PDA Question
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I'm still searching for the perfect gift for Krista. Is it possible to have a PDA that when home you can connect to a full size keyboard and monitor? The PDA also needs either its own Internet/email access or be able to communicate with my wireless access point. Does such a thing exist? Cheers, Tom Archer Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic. * Inside C# -Second Edition * Visual C++.NET Bible * Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework
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I'm still searching for the perfect gift for Krista. Is it possible to have a PDA that when home you can connect to a full size keyboard and monitor? The PDA also needs either its own Internet/email access or be able to communicate with my wireless access point. Does such a thing exist? Cheers, Tom Archer Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic. * Inside C# -Second Edition * Visual C++.NET Bible * Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework
Not 100% sure on the keyboard(Although there are many good PDA kayboards out there) Toshiba makes a older model PDA where you can buy an add on to go to to VGA but I don't know how that is gonna work (PocketPC's are designed for 320x240 screens). All PocketPC stuff can access the internet just like you would from your desktop and you can send email all that kinda stuff.... The screen by far is the hardest request to fill as a PDA is more designed to work with a computer instead of replace it (Although would be cool if it did!) Maybe looking at sub notebooks (Like the ones imported from Japan) might be the way to go if mobility is the key..
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I'm still searching for the perfect gift for Krista. Is it possible to have a PDA that when home you can connect to a full size keyboard and monitor? The PDA also needs either its own Internet/email access or be able to communicate with my wireless access point. Does such a thing exist? Cheers, Tom Archer Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic. * Inside C# -Second Edition * Visual C++.NET Bible * Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework
"I'm still searching for the perfect gift for Krista." How about jewellery or a nice warm scarf? I do know that PDAs can be connected to a Wireless network, and that some models have Terminal Services and other fancy gizmos. As for keyboards, most manufacturers have a keyboard addon, but they tend to be small and fiddly (not for fat fingered users). Best thing to do is shop around the manufacturers 'accessories' page. As for monitors, doesn't that destroy the principles of having a small screen device?
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I'm still searching for the perfect gift for Krista. Is it possible to have a PDA that when home you can connect to a full size keyboard and monitor? The PDA also needs either its own Internet/email access or be able to communicate with my wireless access point. Does such a thing exist? Cheers, Tom Archer Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic. * Inside C# -Second Edition * Visual C++.NET Bible * Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework
I haven't seen them connected to a full size monitor yet, but larger keyboards do exist. Yesterday I was at OfficeMax and noticed that wireless adapters in a CF card format are available cheap - about $60! I don't know if it's common yet, but my Palm has email capability if I connect it to a network with an Internet connection. I would assume they all do that by now. And right next to the wireless adapters they had a GPS module - I have no idea what I'd use it for, but I lust for it!:-O Typical geek...:doh: "Another day done - All targets met; all systems fully operational; all customers satisfied; all staff keen and well motivated; all pigs fed and ready to fly" - Jennie A.
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I'm still searching for the perfect gift for Krista. Is it possible to have a PDA that when home you can connect to a full size keyboard and monitor? The PDA also needs either its own Internet/email access or be able to communicate with my wireless access point. Does such a thing exist? Cheers, Tom Archer Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic. * Inside C# -Second Edition * Visual C++.NET Bible * Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework
I think your a little ahead of the curve on this one. We had an essential business need for a PDA for composing and checking email while out of the office. Did a *LOT* of research, basically every cool feature that you can imagine they *must* have remains in the realm of imagination when you start actually looking. The best we could come up with is a Thera that has a built in x2 or whatever the heck cellular digital network internet modem and a cool folding keyboard you can flip open and plug it into when your sitting at a coffee shop. This way you can get onto the internet from pretty much anywhere in North America without WIFI and it's plenty fast enough for email and 99% of any normal web browsing. Just go to your cellular shop and ask for a PDA with wireless modem, they all basically sell the same thing under different brand names and it's either a Palm flavor or a PocketPC flavor (aka the Thera we have). There is also some interface software for testing from microsoft that will show the contents of the PDA's window on your monitor when it's in the cradle and allow you to remote control it (kinda like pcanywhere but with the same tiny screen). For some reason when I hear about a new tech product I always, inevitably, without fail imagine *waaaaayyyyy* cooler features than it turns out to have when I actually try it out in the store and PDA's are no exception. They are still trumpeting on about wifi and built in MP3, that's like so 20th century! Oh well, I guess if I lived in Tokyo it might be a different story.
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I'm still searching for the perfect gift for Krista. Is it possible to have a PDA that when home you can connect to a full size keyboard and monitor? The PDA also needs either its own Internet/email access or be able to communicate with my wireless access point. Does such a thing exist? Cheers, Tom Archer Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic. * Inside C# -Second Edition * Visual C++.NET Bible * Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework
I am a big fan of the Sharp Zaurus check here. I have the SL-5500 it has a built in keyborad and and has accessories for a camera and a wire or wireless ethernet connection what ever you like. The monitor thing though I think is a lost cause. Sony makes a cool little notebook about 11" x 8.5" folded here Jeff Patterson Programmers speak in Code. http://www.anti-dmca.org[^]
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Not 100% sure on the keyboard(Although there are many good PDA kayboards out there) Toshiba makes a older model PDA where you can buy an add on to go to to VGA but I don't know how that is gonna work (PocketPC's are designed for 320x240 screens). All PocketPC stuff can access the internet just like you would from your desktop and you can send email all that kinda stuff.... The screen by far is the hardest request to fill as a PDA is more designed to work with a computer instead of replace it (Although would be cool if it did!) Maybe looking at sub notebooks (Like the ones imported from Japan) might be the way to go if mobility is the key..
There's a company called Targa that do keyboards for pretty much every kind of PDA - they're pretty pricey though... '--8<------------------------ Ex Datis: Duncan Jones Merrion Computing Ltd