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rjbull:
I never really understood why one would buy a PDA over, say a laptop. The only good use I can think of is to run GPS software,...
-Gothi[c] (May 27, 2006, 04:09 PM)
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Looks like the Next Big Thing is decreed to be the "ultra-mobile computer," UMPC (formerly codenamed "Origami").  You can read a review of one such, the Samsung Q1, here

Appears to be a modest-sized (about 9 x 10 inches) tablet PC which includes ideas from PDAs and smartphones.

rjbull:
tsaint,

I purchased a database
-tsaint (May 30, 2006, 05:04 AM)
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Were you looking for a "widgets" dBase-type database, or something like Bonsai or ListPro?

search - never-ending - for freeware which met my needs. Have found a lot which Ive been happy with.

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Do you have links for specially useful sites?

Thanks in advance...

app103:
This is a Jornada 540...old but quite useful. (keyboard sold separately but I have that too...full sized and folds up to same size as the Jornada.)

I love reading ebooks on it and prefer it for that use over reading them on the desktop.

I also have 2 cellular modems for it that double as extra battery life. You can probably find one of these on ebay dirt cheap, if you are the kind that likes ebay.


It runs WinCE 3.0.

It has a web browser (Pocket IE), Pocket Word, Pocket Excel, email software, MSN, AIM, Yahoo, calculator, address book, very nice scheduling calendar with alarms, the famous solitaire game, Windows Media Player, MS Reader, and other stuff too.

This Jornada used to belong to my dad. It stored in a custom protective case made from leather covered sheet metal, lined with satin covered foam. If you dropped the case, it will NOT end up broken.  Once he was pushed down and fell in a subway station in NYC, with this in the inside pocket of his suit jacket, landing with his full body weight on it. The Jornada didn't break...not a scratch on it from the incident, but he did have some really nasty bruises on his ribs from landing on the case.

PDAs - any use?
PDAs - any use?

tsaint:
Were you looking for a "widgets" dBase-type database, or something like Bonsai or ListPro?
-rjbull (June 05, 2006, 04:37 AM)
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I bought handbase from http://www.ddhsoftware.com/palm_software.html?UID=
I used to monitor several sites for palm news and software ..eg -

http://palmaddict.typepad.com/palmaddicts/
http://www.clieuk.co.uk/index.shtml
http://www.1src.com/
http://www.spug.net/

For specific shareware/freeware repositories, you could look at:

http://freewarepalm.com/
http://zdnet.com.com/2001-2008-0.html
http://dmoz.org/Computers/Systems/Handhelds/Palm_OS/Software/
http://www.eurocool.com/type/?type=Freeware

Of course you have to wade through a lot of junk to find stuff that suits

tony

rjbull:
I bought handbase from http://www.ddhsoftware.com/palm_software.html?UID=
-tsaint (June 05, 2006, 06:29 AM)
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Thanks.

Of course you have to wade through a lot of junk to find stuff that suits

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Ah, yes.  Again...

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