Re: PocketPC

2006-03-25 Thread Micha Feigin
On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 09:54:26 +0200 Dov Grobgeld [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Before you get a PocketPC instead of an dedicated music player you should check the sound quality. I got a Palm Tungsten E2 last summer and though its audio output has an annoying background noise that is immediately

Re: PocketPC

2006-03-24 Thread Oded Arbel
On Friday, 24 בMarch 2006 09:11, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: If you travel around rural Asia I would imagine that either wireless or Ethernet connections will be few and far between. In a pinch one can use the solution that we adopted on business trips in the years when iPAQs were around but WiFi

Re: PocketPC

2006-03-24 Thread Dov Grobgeld
Before you get a PocketPC instead of an dedicated music player you should check the sound quality. I got a Palm Tungsten E2 last summer and though its audio output has an annoying background noise that is immediately audiable when the handheld is turned on. My iRiver mp3-player doesn't have any

Re: PocketPC [Was: Portable MP3 player?]

2006-03-23 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 06:25:08PM +0200, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: Can you manage a PocketPC from Linux? I have an iPAQ, do you (or anyone) know of a way to sync it with Linux? A relatively painless backup solution for files/notes/phonebook/calendar/tasks is enough, I don't need to actually sync

Re: PocketPC

2006-03-23 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
Geoffrey S. Mendelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: AFIK the ones that run WinCE aka Win/XP compact edition can not. But I was (mis)using the term to include generic hardware and I know some of them have Linux out of the box. I also think there are Linux ports for some of the WinCE ones, after

Re: PocketPC [Was: Portable MP3 player?]

2006-03-23 Thread Oded Arbel
On Thursday, 23 בMarch 2006 18:30, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 06:25:08PM +0200, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: Can you manage a PocketPC from Linux? I have an iPAQ, do you (or anyone) know of a way to sync it with Linux? A relatively painless backup solution for files

Re: PocketPC

2006-03-23 Thread Maxim Vexler
On 3/23/06, Oleg Goldshmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Geoffrey S. Mendelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: AFIK the ones that run WinCE aka Win/XP compact edition can not. But I was (mis)using the term to include generic hardware and I know some of them have Linux out of the box. I also think

Re: PocketPC

2006-03-23 Thread Uri Even-Chen
How much is a pocket PC? I was thinking to buy a portable MP3 player myself, buy your E-mail reminded me that it might be better to have something that can read E-mail too. Then a pocket PC might be more suitable. I don't know. Depends on the price and how easy it is to use. I want something

Re: PocketPC

2006-03-23 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Fri, Mar 24, 2006 at 12:09:49AM +0200, Uri Even-Chen wrote: How much is a pocket PC? I was thinking to buy a portable MP3 player myself, buy your E-mail reminded me that it might be better to have something that can read E-mail too. I really don't know, good ones are about 3500 NIS, but

Re: PocketPC

2006-03-23 Thread Amos Shapira
On 3/24/06, Geoffrey S. Mendelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The problem with pocket PCs is more a question of how do you answer an email? If you are good with a tiny keyboard then you can do it. You can use Grafiti (or whatever equivalent PocketPC comes with) and virtual-keyboards to tap

Re: PocketPC

2006-03-23 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
Geoffrey S. Mendelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Fri, Mar 24, 2006 at 12:09:49AM +0200, Uri Even-Chen wrote: How much is a pocket PC? I was thinking to buy a portable MP3 player myself, buy your E-mail reminded me that it might be better to have something that can read E-mail too. I