Re: Soon To Be Ex-Palm User With Newbie PocketPC Questions
- From: "ecm" <thedeepabyss@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 30 Apr 2005 15:04:44 -0700
m...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Being able to access
> >documents directly off the server HDD with a WiFi connection is a
big
> >plus.
>
> That sounds very cool and really intrigues me....
> thinking on doing this myself
>
> But can you expand a bit on just how useful it is... in
> what way useful?
The network share was very similar to doing it with a laptop over WiFi;
I set up the shared directory on the "server" computer (my desktop) and
navigated to it with the Pocket PC - from file explorer click on the
little hand holding the grey box at the bottom; then type in
//comp-name/<enter>, and enter user name and password and you're
golden. It was really simple. I think the secret is to set the network
type to "Work" rather than "Internet" so it treats it like a LAN rather
than asking to set up a VPN. It's like having a 160GB HDD attached to
my PPC -I'd say it's pretty useful....
I've been using it to upload/download photos and mp3's to the desktop
computer so far; I have most of my photos from the last 10 years and
almost all of the music I've ever bought on a RAID 1 array. I'm sorting
through and editing pics with Resco's Photo editing program (included
with the X50/X50v), and then sending them back to the server. Works OK;
I haven't been able to get a proper color profile for the X50v's
screen, so I limit myself to sorting, orientation and cropping.
The MP3's have to be copied to the PPC to play, unfortunately, I
haven't been able to figure out how to "stream" them.... give me
time.....
I've also backed up the PPC to the desktop this way so I can leave the
cradle at work.
m...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >Now that it's done I'm actually happy I made the switch; for the
same
> >price as a T5 (I bought my X50v refurbed) I got more memory, built
in
> >WiFi, both a CF and SD slot, and a replaceable battery. I also got a
> >device that probably isn't going away (a la Sony Clie) any time
> >soon.....
>
> So you are glad you went from Palm to PPC so far?
Yeah, I am; IMHO Palm is dying.... unless they make the leap to
Unix/Linix or at least start offering a significantly more complete OS
they're on the way out. There's been no significant improvement in
their devices or OS for at least 3 years. Lean and mean is one thing,
but lack of features will kill you.
It's not been an easy transition to Windows Mobile, though. It's NOT a
"full" OS, even though it's much more complete (or complex...) than
PalmOS; I'm still trying to figure out what I can and can't do with
it....
ECM
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