Posting from a pocket PC!

[EdipisReks]

a friend of my fathers had an hp jornada 568 for $150. surprisingly my dad remembered that i wanted a pocket pc and he bought it for me. the thing rocks! i can't wait until i get a wireless network card and a 512 mb compact flash card! i dont know how i ever lived without one of these things!

 

[Wingznut]

Welcome to the world of PocketPC!

Be sure you get WisBar... It's an awesome utility.

 

[Dacalo]

i have jornada 568 as well, it is a nifty little device

 

[human2k]

Wow, thats a great price you got it for, cheapest price I can find is $280.

 

[fatbaby]

I have a question...

How long would it take for you to read a 50 post thread where the average post is 1.5 paragraphs?

That will take me about 5 minutes if i'm in reading comprehension mode and using a 17" monitor at 1024x768

 

[ozone13]

Bah....I've had a Compaq ipaq, HP Jornada, and Palm M505. Tried them all to see if I'd actually use them. Needless to say, after the newness wore off, they've been sitting on my shelf for months. Not worth the money, IMO.

 

[EdipisReks]

well, i'm going to use this for notes in class, so i imagine i'll use it every day.

 

[Wingznut]

I use mine every single day. I don't know how some people at work live without them.

 

[Joony]

I use mine for internet, AIM, mp3s, note taking, e-mail, contacts, movies, GPS navigation, and tasks. I also do some light gaming on it. I have a Toshiba E740

Thunderhawk is the best broswer for PPC, too bad theres a yearly service fee. There is a 30day trial, try it, I love it! Another alternative to the slow IE explorer would be netfront.

get AIM for free from AIM UK. The US version of it requires money for some reason...

Best mp3 player would be withmp3

best file explorer program, you can also map network drives to stream mp3s or such

best mpeg player, best divx player Be sure to lower bitrate and resolution so that it works decently on your PPC

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: Joony
I use mine for internet, AIM, mp3s, note taking, e-mail, contacts, movies, GPS navigation, and tasks. I also do some light gaming on it. I have a Toshiba E740

Thunderhawk is the best broswer for PPC, too bad theres a yearly service fee. There is a 30day trial, try it, I love it! Another alternative to the slow IE explorer would be netfront.

get AIM for free from AIM UK. The US version of it requires money for some reason...

Best mp3 player would be withmp3

best file explorer program, you can also map network drives to stream mp3s or such

best mpeg player, best divx player Be sure to lower bitrate and resolution so that it works decently on your PPC

I just use PocketDIVX to play my MP3's. No need to have two different programs

 

[astroview]

I've heard bad things about pocket IE, what do you think about it?

 

[Joony]

Originally posted by: astroview
I've heard bad things about pocket IE, what do you think about it?

its too slow at loading high resolution websites. its good for light browsing and avantgo. if you want to make it better, get MultiIE, its an addon for Pocket IE for stuff like full screen and such but it dosen't improve speed at all.

 

[vetteguy]

I had a 568 once. I think overall it was my favorite Pocket PC (and I've had many!).