Re: Update Pocket PC's internet browser

Let me just point out a couple of basic truths. There have never been upgrades to the version of PIE on a particular device. There have been upgrades to PIE that came with new OS releases, and those came if you had the opportunity to upgrade your device, or bought a new one.

The 4150 is an old device. It runs PPC2003. Since then is PPC2003SE (Second Edition which actually was more significant an upgrade than the name implies), Windows Mobile 5, and Windows Mobile 6. The 4150 has no upgrade path to any of these.

PIE has changed a lot since PPC2003, but I certainly couldn't guess if the changes would help you. I would suggest following Bev's suggestion to put a sample page up somewhere so that folks could try it for you with WM5/6, and let you know, or get a WM6 device and test it. You are working with a device 3 generations, and at least 4 years, behind. For a current similar device take a look at HPs new iPAQ 111 ( http://www.shopping.hp.com/product/handheld/PC/1/storefronts/FA979AA%2523ABA )

If getting current PPCs isn't an option, and it may not even be a solution, then I would consider developing in VB or C+ for the PPC side of the system. I am assuming you are working with some sort of DB backend, as you are working with ASP. PPCs of the 4150 era did support DB connections quite easily with ADOCE, and the forms were relatively easy to construct with the development tools of the time.

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Sven
MS MVP Mobile Devices
"Kbalz" <Kurtas.Balczak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:f4bd39dd-9380-4770-828a-65b19a814c6f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Jan 17, 3:44 pm, Kbalz <Kurtas.Balc...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jan 17, 2:48 pm, "Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]"





<BevNoSpamBevHoward.com> wrote:
> >> I'm finding large limitations in the browser that Pocket PC uses.. <<

> <grin>

> Short answer, there is no "upgrade" to pie but there are alternatives,
> so, welcome to the club...

> the answer lies in your goal...

> do you want your pages to display on all pocketpc's...

> ...or do you plan to require upgrades for all pocketpc's who may visit
> your pages?

> If the former, the key is to understand pie's capabilities and
> options... for example, the multiple display modes and the "assumed
> default" for screen size not being the same as the screen size...
> confused yet? ;-)

> If the latter, there are alternate browsers available as well as a
> couple of pie "helpers" ...google time.

> Personally, my suggestion would be to learn the ppc's capabilities and
> write for those so that loading software is not necessary to visit your
> pages.

> Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

Its actually just for our company intranet, there will be 8-10 of
these Pocket PCs held around our shop floor, as well as a few PC
stations. So I would be able to manage upgrades needed for Pocket PCs
yes. Minimo seems to be a dead project, I'm trying the beta version
that is available for 4.2 at the moment. I'll look into Opera, but my
first thought was that you had to pay for their mobile version. I
finally got the serial connection working to it so I'll try these
helpers! Thx,- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Minimo is OUT.

straight html:

<table><tr><td>Test</td><td>Test2<td></tr></table>

Displays:

Test
Test2

Wow!

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