Hi Robert, Thanks for response. I have in mind to set up my wireless access point on my home LAN today, so I should then be able to exchange data between XP and my PK over the LAN without fighting Microsludge Activecync!
Cool use of yours, the Wi-Fi approach to restaurant menu access - now that's what I call good use of portable kit! It's interesting to note, actually, that I've completely crossed the opinion river in terms of PDAs for vi folk. I used to be firmly convinced that the way forward wasn't to make dedicated machines specifically designed with us in mind, and that the right way was to run screen access products in bog standard commercial machines. But here I am now having invested good savings in a PK, having studied the whole business for some time before taking the plunge. I've been less than impressed with the attempts to run screen readers in vanilla CE, and they certainly don't perform as well as the hype would have you believe. As I watch the whole PDA industry develop, I'm seeing machines appearing with less and less usable elements for vi users on them, yet we need to take advantage of the whole concepts if we're to hold down professional positions. The PDAs used by colleagues are tiny and seem to be driven by and large by pointing devices like pens, an approach not exactly designed for us. Once you start having to add external kit such as conventional keyboards, Braille displays and the like, these systems lose much of the portability offered to the sighted user. On the other hand, the PK is pretty easy to take around and still supports many of the features we see in conventional systems, so it gets my vote! Paul.
