Werner
Tue May 20 09:30:04 PDT 2008
>>A lightweight phone, GPS, and MP3 might talk up as little weight and space
>>as a "loaded" PPC and spare power.<<
You can also consider getting a decent (smart)phone like the Nokia N95 that
has this all (and also a lot of features missing from the 210 / hx4700 like
an excellent camera), is very light and works just great when used as an
even HSDPA modem for the iPAQ's.
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Werner "Menneisyys" Ruotsalainen - Microsoft MVP - Windows - Mobile Devices
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"Todd Allcock" <elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote in message
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> "Terry Pinnell" <terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> wrote in message
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>> Thanks for all those helpful replies. Much to study. My initial
>> reaction to the 4470 or 210 is 'Love the screen, but wonder if it will
>> fit comfortably in my pocket during a hike?'
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> That brings up another option I hadn't explored. While I'm a huge fan of
> PPCs, they are, in essence, technological "Swiss Army Knives"- jacks of
> many trades but masters of none. Sure, it's nice to have a screwdriver on
> your knife in a pinch, but if you're intending to assemble a bookcase,
> you're going to grab a real screwdriver!
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> Perhaps a dedicated GPS unit with logging features and data-export to a PC
> might be a better purchase for you than a new PPC, since your current PPC
> still seems to work well for everything else. (Most, if not all, of your
> recent posts have been attempts to make your PPC more suitable as a hiking
> GPS.) A dedicated GPS would be more rugged , have a display intended for
> use in sunlight, and have better battery life. Most can export logging
> data to a PC for later use, just like you seem to be using your PPC for
> currently. The only real advantage I see to using a PPC for your
> situation is to cut down on weight if you were trying to replace several
> dedicated devices with a single unit (i.e. GPS, "iPod", phone- which your
> 2210 isn't, etc.) However, by the time you've lugged along a spare
> battery, battery pack, etc., separates might make more sense. Modern
> flash-based MP3 players are essentially "zero" size/weight these days and
> run all day on a single battery/charge, so using a PPC for that is
> becoming less important (although my HTC Wizard PPC phone is still my
> primary "iPod.") A lightweight phone, GPS, and MP3 might talk up as
> little weight and space as a "loaded" PPC and spare power.
>
> If you're insistent on using a PPC as your all-in-one device, you might
> consider the HTC Kaiser or it's operator-branded clones (for example, I
> believe T-Mobile UK calls it the "MDA Vario III,")- it's a WinMo phone,
> PPC and GPS all in one, and extended longer-life battery packs are
> available from third parties to allow it run longer. Werner hates it,
> because it's graphics rendering is slow due to HTC's laziness- they didn't
> write a driver to take advantage of the high-speed graphics chip inside so
> it's slower than it COULD be, but it's a solid all-in-one PPC phone,
> available at a discount from many mobile operators. (Which is another
> reason the standalone PPC market is dying- when a mobile operator offers
> PPC phones at subsidized prices, it makes standalones much higher priced
> comparitively. My HTC Wizard cost me less from T-Mo USA than I paid for
> ANY previous standalone PPC I've ever purchased.)
>
> Good luck!
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