Use your T610 as a GPRS Bluetooth modem paired with an Axim X50v to send and receive SMS and e-mail, browse the Web, receive faxes, update WorldMate weather and currency rates, etc...
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WiFi on a handheld? Far from being as much use as mammary glands on a bull, a wireless PDA has additional functionality over its USB-teethered brethren. Aside from wireless synching, potential roles may include downloading, controlling, accessing, communicating, informing, entertaining, printing, and updating.
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Houston, we have a problem. One of the biggest issues facing a Mac user making the transition to Pocket PC is the lack of software to synchronise secure data between the handheld device and a desktop Mac. Until such time as a developer addresses this market opportunity and creates a sync solution, here's a tip for transferring data exported from PasswordWallet for Mac and securing it on the Pocket PC.
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Pocket PCs can now do VGA i.e. 640 x 480 pixels—at least with third-party software. Here are three screen captures that provide pretty convincing proof of how useful this can be. They show a PDF instruction manual for a Seiko watch as viewed on the Palm T3 (480 x 320 pixel screen; Acrobat Reader displays non-native documents at 160 x 160 resolution) and on a Dell X50v (native PDF at semi-VGA and "real" VGA resolution). If a picture says a thousand words, here are 3000 on the difference...
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Palm or Windows Mobile? I've been firmly in the Palm camp to date, but have just acquired a Pocket PC together with Missing Sync for Windows Mobile. This is not a review of the Dell Axim X50v, but rather a functional comparison with my Palm T3 from the point-of-view of a Mac user. How did a Palm user making a trial transition to Pocket PC fair when pairing the device with Mac OS X? For given applications and functionality, does Palm or Pocket PC have the winning edge? Will he or won't he become a "switcher"? First impressions count, so I decided to document my experiences during the first 48 hours with a Pocket PC. There will be plenty to revisit in subsequent bloggings...
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I have a Palm T3 paired with a T610 which I'm generally happy with. It's my third Palm with the selling-point of flash ROM, and the third time I've seen the OS develop (slightly) with no upgrade path for existing Palm users. For example, the T3 shipped with VersaMail 2.6 which doesn't work with Gmail; 2.7 does work on the T3 although Palm does not officially support this (I guess they want you to buy a new device). So don't buy a Palm with a view to it maturing with age!
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