PDA usage??
Submitted: Friday, Jun 01, 2007 at 11:13
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Member -Signman
To all the PDA users out there. The PDA is a great little gimmick for mapping- but what else can it be utilised for in the line of travelling?? We use a HP iPAQ.
I do like to have my equipment used for multi tasking (eg the missus can change a wheel AND do the cooking AND put the hubs in when required !!)
Reply By: Mr Fawlty - Friday, Jun 01, 2007 at 11:34
Friday, Jun 01, 2007 at 11:34
I am the proud owner of an original Palm Pilot. Without my plastic brain I would be late for appointments, would not be able to keep track of service needs of my fleet of vehicles, would not be able to write down jokes when I hear them so that I can recall them on an ad hoc basis...And it stores my phone contacts.
Mine dosen't have a mapping facility but it does have stored on it the colour codes for resitors, signal flags (should I ever have the need to send or recieve a signal from one of his majesty's ships) and a beaut little gem called the "Palma Sutra"... I never knew there were so many ways consenting adults could enjoy themselves.
All of it is free ware.
Great little gizmo of course super seeded by the blackberry but who cares, the marche of technologie shall neveair be alted....I'm in a french mood today No. 307 in the Palma Sutra.... Sibil, Sibil....
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Follow Up By: Member -Signman - Friday, Jun 01, 2007 at 14:10
Friday, Jun 01, 2007 at 14:10
OK on Palma Sutra- but could be limited in a 9x9 touring tent, especially with that pole up the middle !!
But then.........
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Follow Up By: Footloose - Friday, Jun 01, 2007 at 20:53
Friday, Jun 01, 2007 at 20:53
Palma Sutra ...knew a woman called Palma once...seriously...it's an Italian name I believe. But her surname wasn't Sutra.
Palm Pilots eh ? I've no time for smaller than my eyes electronic gizmos....I'm waiting for the brain chip implant technology :))))))
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Reply By: Member - 'Lucy' - Friday, Jun 01, 2007 at 12:48
Friday, Jun 01, 2007 at 12:48
Sync the sucker and you have all your contacts (and details), Calender with appointment dates etc etc.
Also you can run it the same as your lap top if you wish.
Emails if you run blur tooth/wireless
Internet
List just goes on.
Shopping lists for the wife.
How to instructions for the wife on such things as lighting a fire, preping the
toilet area, carting the water, changing the oil (just limited by your imagination.
Yep - PDA - wonderful invention
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Reply By: John R (SA) - Friday, Jun 01, 2007 at 13:16
Friday, Jun 01, 2007 at 13:16
Frequent functions of my marvellous electronic brain;
-diary
-address book
-mapping
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farm mgt software
-email (when away from
home -
check email with gadget going through phone)
-spreadsheets for stock trading, spray mixes, pasture growth, stock condition, local uhf channel users, fuel usage . . . .
-password manager
Wonderful inventions!
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Follow Up By: Member -Signman - Friday, Jun 01, 2007 at 13:20
Friday, Jun 01, 2007 at 13:20
List of UHF repeaters- Now that's a good idea:-) Thanks.
Where would you bung it- in Word or Excel ??
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Follow Up By: John R (SA) - Friday, Jun 01, 2007 at 20:42
Friday, Jun 01, 2007 at 20:42
excel - easier to sort, list & search.
I don't use word much at all on the pda.
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Reply By: MikeyS - Friday, Jun 01, 2007 at 14:18
Friday, Jun 01, 2007 at 14:18
Pdf's of instructions books for various electronic do-dads, eg, uhf radios, cut and paste track notes, and the best one, Google Earth screen shots of tracks and other locations where the electronic maps are a bit dodgy. I could turn the Google Earth images into moving maps, but I need to have a few hours of uninterrupted time to work out how to do it.
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Reply By: Member - Kingsley N (SA) - Friday, Jun 01, 2007 at 15:57
Friday, Jun 01, 2007 at 15:57
All of the above.
But be warned. If you change to Vista OS on your
home PC or laptop the HP Ipaq 2210 that is much used and favoured by a number of members will no longer synchronise with Outlook. There is no driver support from MS or HP due to the new Windows Media Centre in Vista. I don't know how other PDA's fare but my three year old model is now superceded.
Fortunately it can still be recognised as a "removable storage device" so I can load maps, files etc for OZI CE. There was an issue loading the latest CE update onto the PDA but the OziExporer site has a workaround.
Progress and security courtesy of Bill Gates. My three year old HP scanner is no longer supported either.
Kingo
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Follow Up By: Waynepd (NSW) - Sunday, Jun 03, 2007 at 06:14
Sunday, Jun 03, 2007 at 06:14
I use the palm desktop app for synching, it works on my vista laptop,
always had trouble with outlook even in XP. It kept producing multiple entries in calendar whenever i synched with it, couldn't find a fix so i switched to the desktop.
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Follow Up By: Member - Kingsley N (SA) - Sunday, Jun 03, 2007 at 14:33
Sunday, Jun 03, 2007 at 14:33
Waynepd,
I'm not sure what you are synching with Vista. Is it a Palm Pilot (Palm O/S) PDA or is a HP Ipaq PDA (pocket PC 2003 Windows OS)?
I used to have a Palm IV but it would not work with OziExplorer CE to give a moving map so I changed to the HP.
Vista expects to synch with Windows Mobile O/S
I am no computer expert, so I might have some terminologies mixed here!
Kingo
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Follow Up By: Waynepd (NSW) - Sunday, Jun 03, 2007 at 21:29
Sunday, Jun 03, 2007 at 21:29
Sorry Kingo,
I didn't spell it out in this follow up, i don't use the palm for mapping. Only synching appointments and tasks etc.
I am running a Palm T/X. It works with outlook but it kept creating new entries whenever i tried to update i have had better success with the palm desktop software
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Follow Up By: Member - JohnR (Vic)&Moses - Sunday, Jun 17, 2007 at 23:01
Sunday, Jun 17, 2007 at 23:01
Kingsley, I htought you were right for a while too but look for a program to download called Windows Mobile Device Center as a free download from MS Site Link it works with Windows Mobile 2003 ok
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Follow Up By: Member - JohnR (Vic)&Moses - Sunday, Jun 17, 2007 at 23:04
Sunday, Jun 17, 2007 at 23:04
Just as a note Kingsley, I had it working before I went OS in April
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Follow Up By: Member - Kingsley N (SA) - Monday, Jun 18, 2007 at 09:56
Monday, Jun 18, 2007 at 09:56
John,
Thanks for that link and information. I have had a quick read and it think it may be the goods!
I will download and report back later today.
Kingo
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Follow Up By: Member - Kingsley N (SA) - Monday, Jun 18, 2007 at 11:59
Monday, Jun 18, 2007 at 11:59
John,
It Works!
Thanks muchly. I was thinking about a new PDA and now the old one is OK. I also have a problem with my HP Scanner. Vista only allows limited use. I shall renew my search for a driver.
Kingo
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Follow Up By: Member - JohnR (Vic)&Moses - Monday, Jun 18, 2007 at 14:57
Monday, Jun 18, 2007 at 14:57
Glad it works mate. I quite like Vista despite the restrictions presented. Some things are a lot easier to connect.
We have a fax, scanner laser printer combo here that isn't supported. I think it is not so much Bill Gates as HP that thinks they will sell another one as this one is several years old. Planned obselesence in the computer industry you may deduce. If I want to print on the laser I have three other puters here I can do it from I guess, including the server. I guess there are a couple of other lasers on the network too, come to think of it.... {:-]
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Reply By: Sand Man (SA) - Saturday, Jun 02, 2007 at 09:54
Saturday, Jun 02, 2007 at 09:54
I'm still trying to master "bubble breaker" on mine.
I actually don't use mine for much other than turn by turn direction in the city areas and
OziExplorer in the country.
I have however, set up a little excel file to convert HK$ to AUS$ for a holiday I'm going on shortly.
I don't use the PDA for calendar functions, contact lists etc. I already have that feature on the mobile phone and it works very well with Nokia PC Suite and a blue tooth dongle.
Synchronises Office Outlook between the PC and the phone and the phone is something I always have with me.
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Follow Up By: Member - JohnR (Vic)&Moses - Saturday, Jun 02, 2007 at 10:18
Saturday, Jun 02, 2007 at 10:18
Thoughts of leaving mine on a plane seven weeks ago had me in a panic. It was fortunately just further down the cabin bag. Phew
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Reply By: Waynepd (NSW) - Sunday, Jun 03, 2007 at 06:27
Sunday, Jun 03, 2007 at 06:27
Hi Signman,
I don't use it for mapping but i get reminders for bills, meds, anniversaries etc. I also have the adobe acrobat reader installed for reading manuals etc.
It also reads word docs. I made a recipe book for
bush camp recipes, created from some posts to this very
forum last year i think it was. It travels in my King Gees workpants in its own zip pocket so it isn't a load to carry around and i can hear it call me when i need to remember something.
From a work point of view i store our shift roster, any overtime worked and some work procedures i need to be reminded of occasionally.
I bought it as a novelty/curiosity to start with now i can't function without it.
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