What PDA do you use?

by **MacReady** on Thu Nov 11, 2004 7:28 pm

I was just wondering what PDS'a people use here?

Im going to make a system for my car, mainly a MP3 jukebox, and will control it via a PDA on the dash

Probably been done a few times here, but it fits what I need for my car perfectly.

by **hjackson** on Fri Nov 12, 2004 4:33 am

I use an Ipaq.

hjackson

by **rogo** on Fri Nov 12, 2004 8:43 am

I recently bought an IPAQ RX3715, it works very well with xlobby.

Ron

by **lar282** on Fri Nov 12, 2004 8:57 am

I will get my ipaq 5450 (I think) and HOPE it will work

//Lasse

by **briands** on Fri Nov 12, 2004 3:12 pm

Not to hijack the thread, but wandered if anyone had more details. What are the minimum requirements (processor and memory).

Does everyone use wifi? Is bluetooth a viable option?

Also, might as well get the feedback from those who have had failures...

I need to know what to ask Santa for...

by **MacReady** on Fri Nov 12, 2004 6:36 pm

Actually briands I was thinking the same things

by **rhinoman** on Fri Nov 12, 2004 7:03 pm

I've been thinging about the car pc thing for sat nav and mp3 playback and xlobby is an obvious glue to integrate evrything but I was thing along the lines of a regular touchscreen, I'd not thought of using a PPC, obvious now you mention it because it works great around the house.

I installed xlobby on a integrated via 1000mhz cpu/mobo 256mb ram combination for my folks and other than traking a while to boot it worked ok. This is the equivelent of a p3 650 ish processor so very low by todays standards.

by **MacReady** on Fri Nov 12, 2004 7:42 pm

We meant the minimum requiremetns of the PPC

by **rhinoman** on Fri Nov 12, 2004 7:48 pm

doh....

I use an axim which can automatically slow the processor and I've never seen it above the slowest (200 I think).

I did try it on an older HP something or other abd the limitation was not the speed but the graphics were of a much lower quality.

by **stevenhanna6** on Mon Nov 15, 2004 10:07 pm

I use an old dell axim also with a compact flash 802.11b wifi card. A 400mhz pocket pc with a wifi card should be fine. I dont know if you can get an 802.11g yet on a pocket pc but I would go for that, because from my experience the actual bottle neck for the pocket pc client is the transmission speeds. And someone asked about bluetooth, I remember a guy trying that and its was slooooow and the range was poor.

by **MacReady** on Mon Nov 15, 2004 10:33 pm

Thanks for that

I will have a look round at them.

by **Naylia** on Mon Nov 22, 2004 5:35 pm

I also have a dell axim. Hoping to set it up this week!

EDIT: Dell Axim X5 with Netgear Wireless-B card (MA702 I think). Works great!

by **Cosworth** on Mon Nov 22, 2004 6:31 pm

Dell axim X3i

by **Aaron** on Tue Nov 23, 2004 5:16 pm

I use a Siemans SimPad SL4 (800x600) with WinCE4.1 .net

by **TonyNo** on Wed Nov 24, 2004 3:27 am

I just picked up an HP iPAQ rx3115 from Circuit City for $299 (open box, normally $349). A good deal for a unit with 802.11b and Bluetooth built-in. It runs Windows Mobile 2003.

I'm setting everything up now, and, I am finding problems with Pocket IE (unsupported stuff such as image links and some JavaScript not working).

What PDA do you use?

What PDA do you use?

Minimum requirements...