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(Msg. 16) Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 1:49 am
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The screen is superb, WiFi sensitivity seems good, and running Terminal
Services Client really let's the screen resolution shine.
Whack on a gig or so of movie files into a compact flash card and watch some
vids. Just watched a hot lap of Isle of Man ...on a R1200GS!!
No dropped frames.
A good package...
"Steve" <zen9643 DeleteThis @zen.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi All,
> I was thinking of getting one of these next week, but I've just read a
> round
> up of VGA devises here...
> http://www.mobile-review.com/pda/review/vga-comparing-en.shtml
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> and they seem to be saying that the battery life is rubbish ? I was
> planning to get the extra high power batt anyway...
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> Anyone using one give me some feed back ???
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> I need BT,wifi, sd and cf slots as I'm going to running a gps module
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> I'm in the UK, but I'll be getting a US modal as Dell seem to be take the
> Michael with the price over here compared with the US !!
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> Steve
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(Msg. 17) Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 4:46 am
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>I would be curious as to what different uses people put their Axims to which
>require long battery life away from a power source? I'm sure there are a
>few. Those people better have an extar battery, or at least the extra sized
>(2200maH?) one.
I did a couple of flights to the US from the UK and back. Thats about
8-10 hour air travel time, plus coach transfers (about 3h). I took my
standard 950mAh battery and the 1800mAh fat battery I got free when I
ordered an Axim X3i. The batteries were about 3 months old (the fat
battery had never really been used).
In total I got through 1.5hour video and about 6 hours of music during
travel on the way out, also reading a few ebooks and so on. The
batteries weren't empty though I forget the actual charge level.
On the return trip, I watched the video again (next time I'll take a
1GB card with 2 or 3 movies on !), listened to about 8 hours of music
and took & reviewed about 20 photos and 3 minutes of AVI video of the
Rockies, with the Veo SD camera - nice to have a window seat 
At that point (on the return coach from the airport) I had about 10%
capacity in the standard battery, and about 12-15% in the 1800mAh
battery. In both trips, I had the screen brightness at 2 notches out
of 5, and volume at high (on the airplanes).
So probably taking the big fat one for movies and video, and the
standard for audio is going to get you about 10 hours or so before
you're seriously needing to charge them.
I guess I could have surreptitiously plugged in at the airport cafe
for 2 hours while I changed flights, that would have taken the
standard battery back to near 100%.
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(Msg. 18) Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 4:46 am
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Now THAT's using your PDA! I, for one, am not that avid a user, don't think
I can read a book or watch a movie on a computer and am fortunate enough to
have an iPod Mini for my music. 
Where can you find outlets to recharge during stopovers (ie. what do you
mean by an "airport cafe")?
I have gotten the idea that some planes have the facility for recharging
PDAs. Is that true? I haven't come across that yet in my travels.
"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil.RemoveThis@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>>I would be curious as to what different uses people put their Axims to
>>which
>>require long battery life away from a power source? I'm sure there are a
>>few. Those people better have an extar battery, or at least the extra
>>sized
>>(2200maH?) one.
>
> I did a couple of flights to the US from the UK and back. Thats about
> 8-10 hour air travel time, plus coach transfers (about 3h). I took my
> standard 950mAh battery and the 1800mAh fat battery I got free when I
> ordered an Axim X3i. The batteries were about 3 months old (the fat
> battery had never really been used).
>
> In total I got through 1.5hour video and about 6 hours of music during
> travel on the way out, also reading a few ebooks and so on. The
> batteries weren't empty though I forget the actual charge level.
>
> On the return trip, I watched the video again (next time I'll take a
> 1GB card with 2 or 3 movies on !), listened to about 8 hours of music
> and took & reviewed about 20 photos and 3 minutes of AVI video of the
> Rockies, with the Veo SD camera - nice to have a window seat
>
> At that point (on the return coach from the airport) I had about 10%
> capacity in the standard battery, and about 12-15% in the 1800mAh
> battery. In both trips, I had the screen brightness at 2 notches out
> of 5, and volume at high (on the airplanes).
>
> So probably taking the big fat one for movies and video, and the
> standard for audio is going to get you about 10 hours or so before
> you're seriously needing to charge them.
>
> I guess I could have surreptitiously plugged in at the airport cafe
> for 2 hours while I changed flights, that would have taken the
> standard battery back to near 100%.
>
> Cheers - Neil |
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(Msg. 19) Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 7:39 am
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Well I don't know about planes, though I've heard that too. I meant on
a stopover in the terminal building, to sidle up to a shelf with your
coffee, and just kind-of-accidentally insert the charge cable into a
wall socket to get some juice. Can't see it doing any harm (unless it
was a 3 phase socket for industrial cleaning equipment !)
Cheers - Neil
On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 08:25:03 -0500, "Carl Rothman"
<crothman.TakeThisOut@NOSPAMoptonline.net> wrote:
>Now THAT's using your PDA! I, for one, am not that avid a user, don't think
>I can read a book or watch a movie on a computer and am fortunate enough to
>have an iPod Mini for my music.
>
>Where can you find outlets to recharge during stopovers (ie. what do you
>mean by an "airport cafe")?
>
>I have gotten the idea that some planes have the facility for recharging
>PDAs. Is that true? I haven't come across that yet in my travels.
>
>"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil.TakeThisOut@nospam.com> wrote in message
>news:634m111s0sopc05kqo3dgq8j60s6da722d@4ax.com...
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>>>I would be curious as to what different uses people put their Axims to
>>>which
>>>require long battery life away from a power source? I'm sure there are a
>>>few. Those people better have an extar battery, or at least the extra
>>>sized
>>>(2200maH?) one.
>>
>> I did a couple of flights to the US from the UK and back. Thats about
>> 8-10 hour air travel time, plus coach transfers (about 3h). I took my
>> standard 950mAh battery and the 1800mAh fat battery I got free when I
>> ordered an Axim X3i. The batteries were about 3 months old (the fat
>> battery had never really been used).
>>
>> In total I got through 1.5hour video and about 6 hours of music during
>> travel on the way out, also reading a few ebooks and so on. The
>> batteries weren't empty though I forget the actual charge level.
>>
>> On the return trip, I watched the video again (next time I'll take a
>> 1GB card with 2 or 3 movies on !), listened to about 8 hours of music
>> and took & reviewed about 20 photos and 3 minutes of AVI video of the
>> Rockies, with the Veo SD camera - nice to have a window seat
>>
>> At that point (on the return coach from the airport) I had about 10%
>> capacity in the standard battery, and about 12-15% in the 1800mAh
>> battery. In both trips, I had the screen brightness at 2 notches out
>> of 5, and volume at high (on the airplanes).
>>
>> So probably taking the big fat one for movies and video, and the
>> standard for audio is going to get you about 10 hours or so before
>> you're seriously needing to charge them.
>>
>> I guess I could have surreptitiously plugged in at the airport cafe
>> for 2 hours while I changed flights, that would have taken the
>> standard battery back to near 100%.
>>
>> Cheers - Neil
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(Msg. 20) Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 2:09 pm
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I made small device about half year ago.
Using any direct current from 9V to 27V i can charge my PDA.
8 good enough alkaline AA batteries=9V it's enough at least to recharge
fully my 1500mA battery one time working during all 2hours of charging.
Though backlight mustbe on min and without BT or WiFi, battaries have too
small power output.
Car = 12V
Using any 2A power supply on that voltage range and you get other power
supply.
It cost me about 10USD. It's small Switch-Mode Power Supply.
"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil.DeleteThis@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Well I don't know about planes, though I've heard that too. I meant on
> a stopover in the terminal building, to sidle up to a shelf with your
> coffee, and just kind-of-accidentally insert the charge cable into a
> wall socket to get some juice. Can't see it doing any harm (unless it
> was a 3 phase socket for industrial cleaning equipment !)
>
> Cheers - Neil
>
> On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 08:25:03 -0500, "Carl Rothman"
> <crothman.DeleteThis@NOSPAMoptonline.net> wrote:
>
> >Now THAT's using your PDA! I, for one, am not that avid a user, don't
think
> >I can read a book or watch a movie on a computer and am fortunate enough
to
> >have an iPod Mini for my music.
> >
> >Where can you find outlets to recharge during stopovers (ie. what do you
> >mean by an "airport cafe")?
> >
> >I have gotten the idea that some planes have the facility for recharging
> >PDAs. Is that true? I haven't come across that yet in my travels.
> >
> >"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil.DeleteThis@nospam.com> wrote in message
> >news:634m111s0sopc05kqo3dgq8j60s6da722d@4ax.com...
> >>
> >>>I would be curious as to what different uses people put their Axims to
> >>>which
> >>>require long battery life away from a power source? I'm sure there are
a
> >>>few. Those people better have an extar battery, or at least the extra
> >>>sized
> >>>(2200maH?) one.
> >>
> >> I did a couple of flights to the US from the UK and back. Thats about
> >> 8-10 hour air travel time, plus coach transfers (about 3h). I took my
> >> standard 950mAh battery and the 1800mAh fat battery I got free when I
> >> ordered an Axim X3i. The batteries were about 3 months old (the fat
> >> battery had never really been used).
> >>
> >> In total I got through 1.5hour video and about 6 hours of music during
> >> travel on the way out, also reading a few ebooks and so on. The
> >> batteries weren't empty though I forget the actual charge level.
> >>
> >> On the return trip, I watched the video again (next time I'll take a
> >> 1GB card with 2 or 3 movies on !), listened to about 8 hours of music
> >> and took & reviewed about 20 photos and 3 minutes of AVI video of the
> >> Rockies, with the Veo SD camera - nice to have a window seat
> >>
> >> At that point (on the return coach from the airport) I had about 10%
> >> capacity in the standard battery, and about 12-15% in the 1800mAh
> >> battery. In both trips, I had the screen brightness at 2 notches out
> >> of 5, and volume at high (on the airplanes).
> >>
> >> So probably taking the big fat one for movies and video, and the
> >> standard for audio is going to get you about 10 hours or so before
> >> you're seriously needing to charge them.
> >>
> >> I guess I could have surreptitiously plugged in at the airport cafe
> >> for 2 hours while I changed flights, that would have taken the
> >> standard battery back to near 100%.
> >>
> >> Cheers - Neil
> >
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(Msg. 21) Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 2:09 pm
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Actually, I'm looking for something very similar to plug a car-lighter
plug into. It's to power my GPC (which can't run off the PDA power)
and since it's a Y-Cable it would keep the PDA charged too.
Do you have any schematics or assembly instructions, bearing in mind
I'm not an electronics bod though I could maybe solder a couple of
wires ?
Cheers - Neil
On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:09:36 +0600, "Amirov Zakhar" <amirov RemoveThis @tric.ru>
wrote:
>I made small device about half year ago.
>Using any direct current from 9V to 27V i can charge my PDA.
>8 good enough alkaline AA batteries=9V it's enough at least to recharge
>fully my 1500mA battery one time working during all 2hours of charging.
>Though backlight mustbe on min and without BT or WiFi, battaries have too
>small power output.
>Car = 12V
>Using any 2A power supply on that voltage range and you get other power
>supply.
>
>It cost me about 10USD. It's small Switch-Mode Power Supply.
>
>
>
>"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil RemoveThis @nospam.com> wrote in message
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>> Well I don't know about planes, though I've heard that too. I meant on
>> a stopover in the terminal building, to sidle up to a shelf with your
>> coffee, and just kind-of-accidentally insert the charge cable into a
>> wall socket to get some juice. Can't see it doing any harm (unless it
>> was a 3 phase socket for industrial cleaning equipment !)
>>
>> Cheers - Neil
>>
>> On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 08:25:03 -0500, "Carl Rothman"
>> <crothman RemoveThis @NOSPAMoptonline.net> wrote:
>>
>> >Now THAT's using your PDA! I, for one, am not that avid a user, don't
>think
>> >I can read a book or watch a movie on a computer and am fortunate enough
>to
>> >have an iPod Mini for my music.
>> >
>> >Where can you find outlets to recharge during stopovers (ie. what do you
>> >mean by an "airport cafe")?
>> >
>> >I have gotten the idea that some planes have the facility for recharging
>> >PDAs. Is that true? I haven't come across that yet in my travels.
>> >
>> >"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil RemoveThis @nospam.com> wrote in message
>> >news:634m111s0sopc05kqo3dgq8j60s6da722d@4ax.com...
>> >>
>> >>>I would be curious as to what different uses people put their Axims to
>> >>>which
>> >>>require long battery life away from a power source? I'm sure there are
>a
>> >>>few. Those people better have an extar battery, or at least the extra
>> >>>sized
>> >>>(2200maH?) one.
>> >>
>> >> I did a couple of flights to the US from the UK and back. Thats about
>> >> 8-10 hour air travel time, plus coach transfers (about 3h). I took my
>> >> standard 950mAh battery and the 1800mAh fat battery I got free when I
>> >> ordered an Axim X3i. The batteries were about 3 months old (the fat
>> >> battery had never really been used).
>> >>
>> >> In total I got through 1.5hour video and about 6 hours of music during
>> >> travel on the way out, also reading a few ebooks and so on. The
>> >> batteries weren't empty though I forget the actual charge level.
>> >>
>> >> On the return trip, I watched the video again (next time I'll take a
>> >> 1GB card with 2 or 3 movies on !), listened to about 8 hours of music
>> >> and took & reviewed about 20 photos and 3 minutes of AVI video of the
>> >> Rockies, with the Veo SD camera - nice to have a window seat
>> >>
>> >> At that point (on the return coach from the airport) I had about 10%
>> >> capacity in the standard battery, and about 12-15% in the 1800mAh
>> >> battery. In both trips, I had the screen brightness at 2 notches out
>> >> of 5, and volume at high (on the airplanes).
>> >>
>> >> So probably taking the big fat one for movies and video, and the
>> >> standard for audio is going to get you about 10 hours or so before
>> >> you're seriously needing to charge them.
>> >>
>> >> I guess I could have surreptitiously plugged in at the airport cafe
>> >> for 2 hours while I changed flights, that would have taken the
>> >> standard battery back to near 100%.
>> >>
>> >> Cheers - Neil
>> >
>>
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(Msg. 22) Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 6:19 pm
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I got a HP4700 for the same price as a axim 50v. Just shop around the deals
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(Msg. 23) Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 6:57 pm
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as far as I've heard, Axims are number one rated all around.
also, instead of figuring out how to charge and building
rigged chargers, uhhh... why not buy 2 2200 batteries or
as many of the big ones you need. you're making somewhat of an
investment in it anyway.
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:19:05 GMT, del.RemoveThis@here.com wrote:
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(Msg. 24) Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 6:06 am
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On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:57:01 GMT, Johnny <jfergus1 RemoveThis @tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> as far as I've heard, Axims are number one rated all around.
bang for the buck, totally. i got an x3i (way back when the world was
younger place, in 2004) and nothing came close.
then i called dell tech support. and so began the misery. i highly doubt
i will ever buy another axim - tech support seems to have no idea what
they are.
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(Msg. 25) Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 4:17 am
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> I got a HP4700 for the same price as a axim 50v. Just shop around the
deals
> are there.
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(Msg. 26) Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 5:12 pm
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> Any recomendations for must have applications ?
> I'm upgrading from palm... Anything really great for time management
> / appontments etc.. ?
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> Steve
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Steve,
For the money, the x50v is about as good as it gets. For PIM functions,
I've found Pocket Informant to most exelent. ListPro has a zillion uses,
and for document portability I recommend Repligo. Oh, one more must
have: Resco Explorer.
Enjoy.
Disclaimer: I don't own stock in/work for any of the companies that
develop, manufacture and market the software titles listed above.
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(Msg. 27) Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 2:50 am
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rd2pla wrote:
>>Any recomendations for must have applications ?
>>I'm upgrading from palm... Anything really great for time management
>>/ appontments etc.. ?
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>>Steve
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> Steve,
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> For the money, the x50v is about as good as it gets. For PIM functions,
> I've found Pocket Informant to most exelent. ListPro has a zillion uses,
> and for document portability I recommend Repligo. Oh, one more must
> have: Resco Explorer.
I looked at an x50v but Dell don't seem to sell them in the UK. Not that
I can find anyway.
Went for a 4700 instead.
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On Friday, Andy Mulhearn wrote:
> I looked at an x50v but Dell don't seem to sell them in
> the UK. Not that I can find anyway.
Dell do sell them in the UK but they have removed them from
their web page (and in most of Europe) as demand has far, far
exceeded supply and they are (a) trying to cler the backlog,
and (b) suppling the US first it seems 
You can get them from Expansys though....
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(Msg. 29) Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 8:33 am
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Bryan Anderson wrote:
> On Friday, Andy Mulhearn wrote:
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>>I looked at an x50v but Dell don't seem to sell them in
>>the UK. Not that I can find anyway.
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> Dell do sell them in the UK but they have removed them from
> their web page (and in most of Europe) as demand has far, far
> exceeded supply and they are (a) trying to cler the backlog,
> and (b) suppling the US first it seems
That's a shame, for both reasons. But on the other hand I prefer the
style of the 4700 over the look of the x50v so I'm happy.
>
> You can get them from Expansys though....
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Didn't think of that - Expansys used to be very cheap by comparison with
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