, zoom in, crop, rotate, read my digital camera, etc. with this cool little program. It came with the Dell Axim X5.
Playlist Editor - For editing playlists.
Pocket MVP - I love this. I sometimes don’t get to watch a rented DVD with the family, so I’ll rip it, and send it to the pocket PC as a DIVX, then watch it bit by bit 10 minutes at a time over the next month!
Windows Media - MP3s, AVIs, and WMAs.
Pocket Excel - I keep track of mileage for work using a spreadsheet, then sync up and print it.
Pocket Word - Don’t use it a lot, but handwriting recognition in this program is killer.
PocketMoney - Don’t use it, got it free when I bought my folding keyboard.
SprintDB Pro - This is INCREDIBLE. This is easily the best piece of pocket PC software I’ve even owned. It’s basically a little pocket Access database with it’s own kind of programming basic. I am still learning but it seems there is no limit to what you can do with this program.
ActiveSync - Just lets you sync up with your desktop computer.
AvantGo - For grabbing web pages while you’re in the cradle, so you can read them anywhere.
dotPocket - I like this program, but it’s just expired and I haven’t bought it yet. dotPocket lets you change the width and height dimensions of your pocket pc, then control it from your desktop. Basically, your pocket PC becomes your desktop, so that your mouse and keyboard interact with it. It’s great.
ezyUnZIP - For zipping and unzipping files. Great if I download something while surfing with the pocket pc, and want to view or install it.
PHM Registry Editor - For hacking your registry. Don’t use it much.
Reminders - The 2003 Pocket PC doesn’t keep beeping if you don’t respond right away. I guess it’s trying to save batteries, but I like to be able to have it repeat the alarm until I hear it, so this program restores that feature.
vxUtilities - Network stuff like ping, finger, etc.
Rotating Playlist - When I sync up in the cradle, my 128 MB SD Ram card fills up with new mp3s from my music collection. I’ve always got new tunes to listen to!
What To Do With a Pocket PC
I am always interested when people describe what they use their computers for— the software they use, the purposes they serve. I thought it might be fun to outline some of my pocket PC uses, and perhaps make some of the software available here for people who can’t find it on the ‘net anymore.
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Thu, 13 Nov 2003
Nov 13, 2003, 20:17
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Quicken for Pocket PC
All I can say is “it’s availble” which isn’t what you want to hear. I used to enter all my money info using Pocket Microsoft Money, and then sync it with the bigger version, but I got tired of doing it. 
I’m not sure how the interface is for Quicken. I’m also not certain how many pocket pc users actually view my site…
~Jason
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Sat, 02 Aug 2003
Aug 02, 2003, 17:27
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New Pocket PC
FINALLY! I’ve been using an old E-115 by Casio for three years now, and I bought it when it was two years old already! Now I’ve got the new DELL X5! It’s amazing, and I’m looking forward to trying it out.
My Cassiopeia E115 (and my first E10, for that matter) stopped working first because their screens stopped being touch sensitive! How annoying that was. I read a bit about how to fix it by replacing the screen, and even took it apart, but decided in the end to just buy a new one. It hurt the wallet, but some things I just cannot live without! 
~Jason
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