Who here has a PDA?

[TitanDiddly]

What do you all do with your PDAs? I have a Zire 31 that I'm not using to its full potential. I used to read books on it, but the trial I had of Documents to Go expired. Does anyone know of a freeware program that can read text files? Or, read some other format that I can convert my TXTs and DOCs to?

Cheers,
Ned

 

[compnovice]

Open Source

 

[swtethan]

I have 1 pda and 1 pocket pc, both are now paperweights.

 

[igowerf]

I have a Pocket PC and I just use it to watch videos and read eBooks. Surfing the web or document editing is pretty painful on such a little screen.

 

[TitanDiddly]

Originally posted by: igowerf
I have a Pocket PC and I just use it to watch videos and read eBooks. Surfing the web or document editing is pretty painful on such a little screen.

What do you use to read the ebooks? What format?

 

[JDrake]

I've written essays on a PDA when I'm not a computer

 

[eelw]

Palm m515. Mapopolis and games is what I mostly use it for. When this one dies, will get a PPC so I can watch videos on the PDA.

 

[swtethan]

Originally posted by: joedrake
I've written essays on a PDA when I'm not a computer

omg that must be painful unless you have akeyboard

 

[igowerf]

Originally posted by: TitanDiddly

Originally posted by: igowerf
I have a Pocket PC and I just use it to watch videos and read eBooks. Surfing the web or document editing is pretty painful on such a little screen.

What do you use to read the ebooks? What format?

There's a Pocket PC programm called uBook. The older versions were free, so I've stuck with the last free version. It supports most formats, but I mainly read txt files from Gutenberg Project.

 

[FoBoT]

nope
never figured out how i would use it enough

 

[Fenixgoon]

<---- Palm 3C owner

I use it for my class schedule, writing HW notes, meetings, etc.

 

[0roo0roo]

nope. pdas aren't exactly cool anymore u know. one reason palm took a dive.

 

[JDrake]

Originally posted by: swtethan

Originally posted by: joedrake
I've written essays on a PDA when I'm not a computer

omg that must be painful unless you have akeyboard

Nah, it's pretty much just like handwriting an essay

 

[Ika]

i've been considering getting a PDA, mostly for scheduling and datebooking. not sure if it's worth it though.

 

[OdiN]

I have a PDA Phone - Treo 700w. It's the only way I could stand having a PDA. I hated carrying around both a phone and a PDA.

It's nice because I can schedule all my appointments on it if I'm away from my computer, etc.

 

[BrokenVisage]

I have an Axim x30 and use it for appointments, mp3's, movies, to leave notes, and most importantly it runs my GPS software.

 

[BornStar]

I have a m515 and some iPaq. I never use either.

 

[SampSon]

I still don't see the huge advantages of a PDA.

 

[Aquaman]

I am getting a palm tz and a gps transponder 🙂

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[DaWhim]

sony clie th50

i carry it when I go out. I can't live without one.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

blackberry>PDA

 

[TitanDiddly]

Originally posted by: compnovice
Open Source

That site is great. I got a program from there to convert .txt to .pdb, I'm all good now. Thanks all!

BTW- I use my PDA for reading books almost exclusively.

 

[Slew Foot]

Sad, I opened this thread thinking it was about Patent Ductus Ateriosus.

 

[KarenMarie]

i have an ipaq 3600 series that has sat in the holder and in the closet for about 18 months. i just HAD to have it and once i got it... well, within a week, it was collecting dust.

 

[RossMAN]

Dell Axim x50v

I use it mostly on my commute to/from work, watch video clips, listen to MP3's, view web pages, play games.