I am developing a directory of web sites that have information about Using Handheld Computers in various settings. Right now the directory has links to articles about handhelds being used in libraries, in schools, and in medicine. The directory will grow over time.
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Emminence Middle School in Henry County, Kentucky uses Windows CE and Pocket PC devices in a paperless classroom. This is an example of one teacher being creative, and in the process bringing technology to the classroom. And what should be even more notable is that this is not your upper-class up-scale school in the suburbs, but a small school in a rural town.
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Jim McCarthy is writing a series of articles about moving from Palm OS handhelds to Pocket PCs. The foundational article, Your New Pocket PC Is Not Your Palm, is available now, and successive articles will be available each Friday. Jim is uniquely qualified for writing these articles since he has been a Palm OS user for several years, and recently started writing about Pocket PCs. I wish I had thought of something like this for my book.
posted by Frank McPherson 12:07 PM |
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The Gadgeteer made it to the esteemed online pages of the Wall Street Journal. Not everyone gets a chance to have one of those cool WSJ pencil drawing pictures made of them. It's actually a good article on the marketing efforts of handheld computing companies, which IMHO is simply utilizing the product evangelizing that Guy Kawaski employed successfully at Apple.
posted by Frank McPherson 11:21 AM |
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Andy provides a link to a Microsoft white paper on development tools for mobile and embedded applications. I've started noodling over the idea of doing some Pocket PC programming, so this is probably worth a read when I have time.
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Today the 3Com Bluetooth USB adapter arrived via FedEx, and I have been having fun installing it on Barney and then setting up a Bluetooth connection between Barney and Harald, the Compaq iPAQ 3870. It all went rather smoothly, thanks in part to Compaq releasing a patch that specifically addresses the 3Com adapters. I bought the adapter from eCost for around $100 several weeks ago, and apparently since I received mine it is no longer backordered.
The main things that you can do with this configuration is synchronize wirelessly, transfer files from a desktop PC to the iPAQ, and exchange business cards. I also tried using ActiveSync passthru to browse web pages, and was successfully able to browse some sites, but not all. There are probably more things that I can do, which I will discover as I play more with this set up. The lone thing that is making is from being perfect is that you have to initiate synchronization in order for it to happen. Hopefully somewhere down the road Microsoft will come out with a version of ActiveSync that can autodiscover a Bluetooth connection once in range and automatically sync.
posted by Frank McPherson 11:06 PM |
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Dave's Pocket PC Page Dave is digging his new Audiovox Maestro.
posted by Frank McPherson 10:44 AM |
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Microsoft preps content locks for devices - Tech News - CNET.com I think that using Windows Media player to play music is going to get a lot more difficult.
posted by Frank McPherson 9:28 PM |
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pocketnow.com - Review - Compaq Computer Corporation's GSM/GPRS Wireless Expansion Pack This is a good review of this expansion pack from Compaq. Hopefully the delay in release to June means that some of the kinks mentioned in this article will be worked out.
posted by Frank McPherson 10:32 AM |
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Pocket PC Thoughts :: View topic - He Shoots, He Scores - Pocket PCs in the NHL Great article on a Pocket PC application developed by the Edmonton Oilers.
posted by Frank McPherson 10:25 AM |
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UMD ITSS: Wireless iPAQ The University of Minnesota Duluth required all freshman computer science engineering students to purchase Compaq iPAQ Pocket PCs.
posted by Frank McPherson 11:02 PM |
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Today I picked up the Sharp SL-5500 that I ordered from Amazon.com last week. I've started taking some notes on using the SL-5500 that will probably eventually be written into some type of article.
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So you think that Pocket PC software prices are too high. Think again.
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IBM encrypts Microdrives You can encrypt your microdrive for $29.
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allNetDevices: - Pocket PC VPN Enters Beta This will make three or four VPN clients for Pocket PCs.
posted by Frank McPherson 11:35 PM |
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IBM extends WebSphere to mobile devices "Further extending the availability of its business applications beyond the desktop, IBM on Tuesday announced WebSphere Everyplace Access."
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CTIA Wireless 2002 This is good news reported by Ernest Lilley:"I was pleased to hear at the show that HP is planning an upgrade to the Jornada 720 with more memory and some software tweaks. It's good to know they aren't abandoning the platform."
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Yahoo! News - Verizon Wireless to Expand Advanced Service Verizon's 1XRTT network is officially launched in Chicago, Pittsburgh, and St. Louis.
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Time and Chaos time management software solution Picked up this tidbit thanks to Pocket PC Thoughts. If you don't like Outlook (which you get for free with your Pocket PC) you can try out Time and Chaos, for which you can use a Pocket PC sync plugin to sync with your Pocket PC.
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IBM Microdrive Promotion - $99.95: Digital Photography Review I think it is funny how they have to emphasize that this is not an April fools joke. Is it? Well, $99 for the 340 MB microdrive sounds like a good deal, though if memory serves me right, the 340 MB drive did chew threw battery power quicker than the 1 GB drive does.
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The Dog Ate My PDA I am digging the title of this workshop being done by Brighthand and Pen Computing editor Steve Bush.
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Mobile Offline Blogger Byrce reports that beta 1 may be ready next week, and he asks how much people would be willing to pay.
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ZDNet |UK| - News - Mobile Technology - Story - Europe to get Microsoft smartphone before US Stinger cometh.. to Europe first.
posted by Frank McPherson 5:53 PM |
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Palm Pilot / PDA Comparison, Reviews and price search! The Shifted Librarian put me on to this web site, which provides price comparisons for all brands of PDAs, including Pocket PCs. They also include pricing on some Pocket PC accessories. If you are shopping for Pockt PC stuff, this might be a good place to start.
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Half.com: Computers > PDAs If you are looking for a low price on Pocket PCs, check out this site, which related to eBay but sells without having to go through an auction.
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Half.com: Compaq iPAQ H3630 $320 for an iPAQ 3630 sounds like a decent price.
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Compaq launches GSM sled in Europe, pushes back US launch to June
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