You can use iAdmin mobile to remotely administrate Windows NT/2000/XP/.NET networks from a Pocket PC.
posted by Frank McPherson 12:35 PM |
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pocketnow.com Discussion - pocketnow News: RemoteAMP 1.1 Released I recently started using Winamp V3 as my MP3 player at home, so I need to check this program out.
posted by Frank McPherson 12:29 PM |
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Instant Answers With PDA Pop Quiz Work Forest University's PocketClassroomTM is featured in this Wired article. Similar technology is being used in an Arizona Middle school as well, though I think PocketClassroom provides more features for the instructor.
posted by Frank McPherson 12:23 PM |
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AtomicDB.com - PocketPC - PocketRSS Cool, another RSS feed client for Pocket PCs. If you want to check this program out, you can try the RSS feed for this log. BTW, you might notice the orange XML button at the bottom of this page. That's button provides the RSS feed for this log.
posted by Frank McPherson 12:17 PM |
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I wasn't too interested in the Razor Zayo when I first saw it on Pocket PC Tools, but these pictures have me intrigued.
posted by Frank McPherson 3:45 PM |
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Yahoo! News - U.S. Wireless Internet Users Reach 10 Million "While there are more Internet users with cell phones, a much higher proportion of PDA owners report using those devices to go online." Hopefully the increase in usage will correspond to lower prices.
posted by Frank McPherson 3:11 PM |
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I dig the product placement.
posted by Frank McPherson 11:02 AM |
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I've been using the Toshiba E740 as my main Pocket PC. With the built-in 802.11b radio, and the Socket CompactFlash Bluetooth card, it provides me with complete wireless connectivity, and it has a Secure Digital slot for storage, along with 64 MB of built-in RAM. For me it is darn near perfect, but unfortunately not absolutely perfect.
One problem is the location of the battery lock. It is at the left bottom side of the E740, which apparently is a location that makes it vulnerable for being moved. It has moved on me on several occasions, which I notice when the E740 won't turn on. In one instance a few weeks ago I accidentally caused a hard reset because I pressed the soft reset button while the switch was moved. Since the switch moves so easily it is something that I have to always be concerned about. This is a very bad design by Toshiba, and I think the switch should be recessed on the back of the device so that it can only be moved by using a stylus. (Such as the case for the soft reset button.)
Another problem is the screen, or rather the front light of the screen. It simply does not have the hourse power of the iPAQs, making it harder to see the screen outdoors. You can see the screen, and I actually don't use it outdoors often, but the screen does make it difficult to use the E740 with GPS receivers in a car. Another problem with using the E740 for a GPS is the volume, which at maximum is still softer than the iPAQ's. Fortunately, the Arkon multimedia PDA holder can compensate for the lower volume.
These two problems are not deal stoppers, but they do keep me from being completely satisfied. Right now I plan on continuing to use the E740 as my main Pocket PC.
posted by Frank McPherson 10:04 AM |
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Not a good impression. Last night I got around to trying out the Pharos iGPS CompactFlash receiver, and I ran into several problems. I downloaded all the latest versions of the software from Pharos' web site and then installed them on my Toshiba E740. Then I headed outside to test out the GPS and I waited for 15 minutes for the GPS to aquire the satellites, with no luck. One of the problems is that the setup module for the Ostia software doesn't want to work on the E740, so I decided to install the software on a Toshiba E570. The setup module worked as designed on that, but I still was not able to aquire satellites.
I was beginning to think that something was wrong with the receiver, as I went to Pharos' support site. While reading the FAQ I found out about a JumpStart program that they suggest using if one has difficulty connecting to the satellites. I installed that on the 570 and headed back outside, and with a little fiddling I managed to get the receiver working. Then I decided to install the JumpStart program on the E740 and see if I could get it to work.
The setup module probably simply establishes the COM port for the receiver. I manually changed the COM port selection to COM1, and with the JumpStart program and some fiddling I got the receiver working on the 740. By the time that I was done it was late, so all I could do was walk around a bit to verify that the receiver actually tracked my location.
This morning I decided to try the receiver out on my way in to work. That turned out to be a complete failure because the receiver had a very difficult time aquiring satellites. I briefly locked in when I stopped, but as soon as I started moving it lost connection. I had the E740 sitting in my Arkon multimedia iPAQ cupholder, so the receiver was not by the windshield. I do have a external antenna for the receiver, but if I have to plug in the antenna then don't I lose some of the convenience that the receiver is supposed to provide? My Garmin eMAP receiver has no problems connecting to satellites, and I usually just leave it on the passenger seat. I don't think the Garmin has a larger antenna, so I am a bit disappointed by the iGPS' performance, though not tremendously surprised.
Version 3.3 of the Ostia software addresses some of the problems that I have had with this program. Previous versions did not auto route when you went off course, and it didn't support multiple maps. While I haven't tested it yet, this latest version has a option for auto re-routing and another setting for specifying how many maps can be opened at the same time. Pharos brakes maps down into multiple files, and does not provide a way for you create your own map files like you can with Pocket Co-Pilot. And worse, since previously you couldn't load more than one map at a time, if you travel out of range of the map the screen goes blank, and you had to manually load the map for the area that you where in. Hopefully this multiple map loading addresses that problem. Pharos also now provides highway maps broken into four regions of the country, which should help for long trips, though I fear they don't have much detail to handle situations when you go off the highway.
posted by Frank McPherson 9:17 AM |
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If you find yourself with duplicate contact records in Outlook, download the Outlook Contacts Scrubber.
posted by Frank McPherson 7:38 PM |
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I am surprised that I cannot find on the Internet a simple comparison of the wireless data plans provided by the major mobile carriers in the United States. So I did a little surfing and put together my own price summary.
The comparison shows that Sprint has the best pricing right now for their wireless data, with T-mobile's coming out as the worst. Unfortunately, Sprint PCS doesn't have any phones with Bluetooth nor do they have a Pocket PC Phone edition offering, though as I posted earlier today, that may be changing in the near future.
I found the price information from Verizon to be confusing since they don't quote data rate prices. Instead they provide prices that combine voice and data minutes. Presumably that means you pay for connect time using Verizon's Express Network, which defeats one of the major benefits of packet-based networks where you can be continuously connected and only pay for the amount of data that you send and receive.
I was also unsuccessful in finding any pure wireless data information on Cingular Wireless' web site. They have references to RIM interactive paging, their Internet Express offerring is purely for WAP. There is an obscure reference to being able to use a phone as a wireless modem, but for the purposes of this pricing summary that is not the type of information I am looking for.
If you have any additional information that I don't cover here, please let me know.
posted by Frank McPherson 3:40 PM |
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I'm digging through the archives here, and I see that back last July Toshiba announced the E570, and said they would offer a model with built-in wireless starting in April of this year. We now know that device to be the E740. The same post notes that Toshiba hopes to gain 20% of the Pocket PC market. In April of this year we got official word about the E310, but the E740 was just a rumor. The E740 didn't make it's appearance until June of this year.
posted by Frank McPherson 2:59 PM |
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Notes From The Cave : Global Positioning Systems for Pocket PCs This is a FAQ of Pocket PC GPS receivers and software that I have accumulated over the years.
posted by Frank McPherson 11:46 AM |
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Pocket PC Passion - NexiPhone NexiPhone is a voice-over-IP application for Pocket PCs that can also work with the NexiCam iPAQ digital camera sleeve to provide video conferencing.
posted by Frank McPherson 9:26 AM |
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Pocket PC Thoughts :: View topic - Samsung SPH-i700 Pocket PC Phone Edition looks ready to go! I don't know about you, but I think this device looks ugly. And according to Ed it may not have any slots. I wonder how much this one will cost?
posted by Frank McPherson 9:19 AM |
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Cambridge - vxSniffer turns a Pocket PC into a network monitoring tool. It costs $59, with a 30 day eval available.
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